Little Bingin surf

Little Bingin

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Reef break · Moderate · Best: May–October · All tides
Working best in Sumbawa now Scar Reef Good · 1.8m @ 8s View →
Conditions right now
Good
Wave
1.4m
Swell
1.1m
9s · SSW
Period
9s
Wind
4 km/h
SSE · gust 9
Onshore
Water
27°C
Air
24°C

Surf report

Tide falling · Low 2:00 AM 0.0m
Time Surf Swell Wind Tide
6 AM 1.4 m
1.3m 11s SSW
5 km/h on
0.8m
9 AM 1.4 m
1.3m 11s SSW
8 km/h on
1.2m
12 PM 1.4 m
1.2m 11s SSW
11 km/h on
0.3m
3 PM 1.4 m
1.2m 11s SSW
12 km/h on
-0.6m
6 PM 1.3 m
1.2m 11s SSW
13 km/h cross
0.1m
Best session today
8 AM–10 AM
Onshore 1.3m swell @ 11s

Next 24 hours

Wave Swell
0.0 1.0 2.0 12 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

Wind

Speed Gusts (km/h)
0 15 30 12 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

Tide

Low 2:00 AM · 0.0m High 8:00 AM · 1.2m Low 3:00 PM · -0.6m High 9:00 PM · 1.0m
L 2 AM H 8 AM L 3 PM H 9 PM L 3 AM H 9 AM L 4 PM H 10 PM 12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

7-day outlook

Best days
Wed, Sep 9
1.2–1.4m
Thu, Sep 10
1.1–1.2m
Fri, Sep 11 Best
1.0–1.1m
Sat, Sep 12
0.9–1.0m
Sun, Sep 13
1.0–1.2m
Mon, Sep 14 Best
1.2–1.3m
Tue, Sep 15 Best
1.1–1.2m

Hourly detail

Show next 24h
Time Wave Swell Period Wind Tide
12 AM 1.4m 1.1m SSW 9s 4 SSE on 0.3m
1 AM 1.4m 1.1m SSW 8s 4 S on 0.1m
2 AM 1.4m 1.1m SSW 9s 4 SSE on 0.0m
3 AM 1.4m 1.2m SSW 9s 4 SSE on 0.1m
4 AM 1.4m 1.2m SSW 10s 4 SSE on 0.2m
5 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 10s 5 SSE on 0.5m
6 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 11s 5 SSE on 0.8m
7 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 11s 7 SSE on 1.1m
8 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 11s 6 SE on 1.2m
9 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 11s 8 SSE on 1.2m
10 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 11s 9 SSE on 1.0m
11 AM 1.4m 1.3m SSW 11s 10 SSE on 0.7m
12 PM 1.4m 1.2m SSW 11s 11 S on 0.3m
1 PM 1.4m 1.2m SSW 11s 10 S on -0.1m
2 PM 1.4m 1.2m SSW 11s 11 SSE on -0.5m
3 PM 1.4m 1.2m SSW 11s 12 SSE on -0.6m
4 PM 1.4m 1.2m SSW 11s 14 SE cross -0.5m
5 PM 1.4m 1.2m SSW 11s 14 SE cross -0.3m
6 PM 1.3m 1.2m SSW 11s 13 SE cross 0.1m
7 PM 1.3m 1.2m SSW 11s 10 SE cross 0.5m
8 PM 1.3m 1.2m SSW 11s 8 SE cross 0.8m
9 PM 1.3m 1.1m SSW 11s 5 SE cross 1.0m
10 PM 1.2m 1.1m SSW 11s 3 SE cross 1.0m
11 PM 1.2m 1.1m SSW 11s 3 SE cross 0.8m

About Little Bingin

Little Bingin à Sumbawa — à ne pas confondre avec son homonyme à Bali — est un reef break aigu et percutant qui exige une capacité de surf avancée. La vague se brise sur un reef peu profond avec un take-off raide, offrant des sessions courtes, intenses et parfois creuses pour les surfeurs capables de gérer la chute. Cela peut être une vague difficile à lire au début, mais ceux qui investissent du temps dans le lineup sont récompensés par un surf excitant et critique. Mieux vaut l'aborder avec de l'expérience et une bonne compréhension de l'étiquette des reef breaks.

Local knowledge

Hazards

Le reef ici est peu profond, tranchant et impitoyable — une chute au mauvais endroit peut entraîner de graves lacérations, donc des chaussons de reef sont fortement conseillés. Des oursins colonisent les étagères rocheuses exposées utilisées pour l'entrée et la sortie, et le courant qui longe le bord du reef peut piéger les surfeurs non familiers avec le lineup. Le trafic maritime des bateaux de pêche et des taxis aquatiques peut être un problème lors des jours les plus chargés, donc restez vigilant dans le chenal.

Getting there

Depuis la route côtière la plus proche sur la côte nord-ouest de Sumbawa, suivez le chemin jusqu'à la falaise ou à la plage au-dessus du break — une courte mais parfois glissante montée jusqu'au bord de l'eau. L'entrée est mieux chronométrée entre les sets via le chenal sur le côté du peak ; sortez de la même manière plutôt que d'essayer de revenir par-dessus le reef sec. Un warung local près du chemin est votre meilleur point de repère et un bon endroit pour observer la vague et les conditions locales avant de pagayer.

Board

Une planche de shortboard haute performance dans la gamme de 6'0"–6'4" convient à la plupart des jours, avec suffisamment de rocker pour gérer le take-off raide et percutant. Passez à une planche plus épaisse et légèrement plus longue (6'6"+) lorsque le swell solide arrive et que la chute devient plus lourde — ce n'est pas une vague pour un fish à rocker plat ou un longboard.

Localism

moderate — be polite, wait your turn.

Where to go now

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Surfing in Sumbawa

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Sumbawa is Indonesia's rugged middle child, sitting east of Lombok and west of Flores, and it remains one of the archipelago's last genuine surf frontiers. Where Bali hums with traffic and beach clubs, Sumbawa offers dry savannah hills, empty white-sand bays, dusty roads and fishing villages where life still moves at its own pace.

✈️Getting there

Most surfers reach Sumbawa overland and by ferry from Bali or Lombok. The classic route is Bali to Lombok, then drive across Lombok to Kayangan and take the public ferry to Poto Tano in West Sumbawa (roughly 1.5–2 hours). From Poto Tano it's a 1–2 hour drive to the Maluk/Sekongkang surf zone.

🛵Getting around

Once on Sumbawa, a scooter is the cheapest and most flexible way to reach nearby breaks, and many surf camps in Maluk and Hu'u rent them with board racks. Roads on the main routes are decent, but expect potholes, livestock, dust in the dry season and stretches of rough or unsealed track to remote bays.

🌤️Climate & season

Sumbawa has a dry, hot tropical climate, drier and more arid than Bali, with two clear seasons. The dry season runs roughly April to October — this is prime surf time, with cleaner conditions, consistent groundswell and steady offshore-to-cross trade winds in the mornings.