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This is the close view of shore water on Nusa Dua Beach, in picture above right section you should spot a small fraction of Nusa Dua Peninsula or Nusa Gede Island, meanwhile the bigger one on the left is wild bushes of Nusa Dharma Island. Around shoreline area, the water is moving very gently most of the time even during high tide period and it also have shallow water depth over there. This condition will create a safe and pleasant swimming environment for people of all ages, as long as they not drift really far away from the coast.
The view of Nusa Dua Beach around 07.00 AM in the morning, above picture was taken right in front of Nusa Dua Peninsula entrance. The beach is located very close with Peninsula Island, so it’s no wonder that you can visit both places back and forth very quickly. As you can see in picture above, a lot of people will come in the morning to do some morning exercises which mostly jogging and then afterward they usually take a rest in order to let morning breeze cool off their sweat. Also if you look closely, Nusa Dharma Island can be seen even from the distance.
During noon time at Nusa Dua Beach from 12:00 until 13:00 PM, the air temperature is rising significantly and will reach it’s peak soon enough. Because it’s so blazing hot during this period of time, the number of beach visitors usually drop to only just a few people. But not all people hate this hot condition, some foreign visitors often use this chance to sunbath and tanning their skin quietly without any disturbance.
Nusa Dua Beach usually have large amount of visitors in afternoon especially at Saturday and Sunday, in other words the weekend days. If you plan to visit during afternoon time, just be sure to prepare your ears because sometimes the nearby restaurants or coffee shops will turn up their speaker volume to maximum, so that beach ambient will become even more lively than ever before.
In picture above that greenish small island in the middle is Nusa Dharma Island, a slightly smaller sibling of Peninsula Island. Although word “Island” was put on the name, it’s only half true since that place is still connected to the mainland and can be entered just by walking from Nusa Dua Beach. The scenery over there are mostly filled with grassland and trees, also the old Nusa Dharma Temple was built inside which have almost same name as the island itself. This temple was a relic of the past left behind by Legendary Pedanda (Balinese Hindu Priest) around 500 years ago and his name is Dang Hyang Nirartha. The borders around that island are mostly consist of cliffs which you can see in my Nusa Dharma Island blog post.
This square shaped resting place which look like small pavilion is called Bale Bengong, it mean “Dozing Pavilion” in English. This resting places are built across many popular beaches in Bali. Many people use this as a best place to relax after long session of beach walking or after doing other beach activities. Some fisherman also use this Bale Bengong as a place for preparations before fishing or hunting down seafoods into the beach water.
Above picture is the view of Nusa Dua Beach during low tide period where you can even go much farther into the sea direction (east). When this low tide occurred, the beach is literary being naked so everything that normally beneath the water will be visible now including coral, reef and other sea creatures. People often use this chance to do some foraging on the beach to easily catch and collect many kinds of seafoods such as crab, shrimp, mussel, oyster, seaweed and many more. The bad news is you can’t swim on the beach during low tide, unless you going deeper into the sea and moving away from the coast which is very risky.
Bias Tugel Temple is a part of Nusa Dua Peninsula and somehow a little bit resemble Geger Temple in Geger Beach. This temple is located on the top of shallow cliff and largely surrounded by sea water from below. From outside of Peninsula Island, the only way to directly view Bias Tugel Temple is by visiting Nusa Dua Beach southern area. Bias Tugel mean “Split Sand” in English, maybe because the temple appear to be almost got split from the land, the meaning of word “Sand” in previous context is referring to land or island.