Hyatt Reef

NW - W Wind

Surfing at Hyatt Reef Overview

Quick Info

Wave size: Waist high – 1.5x overhead

Swell size (ocean): 3 – 9ft

Swell direction: S – SW

Tides: All tides

Direction: Right

Best wind: NW – W

Surfing level: All levels

Crowd factor: 6/10

Localism factor: 2/10

Fun factor: 8/10

Risk factor: 6/10

Must know: Save your arms and take a boat.

This stretch of beach has lots of options to eat and hang out for the day, or even a week if your budget allows as the hotels and restaurants along the beach are priced for the more high-end tourist.

Hyatt reef breaks almost a kilometre off-shore, on the south side of the channel, and is actually more in front of the Fairmont Sanur hotel, than the Hyatt Hotel.

Hyatt reef can be broken into 2 sections. The outside is a lot more exposed and offers a more unpredictable wave than the inside section, good ones can come through and offer big open, peaky barrels, but a lot will tend to close out across the reef randomly. The outside section can be surfed at all tides, but beware of the shallow reef at low, and strong currents as the tide sucks in and out. Pick your waves wisely.

The inside section is a lot more lined up, and can offer a great lined up performance wave, complete with barrel sections. It can peel for 80-100m, into the well-defined channel.

When the swell is smaller, and the tide is high, Hyatt reef offers a great option for beginners to hone their skills on the reef.

Hyatt Reef breaks from waist high to 2 x over head, in swells from the S – SW. It will break on all tides and is offshore in winds from the NW – W.

It is visible from the beach but only just. To get there you can make the long arduous paddle, or you can charter a small boat for around Rp100k.

Follow Jalan By Pass Ngurah Rai towards sanur. Turn off onto Jalan Danau Poso and follow all the way until the end, you will find parking near the beach. You will see the reef on the right hand side of the channel looking out to see. It is difficult to see from the beach.

beware of the reef when low tide.

This reef is a long way from shore and if you plan on paddling be sure to leave some fuel in the tank!

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