Lombok

Lombok Surfing

Overview of the Lombok

Located just east of Bali, Lombok is often compared to bali and sometimes called the next Bali, and even though tourism is taking over at a fast pace, with new hotels, villas and an international airport set to open, Lombok is still a much different place the landscape is much different and the people and culture have a unique charm of there own.

Waves

 Apart from being home to one of the best left's in the world Desert pt, Lombok also has a host of other waves, although generally these waves aren't as high quality as neighboring islands Bali or Sumbawa, there is a good variety of waves lefts and rights that are perfect for all surfers from beginners up, with most waves being more suited to surfers of average ability than many other areas of Indonesia.

Crowd wise: Like other areas Lombok can get crowded although generally the vibe is much more mellow than other Islands as there is normally less surfers of more advanced ability and more, older cruisers and average joe surfers, grupuk is also popular with Japanese surfers.

Lombok surf spots

Desert Point- One of the worlds best lefts, Desert point is a barrel from start to finish that peels perfectly at break neck speed, a goofy footers dream, as you would expect breaks over shallow reef, definitely only for experienced surfers, needs solid swell to get going a can be fickle.

Grupuk bay- Grupuk bay has a number of surf spots suitable from beginners to average surfers, all the waves are easy fairly mellow but fun waves, slowly peeling over a sea grass or flat reef bottom, waves include outside rights, inside rights and don dons a left and right, kiddies is a beginners right.

Ekas bay- Two lefts break in this bay outside and inside, outside lefts can offer long waves with various section's and some punch, while the inside right and left are generally, slow fat waves suited to long board riders and less advanced surfers.

Gili islands- These small Islands are renowned for there back backer party scene, magic mushrooms and great diving, both gili air and gili trawangan have nice rights but they require huge swells from the right direction to push down the straight, extremely fickle, if you get to surf here consider yourself very lucky.

Other waves

 lombok has plenty of bays with fun left and rights, surf spots include, Sengigi, Blongas, Mawi, Muwun, Air guling, A,an, Seger and more.

Surf camps/resort

 Apart from Bali, Lombok is perhaps the most developed island in regards to tourism, with countless Hotels, Losmens and Villas.

Heaven on earth- A surf camp/resort aimed more at older surfers and family'swww.heavenontheplanet.co.nz

Lombok eco lodges- Have a lodge towards Desert area www.lombok-ecolodge.com

Surf camp lombok- located at grupuk bay www.surfcampindonesia.com

Charter boats that focus on West Sumbawa:

Departing from Bali, many areas of lombok are included on a nusa lembongan, lombok, west sumbawa boat trip, with west sumbawa being the final destination before the return to bali, these are normally 7 night trips on indonesian wooden outrigger style boat's, and have been running since around the late 80's early 90's possibly the first area in the world where commercial surf charters started operating?

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