Tag: Learn to Surf in Bali

New to surfing? Start here. These beginner guides walk you through your first lessons, surf safety and etiquette, reading tides and waves, choosing the right board, and the skills you need to go from your first wave to confident surfing in Bali.

A female surfer in an orange rash guard shifting her weight and adjusting her stance to execute a turn on her blue surfboard while riding a gentle wave at a surf camp bali.

How to Turn on a Surfboard Once You Can Stand Up

Standing up is the first goal. Then you stand up, ride straight at the beach, and the wave closes out behind you. Learning how to...

A female surfer in an orange rash guard experiencing a nosedive on her blue surfboard as she leans too far forward in the crashing wave at a surf camp bali.

Three Reasons Your Board Keeps Nosediving and How to Stop It

You paddle, you feel the wave, and then the nose of the board disappears underwater. A moment later, you follow it. Nosediving, or pearling, is...

A female student in an orange rash guard successfully balancing on a surfboard while riding a wave, with her instructor watching closely from the water at a surf camp bali.

How to Move From Whitewater to Green Waves

Riding whitewater teaches you to stand up. Green waves teach you how to read, position, and ride a wave. The gap between the two is...

A male surfer in an orange rash guard paddling a surfboard through the whitewater to get past breaking waves at a surf camp bali.

How to Get Past Breaking Waves and Reach the Lineup

Paddling out looks simple from the beach. Then a wall of whitewater arrives, and you finish farther back than you started. Learning how to get...

A colorful selection of different types and sizes of surfboards lined up on a rack outside a board rental and repair shop at a surf camp bali.

Choosing the Right Surfboard for Your Level

Standing in front of a wall of boards, it is easy to feel unsure which one is right for you. The different types of surfboards...

Women practicing aerial yoga suspended in colorful silk hammocks inside a traditional, open-air bamboo studio at a surf camp bali.

Aerial Yoga Poses to Support Surf Training

Surfing demands more than time in the water. Paddling into waves, pushing up from the board, and staying balanced through a turn all require strength,...

Two female surfers successfully riding a small wave side-by-side in the ocean during a lesson at a surf camp Bali.

What You Need to Know Before Learning to Surf in Bali

Learning to surf in Bali takes less preparation than many people imagine. The reason is simple: Bali is one of the best places in the...

A split-screen comparison showing a coastal reef exposed with tide pools during low tide on the left, and the same area covered by ocean water during high tide on the right, illustrating essential ocean knowledge for a surf camp bali.

The Difference Between High Tide and Low Tide for Surfers

The difference between high and low tide decides more sessions at Mondo Surf Camp in Bali than the swell forecast does. The same break can...

A female surfer wearing an orange rash guard riding a wave on a surfboard during a session at a surf camp Bali.

What Are the Different Types of Surfing

From the beach, all types of surfing look like one sport, but look closer, and it splits into a whole family of branches. It is...

How to Pop Up on a Surfboard in Five Steps

How to Pop Up on a Surfboard in Five Steps

Learning how to pop up on a surfboard is the first challenge every beginner faces in the water. The movement looks simple from the beach,...

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