Serangan Port, Bali Marina

The view of Serangan harbor from Mertasari Beach

Di Serangan Bali kapal-kapal layar phinisi seperti di gambar atas, datang dan pergi, mengelilingi seluruh Indonesia, bahkan juga ke negara-negara tetangga seperti Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives dan lain-lain.

Semakin hari semakin banyak kapal mooring di perairan Serangan, Pulau Seranganpun semakin hari semakin marak dengan berbagai fasilitas. Inilah salah satu yang juga menginspirasi kenapa aku memunculkan tulisan-tulisan tentang berbagai marina di luar negeri yang pernah aku sambangi. Untuk bisa menginspirasi kita-kita bagaimana membuat sebuah pelabuhan yang lebih beradab. Bukan untuk kepentingan dari pemilik kapal, melainkan menjadikan manfaat untuk lebih banyak orang. 

Phinisi Indonesian Luxury Sailing Yacht at Serangan Harbor

Pulau Serangan biarpun kecil tapi sebenarnya sangat unik, hanya dengan perencanaan dan penataan yang lebih baik maka pulau ini bisa menjadi atraksi wisata baru di Bali. Dan menjadi rumah bagi kapal-kapal layar pesiar dan yacht.

Air Sanih Trip, mid August 2011

We found a windsurf spot at Kubu Tambahan, in Northern Bali. The black sandy beach around Air Sanih district at Kubu Tambahan city. It was 45 degree side on shore wind, coming from the East.

This is first time we stay around Kubu Tambahan, we arrive around 5 pm. The wind force is 4 to 5 beaufort, blowing constantly. The sun almost slipping down make us in the hurry to rig the sail, it almost dark when Robert finish rigging, the wind slowly drop, and unfortunately when the sun goes down completely at 6 pm, the wind also dropped completely. The boy who take care the cottages was around us, was watching what we were doing, he informed me that the wind used to come at 2 pm during windy season (thread wind season).

Wish that we could stay longer but we could not, next day we have to continue our trip back home, so we do not know how is the wind next day in the afternoon.

For information there are some accomodation around Air Sanih. We would like to stay in 'Cilik' hotel which is recommended by the travel book but it was fully book. Finally we get rooms at 'Tara' hotel just 100 meters from Cilik. The room is cheap (my room cost 250 thousand Rupiah and Robert's familly room size cost 500 thousand), but simple. Looks like this area is a common place for local holiday makers, the hotel typical for Indonesian people need, room with AC and TV, no decoration and no hot water.

Later we found that Cilik's has better beach to start for windsurf, it has easy access to the beach, while Tara's has beach protection wall in front of the cottages to protect from erosion. But Tara's has good enough ground in front of the room to rig the sail.

The beach is perfect for windsurf but the dis advantage is there is lots of styro foam floaters with net of plastic string, I am not sure, I didn't check it, looks like a seaweed farm or pearl shell farm, or kind of fishing net. Hmmm would be nice if it is not there.