An early morning, as you rise before the sun, the Call to Prayer from a nearby mosque sounds faintly in the background. A quick coffee, a banana to go, and you pile into the SUV — surfboards loaded tall on the roof. Tired eyes watch the scenery pass through the window as you make your way to the break.
The boards are unloaded and reloaded onto a local boat. The captain manoeuvres his way through a maze of fishing boats, as he has done time and time again — his many years on the water revealed by the deep sun lines that appear when he smiles. The sun glows orange as it rises to the east, casting deep blue across the ocean and lighting up the faces of the waves as they grow tall and fold over themselves.
An extra layer of sunscreen, a little wax on the board. There is no better way to wake up the body than jumping into the ocean bright and early and paddling into a lineup.
Here you wait. Floating on the surface, watching a rolling hill of water move towards you. With a quiet word of encouragement from one of your local guides, you’re in just the right spot. You paddle hard, pop up to your feet, stay low and ride the wave — a feeling only those who have experienced it will ever fully understand. You ride it all the way to the end until finally it flattens out and you fall gleefully into the sea, surfacing with salty eyes and a smile.
A couple of hours later and your arms feel heavy. Your skin is sun-kissed and salty. Surfed out is a unique type of tired — a whole-body experience that leaves you grinning, the unmistakable sign of a session well surfed.
The boat ride back is filled with chatter of waves caught, waves missed, and spectacular wipeouts. Before you know it, you’re back in Kuta. Most of the town is just waking up.
Back at the house, our team runs a surf debrief after every single session — your guides share real feedback, tweak your goals, and adjust board sizes where needed. Then you’re free. Enjoy a breakfast or brunch at LMBK, relax by the pool, book a massage, wander the surf shops on the main strip. This, after all, is island life.
But here’s the thing — no two afternoons at LMBK are the same.
The Weekly Schedule
Your stay at LMBK is built around a carefully designed weekly program that balances time in the water with recovery, technique work, and the kind of evenings you’ll still be talking about years from now. Here’s how each day unfolds.
Monday — Surf, Recovery Yoga & Surf Theory
Monday sets the tone for the week. After your morning surf and debrief, the afternoon brings one of the most underrated parts of the LMBK program: Surf Recovery Yoga. Guided by an instructor who understands exactly what surfing does to a body, the session targets hips, shoulders, and spine — all the places that quietly take a beating out there. You’ll finish loose, stretched out, and genuinely surprised at how good you feel.
Come evening, pull up a seat for Surf Theory with your coaches. Don’t let the name put you off — this isn’t a classroom. It’s a conversation. Wave selection, reading the ocean, duck dives, turtle rolls, bottom turns, top turns — whatever is most relevant to the level and goals of your group, your coaches will go there with you. New guests are especially encouraged to join. It sets you up for everything that follows.
And if you’ve just arrived today — welcome. Every evening at LMBK, we run a Surf Briefing for New Guests to get everyone aligned on safety, skill levels, and the plan for tomorrow. No jargon, no fuss. Just a relaxed chat to make sure you’re ready to hit the water.
Tuesday — Double Surf with Photos & Sunset Trip
Tuesday is one of the week’s big days. You head out for your morning surf — and this time, our team brings the cameras. Surf + Photos: every ride captured, every moment documented. There is something about knowing the photos are being taken that quietly sharpens your focus.
After a rest, some food, and a chance to let the morning sink in, you’re back in the water for your second surf session of the day. The afternoon sun, a slightly different swell angle, waves that feel different from the morning — it’s a completely fresh experience, and by the time you paddle back in, you’ll have earned the evening.
And what an evening it is. We head up to the sunset vista point — golden hour over the ocean, a cold Bintang in hand, your new surf friends around you. Lombok sunsets have a way of making everything feel exactly right.
Wednesday — Surf, Skate & Family Dinner
Wednesday has a rhythm all its own. The morning surf session gets you warmed up, focused, and feeling good in the water.
The afternoon belongs to Surf Skate at Tribe Resto & Skatepark — one of our favourite parts of the week. The connection between surf skating and actual surfing is real and well-documented: the hip rotation, the rail-to-rail transitions, the way your body learns to generate speed and flow. On land, you can repeat movements dozens of times without waiting for a wave. It’s both useful and genuinely fun, with music on and a good vibe all round.
The evening caps things off with Family Dinner — a long table, plates full of food from Chef Tir and the team, and the kind of easy, warm conversation that only happens among people who’ve just spent two days chasing waves together.
Thursday — Double Surf with Photos & Photo Analysis
If Tuesday was about building momentum, Thursday is about putting it to work. Another double surf session, another day with the cameras out — Surf + Photos again, so you have a fresh set of images to work with.
Between sessions, there’s time to rest, grab lunch at a local warung, walk the beach, or simply do nothing. The best kind of nothing.
The evening brings Photo Analysis — one of the most genuinely useful sessions of the week. Your surf coaches pull up the images from your sessions and walk through them one by one. Your stance, your position on the wave, the moment you popped up, the line you took — it’s all there. Watching yourself surf, with expert commentary, accelerates your progression faster than almost anything else. The table is alive with laughter, applause, and honest self-reflection in equal measure.
Friday — Surf, Surf Fit Class & Sunset
Friday morning puts you back in the water, feeling the cumulative gains from a week of sessions. By now you know the breaks, trust your guides, and the waves that felt unfamiliar on Monday feel like home.
The afternoon brings Surf Fit Class — a targeted workout built specifically for surfers. Think mobility, rotational strength, paddle endurance, and the kind of functional fitness that directly translates to better performance in the water. It’s challenging, it’s satisfying, and your paddling on Saturday will thank you for it.
Then, just like Tuesday, the evening ends at the sunset vista point. The week is nearly done. The view doesn’t get old.
Saturday — Surf, Skate & Family Dinner
Saturday mirrors the energy of Wednesday — morning surf, then back to Tribe Resto & Skatepark for the second Surf Skate session of the week. By now, the movements are starting to click. What felt awkward on Wednesday flows a little more naturally.
The evening brings the second Family Dinner of the week. There are fewer introductions now — by Saturday, this feels less like dinner with strangers and more like dinner with friends. Stories are shared, waves are replayed, plans are made for wherever the next surf trip might take you.
Sunday — Surf + Drone, Second Surf & Video Analysis
Sunday is the one that catches people off guard.
You head out for your morning surf — and this time, there’s a drone in the air. Surf + Drone means you’re not just photographed from the beach or the water: you’re filmed from above. The full arc of the wave, the line you took, where you stood on the board, how your arms moved — all of it, seen from an angle you’ve never seen before.
After a rest and some food, you’re back out for a second surf session to round out the week.
The evening brings Video Analysis — and this is something else entirely. Watching drone footage of yourself surfing for the first time is one of those genuinely surprising moments. The coaches talk you through it, frame by frame if needed. You’ll leave with a crystal-clear picture of what you’ve improved, what to work on next, and a short video clip you’ll probably watch more times than you’d like to admit.
Ready to Experience It?
No matter what day you arrive, there’s a place for you here. The surf is consistent, the team is genuinely good at what they do, and the week will move faster than you expect.
Arrive any day of the week (2-night minimum), or stay a full week to experience everything — and qualify for our weekly discount.
