Uluwatu Temples

Temples is a quality wave that offers up thick, heavy double up barrels when it’s on, along with rippable performance walls. It can break for up to 100m, where it will shut down on the section of reef before it gets to the peak. Temples breaks best on the mid to high tide, as the low tide causes the bombie to break and wash through temples, causing it to become a chaotic mess of white water crashing onto the exposed reef.

As the tide floods in over the reef, and the bombie stops washing through, it helps to stand up the wall of water and refract it against the straight reef. It is this bombie that causes the wave to double up and produce the thick barrels it is famous for, although it does add a bit of unpredictability to the line up. You can take of anywhere along the reef here, and there is a little wedge on small days with higher tides up against the cliff.

There are options on the lower tides further out under the cliffs on moderate swells, which is a good option to avoid the crowds on the busier days, but it wont offer the perfection that racetrack will be in similar conditions.

There is such amazing scenery here, surfing underneath the limestone cliffs, with the Uluwatu temple in view. It can get crowded here too so be sure to bring your manners and surf within your ability, this wave can get heavy.