Balian Beach — Attraction in Bali

It's Amazing surfing beach from my point of view. I drove my scooter from Canggu to Balian and it was amazing once I got closer to the beach. But it was super sketchy and overall do not recommend driving a scooter on the main roads that far. I got to these rice terraces very close to the beach which was a beautiful surprise. Once I got to the beach you can have some coffee and watch the surf. After my surf there’s a great pool you can chill at for the day, just pay I think 100k. Highly recommend this spot if you wanna surf and chill as well as enjoy with spouse. Balian is best known as a place to go for riding one of Bali’s famous surf breaks but this uncrowded mellow coastal village also makes for a fine diversion for the non-surfing inclined, the least of which is simply admiring the stunning seascape. Balian’s beautiful velvety-black volcanic sand beach stretches north around 600 metres from the mouth of the Balian River to the rocky headland. Although the waves are not the best for swimmers due to strong rips and hidden rocks, the beach offers multiple surf breaks: a left and two main rights, one of which runs for a couple of hundred metres on a good day, and while the waves out the back are for more able surfers, in close plenty of broken...

It would be nice - laid back, beach Ok and some nice beach bars / restaurants.

But it is singularly the worst place in the world if you want peace and quiet.

There are packs of dogs roaming around, and incessant barking that goes on hour after hour. No one controls their own dogs, most seem go out all day and leave them; let alone any control of those that roam freely around in and out of the villas, houses and alleys.

I guess it’s a problem across Bali as well - but seems much worse here - so best to go to some other country that...

Amazing surfing beach. I drove my scooter from Canggu to Balian and it was amazing once I got closer to the beach. But it was super sketchy and overall do not recommend driving a scooter on the main roads that far. I got to these rice terraces very close to the beach which was a beautiful surprise. Once I got to the beach you can have some coffee and watch the surf. After my surf there’s a great pool you can chill at for the day, just pay I think 100k. Highly recommend this spot if you wanna...