Part IV- Bali Surf Photos

This is the typical afternoon crowd at Bingin. The wave is too perfect to handle much of a crowd - it breaks in the same spot every time. I only surfed here a handful of times because it was such a hassle to get a wave. It is a perfect wave though.

Early morning Impossibles looking funky but fun. Note the guy riding the inside wave for a sense of scale.

Typical afternoon Impossibles - hard offshores every afternoon like clockwork.

A set rolling in toward Bingin. Let the jockeying begin!

Above and Below: A nice perspective of afternoon surf looking north from my balcony.

The thrill of victory at Bingin.

The agony of defeat at Bingin. The guy falling almost certainly had a reef encounter.

Late morning Impossibles looking very fun as the offshores are just starting up for the day.

Small afternoon lowtide Bingin. Perfect little nuggets rolling through, but if you fall you will hit the reef no matter what. I surfed there once in these conditions because it wasn't crowded, and I got away unscathed because of my booties. In hindsight I should have surfed there more when it was like this because it is uncrowded and you are fine as long as you are careful.

The Peak at high tide Ulu Watu.

I think this is called the Bombie, it's outside and to the left of the Peak at Ulus. Basically a mushy peak that jacks up tall before crumbling.

Looking south from the Peak. I don't think this is quite at the Temples area yet. What shocked me about Ulu Watu is how big the area is. It is like a gigantic wave park with several distinct spots. Only the Racetrack at lower tides is a really perfect wave. The other spots around Ulus are shifty powerful lefts, not unlike Blacks.


A good size wave at the Peak. This will turn into a gaping barrel in about 3 seconds. The waves this day were MUCH more intimidating from the water than they look in these pictures. Of all the places I surfed in Indonesia during my trip, some were bigger than this day, and some were hollower, thicker, and shallower than this day, but this was the most intimidating session I had. The waves are moving FAST out of the open ocean and they hit the reef hard.

High tide at the Racetrack(?). I'm not sure if this is considered Outside Corner or not, but it's the area to the north of the Cave.

A very tidy barrel on an in-betweener at the Peak.

A big set hitting the Peak.

A guy getting totally shacked at the Peak. Trust me, this is a HUGE barrel. This one section in particular had horizontal lips. It seemed like it took an eternity for the lip to impact in the trough - I swear it looked like the lip was floating in mid air.

Go on to Part V - Ulu Watu Temple photos