Seasons, checked against the sea
Fishing in Bali and Lombok, month by month
Every month here crosses twelve species’ seasons with four years of measured wave, wind and calm-day records in seven named waters. A fish being in season is only half the answer — the other half is whether the water it lives in is workable that month.
January
0 in season
Biting all year
Easiest water: Bali Strait & north Bali — 83% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 3% easy days February 0 in season Biting all year Easiest water: Bali Strait & north Bali — 83% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 4% easy days March 0 in season Biting all year Easiest water: Bali Strait & north Bali — 89% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 4% easy days April 3 in season Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Wahoo Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 98% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 3% easy days May 6 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Wahoo, Mahi-Mahi Easiest water: Bali Strait & north Bali — 94% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 0% easy days June 7 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Sailfish, Wahoo, Mahi-Mahi Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 94% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 0% easy days July 7 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Sailfish, Wahoo, Mahi-Mahi Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 79% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 0% easy days August 7 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Sailfish, Wahoo, Mahi-Mahi Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 77% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 0% easy days September 7 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Sailfish, Wahoo, Mahi-Mahi Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 81% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 1% easy days October 5 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Sailfish, Wahoo Easiest water: Bali Strait & north Bali — 84% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 2% easy days November 2 in season Dogtooth Tuna, Wahoo Easiest water: Komodo & Flores Sea — 94% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 7% easy days December 0 in season Biting all year Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 85% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 2% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 3% easy days February 0 in season Biting all year Easiest water: Bali Strait & north Bali — 83% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 4% easy days March 0 in season Biting all year Easiest water: Bali Strait & north Bali — 89% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 4% easy days April 3 in season Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Wahoo Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 98% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 3% easy days May 6 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Wahoo, Mahi-Mahi Easiest water: Bali Strait & north Bali — 94% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 0% easy days June 7 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Sailfish, Wahoo, Mahi-Mahi Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 94% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 0% easy days July 7 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Sailfish, Wahoo, Mahi-Mahi Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 79% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 0% easy days August 7 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Sailfish, Wahoo, Mahi-Mahi Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 77% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 0% easy days September 7 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Sailfish, Wahoo, Mahi-Mahi Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 81% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 1% easy days October 5 in season Blue Marlin, Dogtooth Tuna, Giant Trevally, Sailfish, Wahoo Easiest water: Bali Strait & north Bali — 84% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 2% easy days November 2 in season Dogtooth Tuna, Wahoo Easiest water: Komodo & Flores Sea — 94% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 7% easy days December 0 in season Biting all year Easiest water: North Lombok & the Gilis — 85% easy days
Hardest water: South Bali & Indian Ocean — 2% easy days
Seasons come from the species guide. Sea state comes from four years of daily Open-Meteo marine and ERA5 records at a fixed point in each water, aggregated by calendar month. Nothing on these pages is a guess about a month we have not measured.
Book the right boat for July
Our captains work this water all year and know which weeks it rewards.