Foam

Uluwatu, Bali · 8 breaks · data for 8–9am

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Overhead high, reading epic. The wind picks up around noon.

Overhead surf today, faces to 5.8m. This size asks for real experience; be honest about whether you have surfed it before.

modelled · open-meteo

Breaks here · best today first

size todaypeaks at

Balanganpick3.2–5.8mepic Bingin3.2–5.8mepic Dreamland3.2–5.8mepic Impossibles3.2–5.8mepic Nyang Nyang3.2–5.8mepic Padang Padang3.2–5.8mepic Uluwatu3.2–5.8mepic Green Bowl3.2–5.8mgood

7 of these 8 read exactly the same today, the pick among them. Foam holds nothing yet that tells those apart, so which one it calls the pick is arbitrary. That is learned from people surfing them and logging what it was really like.

Start at Balangan this morning, where the ranking begins; the other major breaks read the same today, so your choice rests on local knowledge and crowd. Epic overhead swell is running at 3.2 to 5.4 metres with a 17-second period that builds real wall and shape across the reef. The 13 kph east-south-east wind is offshore here, cleaning the faces and holding the lines. This is a confident surfer's day, not a beginner's wave; the size and power demand experience.

Around 3pm the swell probably fills to 3.4 to 5.7 metres overhead while the wind swings to 22 kph from the same east-south-east direction. The clean window closes well before dark, so go early and leave before noon.

Tomorrow peaks at the same epic rating with slightly bigger tops, perhaps 2.6 to 5.9 metres overhead, and the morning looks best before the afternoon wind arrives. Plan on the early session and stay flexible; the ocean may shift the details from what the forecast holds.

Reading today's conditions across the breaks…

Condition now · Balangan · modelled

Epic

Surf height

3.2–5.4m

Overhead high

Wind

13kph

ESE · Offshore

Swell · modelled · open-meteo

main2.2m17s · long-travelledSW 214°

Wave energy · derived

37kW/m

Heavy water

nearly all groundswell

Temperature · water measured · air modelled

28°cwater

24°c air · Boardshorts or rashguard

UV max 8 tomorrow

Forecast · Balangan

Today peaks at epic, 3.2–5.8m. Tomorrow epic, 2.6–5.9m.

Surf · today and tomorrow

3.3–5.6m

Now · 9am

TodayTomorrow

3.3–5.6m · 9am

6amNoon6pm6amNoon6pm

Wind · today and tomorrow

13kph

E · Offshore

Now · 9am gusts 30

TodayTomorrow

13kph E · 9am

6amNoon6pm6amNoon6pm

Tide · today and tomorrow · modelled · open-meteo

0.03m

0m low in 24min

TodayTomorrow

2:10am1.6m

9:02am0m

2:46pm0.9m

8:10pm0.2m

3:05am1.5m

10:30am0.1m

4:13pm0.6m

8:56pm0.4m

0m · 9am

6amNoon6pm6amNoon6pm

First light6:10am

Sunset6:18pm

Sunrise6:32am

Last light6:40pm

Tomorrow: first light 6:09am · last light 6:40pm

About Balangan, today's pick

Level

Intermediate

Type

Reef

Best swell

SSE to NW

A long, fast left wall over flat reef with several sections, occasionally linking the whole reef for over 300 metres on its day. It walls up nicely at mid to high tide and gets hollow when bigger, a good step up for confident intermediates before the heavier reefs nearby. Best on a south-west swell with south-east trades, prime in the dry season from April to October. The coral is sharp and shallow at low tide, where the end section breaks straight onto reef.

Heads up. Shallow reef at low tide, strong currents on bigger swells, sea urchins, crowds in peak season.

Data from just now · refreshes every 30 min

Temp, sun and UV are reliable. Tide, wave height and wind direction are model estimates. Remember that.

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