Most Popular Things To Do At Kuta Beach, Bali

Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia is undeniably one of the most visited beaches in the world.  In fact, a large number of tourists from all different continents choose to come to this long sandy beach for fun. Why is that, you ask? How come many people are willing to travel half a world away to Kuta? Isn't it just a beach among so many other beautiful beaches in the world? Well, I agree that it's just a beach and if you live in a coastal area, you may find 1 too in your neighborhood! However, this beach is not an ordinary one. Not only is it well known for its long sandy beach, but this is also a vibrant beach with cool activities you can do at almost any time of the day.

Watch sunset before the night shopping 

 Watching sunset on beach? Does it sound so ordinary? It is ordinary, but this beach is located on Bali's most crowded and popular street, Kuta Square, where there are a very high concentration of bars, restaurants and shopping spots. Although this beach can be crowded during sunset, what can be a better idea than spending some time on the beach before enjoying your lively night in Kuta Square?  None! Furthermore, the waves are relatively small, which is safe for kids to play with the water.

Get tanned by Bali's sun

Many people want to look darker after coming back from a tropical land. This tropical beach is the perfect place for that. As you enter the area, you will see a mass of sunbathers on their bikinis or shorts lazily laying their body under the sun, whenever it is during daytime. Normally 20 or 30 minutes sunbathing under a midday sun is enough to make your skin more 'colored', but I also noticed some tourists spend hours sunbathing that not only make them look darker, but red! Haha! Don't forget to apply sunscreen to your skin to avoid sun rash and it's best to get yourself tanned while enjoying the famous local 'Bintang' beer, which tastes like Dutch Heineken!

Learn to surf

Since the time before tourism era in Bali, Kuta Beach has been known for an ideal place for surfing, especially for beginners. Although located in the southern part of Bali, the beach isn't facing southward to the great Indian Ocean, but Bali strait, hence the waves are relatively smaller than other southern beaches like Nusa Dua.  Surfboards can be rented at the beach for 30,000 IDR (2.2 USD). If you are a beginner and don't have a friend who is a surfer pro and can teach you how to surf, you and 2 other friends can take a 2.5-hour surfing lesson at Pro Surf School, located right at Kuta Beach for 680,000 IDR (48.7 USD).   

Release baby turtles

If you travel to Kuta during Bali's dry season between April and September, make sure you don't miss this activity of releasing baby turtles back into the sea (kids love it!). There is a turtle conservatory at the beach (near Hard Rock Cafe)where they save turtle eggs from being eaten by seagulls or other predators  by taking them from beaches is Bali and bringing the eggs to the conservatory to be hatched and finally released back to the sea. Depending on the number of hatchlings, the release is held almost everyday at around 4.30pm.

You can also do most of those activities in the other 2 beaches in Kuta district (Legian and Seminyak), which are less crowded than Kuta beach. There are of course other activities like jogging, yoga and volleyball you can do at Kuta beach. This beach is never lack of visitors all year long and is truly the beach for everyone, including the hippies!