Suluban Beach
Hidden cove reached through a narrow cliff-cut cave, framing a reef break of long, hollow surf barrels.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Suluban Beach on Bali's Bukit Peninsula starts in 1972, when a film crew chasing rumors of an unridden wave found a reef break here that ended up in the surf film Morning of the Earth, and put an Australian surfer named Steve Cooney's name into history. The cove's name comes from a Balinese word meaning to stoop, since the only way in is through a narrow crack in the cliff. Fishermen used that same crack for their catch long before any surfer did. Duck your head as you follow the steps cut into the rock.
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