Nusa Lembogan and Keramas

[Davros]

Looking for an opinion really. Heading to Bali early October and tossing a coin on Nusa Lembogan and Keramas.

I hear Nusa Lembogan is pretty filthy and Shipwrecks can be crowded and the break shifty. There's that and really there are 2 other real breaks (lacerations/playgrounds). It's all high tide surfing as well.

Keramas, busy out the front but with a good boat guide there's good breaks around. I know less about it. Any help appreciated.

Gotta say a few total strangers have talked down Nusa Lembogan.

Advice appreciated

[el rancho]

went to both in march last year.
lembongan is great but yeah swell picks up on higher tide, often boatloads of surfers on day trips from sanur show up.
keramas is a really good wave, if you stay there you can get it reasonably uncrowded in the mornings.

I really dug lembongan, dunno why anybody would say it's filthy. coulda got unlucky with ocean currents. It's far dirtier on Bali.

[crabmeat thompson]

keramas ... super fun wave even if it's 1 foot.

there's beachies south of there that get alright too, and you'll be surfing it all by yourself. 10k's further south there's a super fun reef too.

[Davros]

Ta chaps. Good info.

[philw]

Never surfed Keramas but done a few trips to Lembongan - it's not dirty compared to rest of bali, water is clear. A short trip into the interior will reveal a festering rubbish tip tho...

Shipwrecks is shifty. Sucks in all swell on high tide push so size can jump and catch you out. Inside is possibly very unpleasant if yr in wrong place...and it gets crowded. Playgrounds is perfectly shaped and generally small, and it gets infested with all types as soon as it breaks. Lacerations needs more swell than playgrounds. Is uncommon.

But it's a pleasant, low key change from Bali though. Best surfs I've had were off peak moments, when tide is just changing, so smaller crowds.

Ceningan is accessible by boat or bike. Throws up sudden peaks from deep, can be cold water, I was hassled by a shark there ... No shit ... Be warned!

[philw]

For anyone who disbelieves the shark story, the new resort ( if u can call it that ) had a shark net on beach when I was last there about 4 years ago... Local guy wouldn't admit it was for sharks ... Chomped tourists bad for business...

[Davros]

Thanks guys based on a whole set of variables have book Keramas..more options the winner. The shark didnt help lembogans case.