Kuta Beach,
I have not said to much about Kuta so far except my first impressions, Kuta is busy and it has been described as The Aussie Benidorm to me before. It is however the most central place to base oneself if you want to surf as many spots as possible (See map below) Kuta beach is on the west side of Bali. The wind is blowing from the West at the moment so there is a lot of rubbish being blown into the sea and the beach. It feels filth surfing at the Kuta beach because of this, the waves are also onshore and small. I had a puncture on my moped so I surfed Kuta this afternoon. not a first choice but still good fun as the sun was shining.
I am starting to meet a few new people in the water I met a friendly Brazilian surfer called Jamahl, really pleasant guy and then I met two woman from Holland a woman called Anna-Gerdien Bruna and her friend Villa. They are both out here to surf the islands of Indonesia. Anna is also a photographer and graphic designer who speaks great English so it was good to have a bit of geek talk about camera equipment and Adobe computer software products as I am sure any design heads reading this will understand..
Bali Surfspots copyright wannasurf.com
As you can see her from the map from www.wannasurf.com This is a really helpful website and as you can see from their map, there are absolutely loads of surfbreaks here in Bali. All the spots on the west coast or onshore wind until March so all the good waves are to be found on the right. They all have cool names and at each spot there is usually about 3/4 seperate surf spots with ther own names. Eg Nusa Dua bottom right has nearly 6 different surf breaks under the heading Nusa Dua
All the Famous breaks that are the best are on the East coast, but I will have to wait a few months until they are working properly. I plan on surfing all of them and uploading as much info to this blog for those who are interested.
However today was a good day, I am turning a medium shade of brown and my chest and nipples are red raw from lying down and paddling around on my surfboard for many hours each day. This is one positive aspect of a wetsuit is it does offer some protection to this. I could wear a rash vest but I am enjoying the freedom bareback is offering and am sure my delicate English skin will soon toughen up!
