Wonderful Surf in Gerupuk Bay

 The waves in this bay can reach to 3m height. Five spots are always churn so its challenge surfers to conquer it. 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.

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. continued by motor taxi. To get into the surfing place you have to take boat from Gerupuk village.
You can also reach it by land mode, but the roads are steep and twisting.
After surfing, you can arrange your visit to Kuta beach, Mawun, Selong Belanak beach, or Sade village.



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 of Lombok island sea.