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comment by Anonymous, 2009-03-15 09:03:21

Playgrounds
What swell does this work best on? are there gonna be waves with SW 1.5 m?

comment by Steve , 2008-10-26 15:28:14

Nusa Lembogan
Surfed here in 1980 and have not been back since,though was Bali in August for first time since.Shipwrecks was great and good surfs at playgrounds-less crowded then of course and no accomadation just stayed in village.
Does anyone have more info on Chinnanigans and is there any waves on Nusa Ceningan down the southern end.Looking at going back next year ,now on a performance long board but still like a good size fast wave being used to the waves in SW Australia.

comment by Jeremy, 2008-10-14 17:52:50

wait for it
hit one of premium swells on Lembongan in September 2001. Lascerations was breaking solid 6-8 foot with ego-arseholes playing bumber cars in the channel. Shot over to Playgrounds. What a surf - breaking around 4-6 ft, the massive swells moving in to the little baylet were lifting boats and pontoons about a foot up. The good old Bali Hai cruiser was pumping Tom Jones for all the cocktail-sapping tourists on board and the dozens of surfers taking advantage of the swell, seemed quite ironically ridiculous. Nevertheless, when you in Bali and a monster swell is forecasted, hop over to Lembongan where the breaks are less threatening but bound to make your day

comment by Nick Bell , 2008-04-30 12:16:24

Shipwrecks and Playgrounds
Ive never surfed reef before i know playgrounds is good for me but should i try shipwrecks on a smaller day.. my uncle has lent me his villa there for my 21st bday so im expecting some reef rash pretty soon .. should i try the other brakes or just stick to playgrounds

comment by Anonymous, 2007-10-26 06:57:09

I was there in September, and Playgrounds was a dream. With high tide early in the morning we were out at first light each day, waves were around 4-6 foot and only about 10 surfers out. Apart from one bloody-great big rock that I kept ending up near, Playgrounds cured my reef-fear. But how good are the little local kids on their boards the size of a postage stamp? They steal every wave!

comment by mark cherry, 2007-06-02 02:56:19

mid may 07 takes the cake
Sure playgrounds can be soft and fun. However it can get to be a handful too. Its very tide dependent. May 07 it got a bit out of control - with the odd right through (well you couldnt surf it) from lacerations through to playgrounds. Mushroom Bay looked like Impossibles and as the tide dropped the pontoons in the channel got smashed . . .

The day after it was surfable and with the tide starting to drain, a guy paddled over from a boat. He said his skipper was calling it the biggest surf he'd seen during 20 years sailing in nearby waters.

comment by ruahatu, 2007-05-27 19:29:15

hey
Looks A W E S O M E . . . . great great great

comment by anonymous, 2007-03-29 00:08:33

crowds
it is so funny, all the people who have been there and complain about crowds write their messages in summer, mostly july and august, i think someone should better differentiate

comment by HOLLA DOLLA!, 2007-02-24 05:03:35

Main ski
Main ski is still there. Stayed there in August...great place!

comment by jono_m2@yahoo.com, 2006-09-18 15:02:42

Crowds
Yeah this place is a real pitty I spent 2 weeks there and saw on average 2 boats a day arriving with about 10 surfers on each boat(lots of Japanese). Yeah thats an average I saw 5 boats oneday so I didnt bother going out that day. Shipwreaks is a great wave the most consistant, when I was there it went from waste hieght to tripple overhead in the matter of 2hrs. Can break a bit funny though.