Nusa dua Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Look, I gotta level with you. We’ve got one spot on the menu for this whole 16-day stretch, Nusa Dua on Bali. It’s an advanced reef break, exposed to the SSW, and it’s consistent, but a lot of this period is going to be a write-off. We’re looking at a long, frustrating gap before things finally clean up.

The first two weeks, starting Saturday the 11th of July right through to Tuesday the 21st of July, are largely a mess. The wind is relentless, blowing from the ESE and SE at 12 to 19 mph, which is putting a nasty cross-onshore chop on everything. Even with a solid groundswell from the SSW running—pushing wave energy figures up into the thousands (1289 to 3001)—the quality is described as "poor surf conditions" right through. There are some decent-sized swells in there, like 6 ft on Monday the 14th and a punchy 7 ft on Monday the 20th, but with that wind, it’s just not going to be the clean, lined-up reef wave Nusa Dua is known for. For a spot like this, that much cross-onshore breeze is a dealbreaker.

Then we get a bit of a reprieve. We start seeing a light wind and glassy conditions on the morning of Wednesday the 22nd of July. That morning, the wind goes dead calm from the SW, and we have a clean 4 ft SSW groundswell (13-second period) with an energy reading of 980. That’s "very good surf conditions" on the forecast. The afternoon holds clean with a light cross-offshore breeze. That’s your best window.

Then Thursday the 23rd of July morning is another standout, with glassy conditions again and a 6 ft swell, but the direction shifts to SE and the period drops to a short 8 seconds. The energy drops to 699, and that short period swell won't have near the same push or shape at a reef like Nusa Dua.

After that, it fades again. By Friday the 24th, we’re back into marginal stuff and cross-onshore winds, and the swell drops to under 3 ft for the rest of the run.

So the only real highlight here is the morning of Wednesday the 22nd of July. The winds will be glassy, giving you a chance at some clean, lined-up sets on that consistent reef. It’s not going to be huge, but it’ll be the best quality by a long shot. Everything else before that is a waiting game, and after that, it’s back to small and choppy.

If you’re an advanced surfer who can handle a reef, circle that date.

- Rusty

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