Watch: Shipwrecks and a Barge
In early September, almost fifty years after a ship ran aground on Nusa Lembongan and gave the wave Shipwrecks its name, another boat came aground on the same stretch of reef.
The original ship deteriorated by the late-80s, however the new ship, more a barge really, has parked itself in the exact same position. Old stagers say that on the right swell direction it even rebounds and wedges in the same manner as the original.
Here it is, as filmed just three days ago.
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looks fun, but pretty well attended for what it is.
Had me looking for a gecko under my desk.
hahahah, me too.
Travel half way around the world to surf Indonesia and they head for that?
Its a B grade wave , most of those guys out are locals , its a popular family destination and main tourists are divers . The locals will be busy working once tourism picks up again . When shippies gets over solid 6 ft it tends to be a drop then a fat shoulder . Plenty of better waves in Indonesia , the current bule crowd are euro’s learning to surf . It can get really good and hollow with right tide and direction . Fun wave with lots of different moods .
Poor bloke waiting for ages for a wave amongst the rippers and gets dropped in on by Look at my bum. Ouch!
Who's gonna be the first to acid drop that rusty old barge?
I think he got pushed into the wave by the guy paddling behind him and is just starting to learn the ropes
There's nothing of value on that barge, and the government does not have to worry about losing an election based off of not doing anything about this wreck - so it will likely stay there until it rots into the sea. Salvage companies would be lining up for the work if this had happened in say NZ or Australia.
Agree. With all of Indo, Nusa Lembongan is a waste of time
Totally disagree, had fun waves there but more than that had an epic week there at my best mates wedding, and then hung out with the missus there when the wedding celebrations finished up.
Epic place to chill out a bit, eat good food, snorkel, cruise around on scooters then head off to G-land or somewhere else to be a surf pig
@goofy , honeymooners love the place and ive spoken to blokes out in the water that have had the new bride sitting on the pontoon filming their surf lol this photo is razors which is across the channel, the bigger it gets the better it gets ( more make able ) only a couple of guys surf it when its over 8ft . In the 80s Id surf lasso’s with a couple people and this guy from Currumbin ( goofyfoot ) would be charging razors by himself getting rides 200 mtr plus with barrels. I asked him why he wasn’t at Gland and he said, why , plenty of waves to himself here .
He’s got a good point supa, why go there if you’ve got that to yourself! Lucky fella.
And yeah I loved it over there.
Nice to escape the hustle and bustle of Bali
I disagree too, i havent been back for about 20 years, but i always liked the place just a nice little idyllic island to get away from bustle of Bali and the Kuta trap for a few days or so, cruise around with scooters without risk of dying in Indo traffic, and still get a surf when the tide comes in a little, and if get a decent swell surf the better wave there.
Loved it there in the early 90's... Had great surfs at Shipwrecks when original wreck still there and Lacerations. From memory only MainSki Inn and Agung's in front of Wreck. Not Ments but fun waves with only a few crew. Last time I was there was in 2003, probably would never go back as that year it all seemed to change, and get busier in the surf.
Before Covid the number of boast leaving from Sanur was insane!!
Thats were i stayed Main Ski Inn and some basic villas next door once late 90s to early 00,s period.
Yeah i dont think id go back either, development looks insane.
Need to get the barge off the reef, or at least the pipe and other steel and equipment off the barge before first decent swell or it will all end up on the beach!!!!!!!
They have had a decent swell , that’s what did all the damage to the barge , you can see it in the video. Only way its going to end up on the beach is if they cut it up into pieces first . Its well and truly jammed into the reef. Used to get oysters off the old wreck , they weren’t very good.
your not looking at what i looking at then!!!!
Davidinindo , yeah mate I understand your talking about the pylons, crane with tracks , container etc , how do you expect them to be lifted from barge ? If you know a way other than cutting them up I’m all ears . I’m no salvage expert.
use crane on barge, piece by piece on a flat/small day!!!! Always a away! First big swell come April next year when Shipwrecks is closing out to Razors will see all that pipe etc. on the reef!!!!!
Davidinindo , what are you going to load it onto ? Not much reach with that crane , it certainly won’t reach into the channel. There will be big swells before April . Sanur always gets a pumping swell in February usually from a cyclone of WA .
yeah I work in shipping, loading and unloading ships!!!!! Like I said there is always a way!!!!!!
I worked for mammoet for 2 years davidinindo , like I said I’m all ears if you know a way , a salvage operator would have a better idea .
without being there to look at weights and state of the barge Id be guessing, refloating the barge, or transferring the cargo!!!! But if left, the cargo on deck will end up on the reef!!!!
Don’t think you could refloat that barge , if you have a look at the video the front of it is completely torn open , the local lads were surprised how quickly the waves busted it up .
Went over in the early 80's with a couple of mates - Shipwrecks, Lacerations, Razors had heaps of fun :))
No one out - just the 3 of us.
Shipwrecks is a super fun wave and gets a lot better than that footage.
Agree It’s not A grade but it’s pretty darn fun but yes probably packed these days
Looks super fun to me. I aint no hell man and don’t want a beating, my kind of wave
I was over there in June 2019. I loved it out there at 4-6ft; only 5-6 guys in the water at any one time, whilst 20-30 over at 2-3ft Playgrounds. It might not be world-class for Indo, but it's a damn sight more fun than some of the over-crowded 'world-class' waves that I have surfed over here. That may have been the lack of crowds, the excellent vibes, or the fact that I was on holiday, but it was great. Very much not packed on that trip.
Playgrounds and Lacerations must have been pretty much flat on the day this was filmed.
A shadow of the wave I surfed in the early 80's - Shippies was a quality top to bottom pitching peak at 6 foot. Now gone to mush - much like Bali sadly.
Was there in late season '87 with just two other surfers, we had the whole place to ourselves for almost a week. A lot of fun with no crowd to worry about ..... just a fading dream these days.
I found this clip mildly entertaining.....
like squeezing a pimple or vacuuming a car.
3/10.
The Barge will be getting a decent flogging today with
4-6ft swell running on the Bukit and up the East coast.
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Hard to believe they have still done SFA about this .
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That's missing a lot more of the wreck since I was there in July.
Good wave at 2-4ft and dropping tide, pretty busy though, drop ins are frequent and the reef will cut you when you touch it, unlike the Bukit. Gets quiet when it gets bigger although the wave turns into a massive scary drop followed by a fat shoulder, better waves around when the swell gets big. I would paddle out before first light when the tides aligned and would get a wave or two before the hoards arrived on the surf taxis.
Beautiful place compared to the rest of Bali. Great family holiday destination where you can surf as opposed to a surf holiday where you can bring your family.
Well unless the evac'd all the hydraulic oil(>800L) and diesel (>400L)out of that crane, that place sure isn't going to look as nice in umm about 1 swells time!
I posted in the I love bali thread that the crane had gone but obviously I was wrong . I’d seen footage locals had posted on Facebook but the crane was out of frame in the footage and still photos. Had 3 weeks in June there before the crowds got too bad . Besides shortening the wave on bigger days it’s given people that don’t know the spot an easy line up position.
I appreciate reading through this thread having just come back from a few days on Lembongan back before Xmas - took advice and paddled out at 6am and generally had an hour to myself before anyone else turned up. Had some really great waves compared to my home at least. Very fun mostly and one arvo 4-5' absolutely pumping on the glass off. Barge still well and truly in place still and crane has swung through 180deg to be pointing back more north - made for a cool view with Mt Agung framed beneath the crane one fine morning. Great spot, very chill and can't wait to head back.