For many days we had great waves at Temples and The Peak on the higher tides in the morning to then have all the afternoon going off at the Race as the tide didn't have much variation due to the moon phase in those days...it was already becoming common to see sets of 5 waves all peeling perfectly on the reef producing 2 to 3 perfect barrels each.All this together with the traditional reddish orange sunset on the Indian Ocean horizon and sometimes with a school of dolphins that showed up to play on the coast.Warm crystal water, pumping waves and a scenery like this as a background.Because this and other things Bali is Bali!!

On the biggest day, 5 to 6 feet waves were breaking at the Outside Corner and at the Bommie on sets that were taking long time in between and showed up every half hour or...While at Padang-padang little waves of 3 feet provided some little barrels for the more desperate...

On this swell, besides the locals a lot of surfers marked their spots on the line up such as Alex, Maya Gabeira, Kalani Jabour, Paulo Guimarães, Ale, David Cantrell, Don Johnson, Joe and many other surfers from all different nationalities.

At this moment the island and the rest of Indonesia celebrate the day of "Merdeka" (Independence) (17/8) and on Bali we have a lot of ceremonies and offerings taking place simultaneously as today we are on the full moon that on the Hindu lunar calendar is the most important day for the religious festivities; Apart of that, the next 20th we will have the most important Hindu holiday of the year, the "Hari Raya Galungan". We hope that this may be a holiday blessed with pumping waves...may the internet forecast keep on getting wrong...

Greetings from Bali, the island of the Gods!!!
SELAMAT HARI RAYA GALUNGAN DAN KUNINGAN!!!


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Surfing photos courtesy of ULUWATU SURF PHOTO