Bawa, Indonesia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 387 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 56 km.

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About Bawa

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SW (208°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (28°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 8). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 29°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually February, with about 6 good days in 7; in August, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 387 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 56 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 387 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 56 km.
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Forecast

Bawa does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Bawa, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	67, good	4 ft13 shollow	408kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	20, poor	6 ft12 shollow	856kJ	wind from the north, 2 knots, offshore	27°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	6 ft11 shollow	899kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	53, good	5 ft10 shollow	557kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	66, good	4 ft9 shollow	228kJ	wind from the north, 3 knots, offshore	28°C
Fri 23Oct	58, good	5 ft15 shollow	873kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	6 ft13 shollow	1,158kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	17, poor	6 ft12 shollow	830kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	46, fair	5 ft11 shollow	469kJ	wind from the south-east, 7 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	0, too big	6 ft9 shollow	526kJ	wind from the south-east, 2 knots	28°C
Wed 28Oct	0, poor	–	–	–	–

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Bawa
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Bawa
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Bawa
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 15 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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