Kuta Beach

Kuta Beach

Kuta Beach, on the ruggedly beautiful South Coast. Lies the impressive white sandy expanse of Kuta Beach. Also known as Petri Nyale Beach, kuta on the South  coast of Central Lombok is one of the most scenic and unspoilt beaches in this part of Indonesia. From Kuta to Tanjung Aan, five kilometers away, it is unbroken stretch of clean white and bordering the Indian Ocean. At Kuta, where is save for bathing and swimming, further to the West are the suffers and windsurfing beaches. These beaches are  perfect places to wonder, at low tide, among a plethora of shells, coral and other marine life. Accomodation within the mid range bracket to luxurious is found here, many of which line the main beach.

And also the people of Lombok  call this pristine beach “Puteri Nyale”. Every year, on the 19^th day of the tenth month of the Sasak lunar calendar when the Nyale Fish come to the sea’s surface, Kuta Beach is the site of great festivites. And the Fishermen sail out to sea while young men and women gathered along the beach to join in the merry making tease each other and perhaps meet to build a more lasting relationship. Februay or March the “Bau Nyale” ceremony is held which local people join together at night to catch sea worms by torclight, while eerily singing “Pantun” a traditional poetry.

Kuta is a coast with both protected coves and others more exposed that are battered by the waves of the Indian Ocean. Here we could still walk on beaches of our own or wander at low tide among corals and a plethora of shells and other marine life. When the ocean swells that found the south coast hit on the submerged coral reefs of the more protected bays they well up and form pefect waves.