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Air Guling, Indonesia

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Air Guling. Photo: Lasthib, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

About Air Guling

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

The spot faces SE (148°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (328°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 57). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 27°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best month is usually March, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Kuta, 4.2 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 33 h 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).

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  2. Getting there. 4 h 25 from the airport to Air Guling.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct387 ft11 smushy1,074kJ31°C
Tue 20Oct487 ft11 ssoft1,019kJ32°C
Wed 21Oct346 ft10 ssoft618kJ31°C
Thu 22Oct236 ft11 smushy762kJ31°C
Fri 23Oct427 ft13 smushy1,415kJ31°C
Sat 24Oct488 ft12 smushy1,681kJ31°C
Sun 25Oct578 ft11 smushy1,325kJ29°C
Mon 26Oct447 ft10 ssoft900kJ30°C
Tue 27Oct256 ft10 smushy589kJ31°C
Wed 28Oct164 ft9 smushy321kJ29°C

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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Tue 20 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to DPS, changing at HKG, then 4h 25 by road. About 33h door to door

  2. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Tanjung A'an

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

  3. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Kuta Lombok

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).

  4. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Kuta Lombok

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 13 s, wind 8 kn (15 km/h).

  5. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Tanjung A'an

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 12 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).

  6. Sun 25 Oct
    Surf Kuta Lombok

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 11 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).

  7. Mon 26 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to DPS, changing at HKG, then 4h 25 by road. About 33h door to door

The plan picks the best of 4 spots near Kuta each day: Air Guling, Kuta, Kuta Lombok, Tanjung A'an.

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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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