Sanur - Grand Hyatt Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here for the Sanur - Grand Hyatt zone. Gotta be honest with you, this forecast is a bummer. It’s a reef break, but it’s inconsistent, so it’s a real diamond-in-the-rough kind of spot, but the rough is all we’re getting.

We start on Friday the 11th with a 6ft SSW groundswell, period a very long 16 seconds. The wave energy is strong (1555). Sounds good, but it’s blowing onshore from the ESE at 12 mph, and the report says it’s marginal at best. Water temp is 80°F, right on average for the season.

That onshore wind just doesn’t let up. Saturday the 12th is similar, a little smaller at 5ft. Sunday the 13th bumps up to 6ft with an 18-second period and a big energy reading (2114), but the wind is still onshore. We need that WNW offshore breeze, and it’s just not coming. The whole first week is a write-off – onshore winds every day, swells from 5ft to 7ft, but the conditions are poor. There’s a gap of several days where there’s just nothing to recommend.

We get a tiny break on Wednesday the 16th afternoon, when the wind drops to a light breeze of 6 mph, but it’s still onshore. Still no good.

The first real glimmer is Sunday the 20th. By the afternoon, the swell is up to 7ft from the SSW at a 16-second period (energy 2046). The wind is a gentle breeze, but it’s cross-onshore, so it’s gonna be choppy. Still only marginal.

The best of a bad bunch is probably Monday the 21st and Tuesday the 22nd. Swell holds around 6ft to 7ft, but the wind stays cross-onshore. For an advanced surfer who knows the reef, it might be just about doable. Tuesday afternoon sees the wind drop to a light 6 mph from the south, so that late session could be the least messy.

Into the second week, the pattern is stuck. Onshore and cross-onshore winds rule. Saturday the 26th has the biggest energy of the whole window: a 7ft SSW swell at a 17-second period (energy 2313). And finally, the wind is just onshore from the SE at 9 mph. That’s the cleanest wind we’ve seen in a while, but it’s still not offshore. It’s a marginal day for the experts.

There’s no standout here. The whole 16 days is a struggle for a paddle surfer. We’re getting the right swell direction from the south, but the wind is just relentless. With that setup, this looks way more fun for a kite surfer than someone on a paddle board. Don’t get your hopes up.

Rusty.

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