Wax on
Airport pick up, a swim, a long dinner and a beach talk about rips, tides and how not to get in anyone's way.
ArrivalOcean talk
Saltline
A surf camp on the south coast of Bali for people who have always wanted to stand up on a wave, and for people who never want to sit down again.
Seven nights, two surfs a day, coaches who love their job and a beach house five minutes from the break.
Weeks from8.9MIDR
We opened Saltline after twenty years of teaching friends to surf on our days off. The rule then is the rule now. Nobody goes out until they understand the ocean, and nobody leaves until they have caught a wave on their own.
Small groups, one coach for every four surfers and video review every afternoon, so you can see what your body is doing while your head thinks it is doing something else.
Feel the speed
PaddlePop upRideRepeat
One week, seven days
Every camp runs Saturday to Saturday. The plan bends with the swell, but it usually looks something like this.
White water
Two sessions in the foam on soft boards. Most people stand up before lunch.
2 surfsVideo
Green waves
Out past the break with your coach to catch unbroken waves for the first time.
2 surfsYoga
Rest day
Massage, a waterfall trip or a very long nap. Your shoulders will thank you.
Optional trip
Reef day
Boat trip to a reef break that only works on the right tide. Early start, big smiles.
BoatDawn
Free surf
Pick your spot, pick your board. Coaches in the water, cold drinks on the sand.
2 surfsPhotos
Last light
Sunset session, a slideshow of the week's wipeouts and a farewell dinner.
SunsetParty
Pick your level
First waves
- Soft top boards and wetsuit tops included
- Ten coached sessions in safe white water
- One coach for every four surfers
- Video review every afternoon
IDR 8.9MSeven nights in a shared room
Book beginnerGreen waves
- For surfers who can already catch and turn
- Ten sessions at three different breaks
- Daily drills on paddling and positioning
- One boat trip to a reef
IDR 10.4MSeven nights in a shared room
Book intermediate
Into the barrel
- Reef breaks chosen with the swell each morning
- Water photographer for every session
- Board quiver to borrow, from 5 foot 8 to 7 foot
- Two boat trips
IDR 12.8MSeven nights in a shared room
Book advanced2surf sessions every day
4surfers for each coach
12breaks within half an hour
320days a year with a surfable wave
The board room
Forty boards, all shaped on the island and all included in your week. Swap as often as you like.
The rack
Pick one every morning
Soft top 8 foot
Stable, forgiving, made for first days
Mini mal 7 foot 2
The board that makes everyone better
Fish 5 foot 10
Fast and loose on small days
Step up 6 foot 6
For when the reef is pumping
The green
room
Where every week ends
Not everyone gets barrelled. Everyone gets closer than they thought they would.
Good questions
More than fine. Half of every beginner week has never touched a board. You need to be able to swim and to be happy getting splashed.
Swimwear, reef safe sunscreen, a rash guard if you have one and something warm for the evenings. Boards, wax and leashes are on us.
Most people do. Shared rooms are matched by gender unless you ask otherwise, and by the second dinner you will know everyone.
There are almost always waves somewhere on this coast. If it really goes flat, we swap in a reef snorkel or a trip to the waterfalls and add an extra session later.
Save your spot
Weeks fill about two months ahead. A deposit of thirty percent holds your bed, and you can move your dates once for free.