When to come
Most of south Lombok has one season. Ekas Bay has two useful ones — a big, consistent dry season and a small, empty wet season — and which one suits you depends far more on your level than on the calendar.
The window everybody means when they talk about surfing Indonesia. South-west swell arrives steadily, the easterly trades hold the waves open, and Ekas Outside stops being a nice idea and becomes the reason you got on the boat. Bigger, cleaner and more reliable than any other time of year.
Smaller surf, warmer water, fewer people, and a bay that still works. The inside keeps producing workable waves all season, which makes these months the easiest time to learn — you get a forgiving wave and you get it to yourself. Rain comes in short bursts rather than all day.
The seasons don't switch on a date, they drift. These weeks can hand you dry-season swell with wet-season crowds, which is the best trade in Lombok. They can also hand you a flat week. That is the gamble, and it is why we tell you what the forecast is doing before you commit to a date.
The offshore wind is a morning thing in both seasons. By late morning it usually turns and the surface goes ragged. The first boat is at 06:00 because that is when the bay is at its best, not because we enjoy early starts.
Ekas breaks over reef, and a low tide brings it close to the surface. It is one of the things the skipper is reading when he picks the stop in the morning, and one of the reasons the spot changes between the two sessions of the day trip.
The two Ekas breaks run on the season. Melody runs on the angle — it needs the swell lined up and the wind behaving at the same time. When both land, it is the best wave of the trip. When they don't, we go elsewhere and say nothing about it.
These are seasonal patterns, not a forecast. Swell and wind do what they want in any given week, and the only honest answer about a specific date is the one we give you after looking at it. Send us the week you are thinking about and we'll tell you what it is shaping up to be — including when it is not worth the trip.
Send us your dates and how many of you there are. We answer with the forecast, the spot and the price — usually within the hour.
+62 818 1846 2994 · Every day · First boat 06:00 · Last boat back at sunset
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350,000 IDR