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Padang Padang, Indonesia

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Padang Padang Beach Bali
Padang Padang. Photo: TMFalkner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Padang Padang

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

The spot faces NW (307°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (127°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits expert surfers. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 19). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 26°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For expert surfers the best month is usually July, with about 6 good days in 7; in January and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Pecatu, 1.5 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 8 surf spots and 5 wind sports spots.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 29 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG).

    See flights ORD → DPS · Skyscanner from about £865 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Padang Padang, 19 km.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

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

DayScoreExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct264 ft12 shollow387kJ29°C
Mon 19Oct577 ft11 shollow1,037kJ28°C
Tue 20Oct507 ft11 scrumbling1,066kJ27°C
Wed 21Oct406 ft10 scrumbling606kJ28°C
Thu 22Oct336 ft11 shollow848kJ28°C
Fri 23Oct668 ft12 shollow1,825kJ28°C
Sat 24Oct628 ft12 shollow1,708kJ28°C
Sun 25Oct628 ft11 scrumbling1,483kJ28°C
Mon 26Oct638 ft10 scrumbling1,258kJ29°C
Tue 27Oct547 ft10 scrumbling828kJ29°C
Wed 28Oct0––––

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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to DPS, changing at HKG, then 45 min by road. About 29h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Temples

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 11 s, wind 2 kn (5 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Nyang-Nyang

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 10 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Bingin

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Dreamland

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Dreamland

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to DPS, changing at HKG, then 45 min by road. About 29h 20 door to door

The plan picks the best of 8 spots near Pecatu each day: Bingin, Dreamland, Impossibles, Lower Temples, Nyang-Nyang, Padang Padang, Temples, Uluwatu.

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Rough cost

About £1,135–£2,255 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to DPS, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£865–£1,790
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£35–£60
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£85–£140
Food7 days eating out£80–£145
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£35–£55
Total£1,135–£2,255

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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