Friday, June 19, 2026

Surfing Brunei, the facts




This is very much the day of days photos courtesy of Sean Dillion at Pantai Tungku near Jerudong







Season: November to March

Types of waves, beach break, a point and for the absolutely insane a couple of rivermouths. The quality of the waves usually surprise most people.

Most regularly surfed spots: Pantai Tungku (Jerudong) and Pantai Panaga (Serasa)

Crowd factor: Extremely low. Maybe 2 dozen Locals surf regularly and about a dozen Ex Pats. Traveling surfers are unheard of. Vibes are positive, long may they remain so.

Wind: Mornings are best, light on shores come up some mornings around 11ish but nothing too dramatic.

Best boards: a fish, mid lengths and longboards go best unless your small and light. The waves can at times be a little fat, or small...if you have a longboard, there are quite a few days when only you will be getting waves and that includes out of season.

Risks; Saltwater crocodiles are not too far from anyone´s minds (hence the rivermouth comment), the heat is fierce, sandflies can be a pain, and the whole set up is very raw. The beaches are hardly visited, some of them have paths cut into the jungle to find....there´s nowhere else quite like surfing Brunei. 

Surfing infastructure: There´s no surf shops in Brunei, you need to bring everything, not just boards but leashes, wax, boardshorts and a surf hat.

Days like this a very common from November to March, but the rest of the year is a millpond. It all relies on the monsoon season. Dan Stirling, long term expat resident riding his Puddle Jumper.


Local surfer Izzy, everybody sharing the stoke.







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Surfing Bali


Water Dancer from Sea Gypsy Films on Vimeo.

Back in the day I used to live in Bali and this little vid reminded me of the good life.

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Tony Plant

Tony Plant must be well known, surely. He should be. He's a guerrilla style artist, he commandeers nature as his canvas and then just buggers off and leaves it...I mean anyone can enjoy it. Surely that's what art should be...................... His work floats my boat.