Balangan Beach Bali

Balangan Beach Bali

Balangan Beach Bali Hang loose with Bali's surf community at Balangan Beach.

When the neighboring Dreamland beach got taken over by bulldozers and chain resorts, the surfers drifted over to Balangan. The long stretch of white sand is flanked by rocky cliffs while the shore is lined by an assortment of warungs (local cafes) serving plates of indo mee and ice-cold Bintangs and cheap non-air conditioned huts.

The agenda at Balangan is simple: surf (if you can), go swimming when it is high tide, build intricate sandcastles the sand here is exceptional for doing so -- and laze about in a hammock watching the surfers, young and old, catch the waves.

Reef shoes are highly recommended as the beach has a sharp rocky base and some of it covered in slippery green moss. Which beach in Bali? From Kuta, take the Bypass Ngurah Rai towards Nusa Dua.