Aquabumps.com - where the waves live

Friday, February 02, 2007

Hola. Sorry about the lack of daily reports. Yep, still in Bali and at this time of year the surf is a bit fickle. You’ve gotta surf the east coast (mainly rights yeha!) but most breaks are hundreds of metres offshore making it hard to get photos – swimming with a camera ain’t that easy with these vicious currents. 2-3 foot today at most exposed breaks and the wind has held off so far. It’s real hot with 36 degrees making a dip the crystal clear water not a bad option.

The surf looks quite good back in Sydney. Better than here for a change. I’d expect 4 footers from the south (e.g. Curly, Bondi, Avalon). Apparently there is a heap of NE wind on it making it bumpy/manky. Spies in Bondi say its closing out straight. But surely if you had a decent sniff around you’d find a wave. Dooit. Should get better this arvo. High tide 9:20a.m, low 4pm. Max temp. 25 degrees. Perfectly fine weather for the weekend but this swell is fading fast!

Did you know that the first surfer in Bali was Robert Koke from Los Angeles in the 1930s? Koke and his wife set up the 1st hotel on Kuta called the Kuta Beach Hotel – back when Kuta was just thatch huts and palm trees. How things have changed since then. Have a great weekend ::uge