Surfing Balangan

Balangan is a long left along a reef shelf in front of a white beach with warungs on stilts. It's one of the easier lefts on the Bukit, with walls you can do a few turns on and sometimes a small barrel on the inside at mid tide.

It's fun at 2ft, even on a longboard, and serious at 8ft, when it shifts and the current pulls toward the point. It works across more of the tide than its neighbours, though at dead low some rock shows near the takeoff. The SE trades blow offshore all dry season.

It's a good place to get used to reef before trying Bingin or Uluwatu, and there are fewer pros in the water. The warungs grill fish right by the paddle-out. A normal shortboard does the job, or a mid-length on small days.