LOMBOK ISLAND INDONESIA - GERUPUK BEACH
LOMBOK ISLAND INDONESIA - GERUPUK BEACH
INDONESIAN TRAVELING - Surfing in Lombok is one of fun and challenging sea
activities. If you want to do surfing in Lombok
beach, come and visit Gerupuk bay. This
area is famous for the flying waves which will pump your adrenaline. As a small
island, Lombok has many beautiful
beaches and bays, some
of them are challenging, and one of them is Gerupuk bay. This bay is indeed
wonderful because the location is lovely and it has big waves. This bay is well
known for the flying waves which make this bay a surfing centre in Lombok
island.
Gerupuk bay is bay spread from south coastal in
Lombok island. This bay located in Gerupuk village, Central Lombok district. In
this area, there are five spot for surfing. Those five spots located in the
south east side of it. The names of those places are unique because it has
local name and special name given by foreign visitors. Those five are Batu
Teong (Dondon), Prigi (Inside), Giligoleng (Outside), Batu Lawang (Kids Point)
and Terasaq (Outside left).
Waves in those five spots are
always churn so its challenge surfers to conquer it. The waves in this bay can
reach to 3m height. The white sandy beach and the surrounding scenery make this
place always crowded by visitors. The visitors dominated by foreign one,
especially from Japan, Australia, Sweden, England and Germany. In the
afternoon, if you want to see Gerupuk island from different angle, go and climb
a small hill in the east side of surf camp. From this point, you’ll be able to
see the whole Gerupuk bay.
Besides surfing, you can also
find a distinct view around the bay. The village is near to hotels and cafes,
as if they’re blending. Some of local people’s house are turned into home stays
and café. If you pass the village’s road, you’ll see colorful tents. Stop for a
while and you will find women are cleaning new harvested seaweed and put it
into big sacks. This seaweed is sent outside Lombok island such as to Bali island and Java
island specially Surabaya.
Local people occupy as
fishermen, seaweed farmer, and fish breeder using bagang
apung and caramba.
They also renting boat for those who want to do surfing. If you still have
energy left, come to Sea Conservation Office which you will be informed on
protected sea biota especially in the south side ofLombok island sea.
Though the location is quite
far from Mataram, Gerupuk island is only 9 km from Kuta beach which
is a main tourism destination in Lombok. You can reach it by personal vehicles,
motorbike or public transportation. If you use personal car or motorbike, you
may take route of Mataram-Cakranegara-Kediri-Praya-Penujak-Sengkol-Kuta-Gerupuk
village. While if you use public transportation, you can take the route
mataram-bertais-praya-sengkol. Soon after you reach sengkol, you can take
another route sengkol-kuta which cost IDR 10,000, and continued by motor taxi
approximately IDR 15,000. To get into the surfing place you have to take boat
from Gerupuk village with cost IDR 70,000/ 2 persons. You can also reach it by
land mode, but the roads are steep and twisting.
Since the Gerupuk island is far
from Mataram but near to some beach objects in Lombok, you can arrange your
visit to Kuta beach, Mawun, Selong Belanak beach, or Sade village.
Also mentioned: gili trawangan lombok, gili nanggu lombok, kuta beach lombok, seger beach lombok, benang kelambu waterfall
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