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Senggigi 77.5

#1548 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Nusa Tenggara Barat · near Mataram

Very consistent, no off season, boardshorts water.

Works all yearWarm waterBeginner friendlyBeginner
Senggigi, Indonesia
Photo: Ramantara · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Surf score77.5 /100
Surfable days84% of the year
Clean days30% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell40% period 11 s+
Typical size0.8 m 2.5 ft median
Water29°C boardshorts

Best time to surf Senggigi

The best time to surf Senggigi is May, June, July. The season runs Jun to Jun. In June the water sits around 29°C, so pack boardshorts, and the typical wave is 0.8 m. The nearest airport is DPS (101 km) and the nearest town is Mataram (13 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan81%26%0.7 m29°Cboardies
Feb77%23%0.7 m28°Cboardies
Mar58%17%0.6 m28°Cboardies
Apr79%17%0.7 m30°Cboardies
May83%36%0.7 m30°Cboardies
Jun91%48%0.8 m29°Cboardies
Jul98%36%0.9 m28°Cboardies
Aug97%28%0.9 m28°Cboardies
Sep95%34%0.9 m29°Cboardies
Oct96%13%0.8 m30°Cboardies
Nov69%20%0.7 m30°Cboardies
Dec77%22%0.7 m29°Cboardies

What is under Senggigi

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor is still shallow, 18 m. Alongside the bank the survey finds a channel, 32 m against 18 m, deep enough to bend swell onto one peak instead of spreading it along the beach.

Depth 8 km out18 m
Depth 4 km out11 m
Channel beside it32 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 77.5

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
24.7
Best days 22.4%
4.9
Clean days 18.4%
13.8
Consistency 10.2%
10.0
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
6.1
Access 4.1%
3.5

The detail

Faces 240° with 44% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 75% of days. Mean peak period 13.7 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.1 m, with a peak period of 15 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 94%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates -8.503, 116.045 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€810/ month
typically €713 – €907
Rent, one bedroom€427
Groceries€173
Eating out€97
Getting around€59
Phone + internet€59
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€1,590/ month
typically €1,400 – €1,780
Somewhere to stay€940
Eating out€335
Car, transfers, fuel€216
Data + extras€103
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Airport and town on the doorstep, so the local estimate is 8% above the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Indonesia (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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