Bali - Indonesia, the season 2008 is officially open!!

And the season 2008 of wave hunting in Bali and Indonesia has been officially open. On the 2nd last week we had the first swell of the season here on the islands.
The day started with sets of 6 feet solid at the Bommie of Uluwatu that picked up to 8 feet plus by mid day and stayed the same dropping slowly through the day until sunset time with the bigger and better wave rides taking place at the Bommie and some sets at the Outside Corner during low tide around 2 o’clock in the afternoon even with the strong wind at this time that blew onshore/sideshore for a couple of hours. At Padang-padang sets a lot smaller and with much longer time between sets were waited by a strong crowd for that kind of condition. It looked like Impossibles and some other spots on the area were also delivering and from what I heard from my friend Pietro good barrels were breaking at some other breaks in the neighbourhood. But the star of the show was the Bommie of Uluwatu with 8 feet plus sets that were surfed by a small group; insane take offs, unexpected sets on the head and many broken boards were just a little taste of what is yet to come on this season.
Now the swell has dropped off, today at Uluwatu we have 3 feet waves at the Peak but the forecast shows another swell that will start to show up on the island tomorrow afternoon and should reach its peak on the 6th with the same intensity of this last swell that has just passed the island and it looks like we might have another swell even bigger just behind for the 10th.

The season 2008 of wave hunting in Indonesia is definitely open, Sampai Jumpah!!