Bali Surf Spots

Balangan is a scenic left-hand reef break on Bali's Bukit Peninsula, offering consistent long waves year-round that are suitable for all skill levels, with steep open-faced walls and occasional barrels under ideal conditions.

Jimbaran is a beginner-friendly bay, sheltered by the Bukit and mostly flat until a big swell wraps in and wakes it up.

Thomas Beach is a semi-secret, beginner-friendly surf spot on Bali's southern coast featuring mellow reef waves, strong currents, scenic views, and a relaxed atmosphere.

A mellow, long left-hand point break with a boulder bottom, Medewi is known for offering Bali’s longest ride with fat shoulders ideal for stylish carving and longboarding.

Tanah Lot is a short, fast left-hand reef and sand break in a narrow bay beside Bali’s famous sea temple, best suited to intermediate and advanced surfers.

Batu Bolong is a mellow reef break in Canggu, Bali, ideal for beginners and intermediates with consistent, long, gentle waves and a lively crowd year-round.

Lacerations is a powerful right-hand reef break on Nusa Lembongan with fast, hollow barrels breaking over a shallow reef, suited for experienced surfers only.

Nelayan Beach in Canggu, Bali, is a tranquil spot with consistent left and right waves breaking over a mixed reef and sand bottom, suitable for beginners and intermediates.

Purnama Beach is a tranquil black sand beach on Bali’s southeast coast featuring consistent left and right mellow beach breaks suitable for all skill levels.

Berawa is a less crowded beach break in Canggu featuring mellow left and right waves over mixed reef and sand, popular among surfers of all levels.

Buitan is a consistent, uncrowded reef break on East Bali's coast with fun left and right waves over a rocky bottom, suitable for intermediates and up.

Pererenan is a popular right-hand reef break near Canggu known for barrelling waves and performance walls, offering fun, rippable waves ideal for all-day sessions, especially at high tide.

Kedungu is a consistently crowded Bali reef break with left and right waves over uneven reef, suitable for beginners and intermediates, set against scenic rice field backdrops.

Kuta Reef is a world-class left-hand reef break just offshore from Bali's famous Kuta Beach, popular with both locals and tourists.

Legian Beach is a popular, sandy beach break in Bali with consistent waves for all levels and easy access.

Sandbar is a powerful sandy-bottomed beach break in Canggu with fast, challenging lefts and a lively surf scene suited for experienced surfers.

Lebih is a consistent east Bali beachbreak with both left and right waves over a mixed coral and volcanic black sand bottom, ideal for intermediate surfers.

Masceti is a powerful, consistent right-hand river-mouth beach break in southeast Bali with a boulder bottom and generally uncrowded waves, ideal for experienced surfers.

A powerful river-mouth break with long lefts and shorter rights, offering consistent waves in all tides and decent size year-round.

Jasri Beach offers a long, mellow right-hand point on Bali’s east coast, popular among intermediate surfers.

Keramas is a world-class, high-performance right-hand reef break on Bali's east coast known for its powerful barrels and heavy crowds.

Bingin is a world-class left-hand reef break on Bali's Bukit peninsula known for its powerful barrels and crowded lineup.

Dreamland is a popular surf spot on Bali’s Bukit Peninsula featuring consistent reef and beach breaks with fun waves suitable for all skill levels and accessible year-round.

Honeymoon, also known as Jump Off, is a left tucked into the far south-western corner of Jimbaran Bay beside the rock that gives it its second name. It only breaks on a very big swell, which is exactly why it matters: it is one of the few options intermediates can rely on when the dry season trades and a big Indian Ocean swell have made the Bukit unsurfable.

Seminyak is a popular and accessible beach break on Bali's west coast offering consistent waves suitable for all skill levels and lively crowds.

Sumbul is a quiet, versatile beach break with multiple peaks and a relaxed vibe on Bali’s remote west coast near Medewi, offering fun waves with fewer crowds.

Yeh Gangga is a consistent black sand beach break in Bali with multiple peaks that provide a range of waves from mellow rides to heavy barrels depending on tide and swell.

Consistent Kuta beach break with longer right-hand runners and occasional low-tide barrels.

Sanur Reef is an advanced-only outer reef right on Bali’s southeast coast, a fast and hollow wave that needs a large south to south-southwest swell and a rising to high tide.

Sindhu Right is a versatile right-hand reef break in Sanur, Bali, featuring playful walls at high tide and heavy barrels at low tide.

Hyatt Reef is a boat-access reef break over a kilometre off the southern end of Sanur, offering long, hollow right-handers for confident intermediates and up.

Ketewel is a challenging right-hand reef break on Bali's east coast, featuring hollow, fast, and powerful waves ideal for advanced surfers.

Padang Galak is a black sand beach break near Denpasar with variable waves, ideal for beginners and improvers.

Serangan is a consistent wet season reef break with shifting peaks over shallow coral, best for intermediate and advanced surfers and known for its crowd.

Tanjung Sari Left, known locally as Jantuk, is a short, fickle left over shallow coral in Sanur, soft and forgiving when it is small and a heavy top-to-bottom barrel when it is not.

A world-class, powerful left-hand reef break at Uluwatu featuring heavy double-up barrels, multiple peaks, long rides, and scenic limestone cliffs, best with a south swell.

Yeh Leh, also called Truck Stops, is a quiet high tide wave midway between Medewi and Balian, with a mellow left and a shorter right over sand and rock.

Pulukan Right is a punchy right-hander over sand, rock and cobblestone just east of Medewi, and it comes into its own on the low tide when the point drains out.

Fast, hollow left-hand reef wave over razor-sharp coral on Nusa Lembongan.

Shifting Seminyak beach-break peak with punchy A-frames, longer lefts and rights.

Sri Lanka in Bali is a powerful, fast right-hander breaking over sharp reef, best suited for experienced surfers.

Green Bowl is an exposed right-hand reef break beneath limestone cliffs on Bali's southern coast, known for its powerful waves and strong currents.

Mushroom Rock is a fast right-hander breaking off the southern isthmus at Nusa Dua, Bali. It is strictly a high-tide break and comes alive in the wet season, offering short, steep, hollow rides over coral and rock for confident intermediates and advanced surfers.

A long, powerful right-hand offshore reef break in Bali with a big swell window, offering consistent rides and occasional barrels in offshore trades.

Padang Padang is Bali’s premier left-hand reef break known for its hollow barrels.

Black Stone breaks on the south side of the Nusa Gede headland at Nusa Dua, where backwash off the rock wedges the peak into a steep, fast take-off. It is mostly lefts with a short right off the peak, it wants mid tide and a small to medium wet season swell, and it holds something for every level from whitewater on the inside to overhead sections out the back.

Geger Left is the left at the southern end of the Nusa Dua reef, on the corner of reef off Pura Geger. Three peaks line up outside the channel and grow in size and power the further out you go, from an intermediate inside section to an outside peak that jacks up on the edge of the Lombok Strait. It is a wet season wave, cleanest when a west or north-west wind blows offshore.

Impossibles is a fast, world-class left-hand reef break on Bali’s Bukit Peninsula featuring long walls and barrels, ideal for experienced surfers.

Nyang Nyang is a south-coast Bukit reef with a fast, punchy right-hander that needs a high tide and the rare northerly wind to come good.

Airport Rights is a renowned but fickle right-hand reef break near Bali's airport that delivers long, powerful, world-class waves when large swells and favorable winds align.

An uncrowded coral reef break offering exceptionally long rides near Nusa Dua.