Padang Padang Beach, Bali
Event Waiting Period: August 1 – 31, 2026
The waiting period for the 2026 Rip Curl Cup spans an entire month, from 1 – 31 August, during the peak of Indonesia’s prime swell season, providing the event with the highest chance of scoring the spitting green barrels the Balinese Pipeline is world-famous for.
Local Trials Waiting Period
1–31 July 2026
Opening Ceremony
Saturday, August 1st at 4 PM, Padang Padang Beach, Bali
1. Meet the invited athletes
2. Press conference
3. Traditional Balinese Kecak Dance performance
4. Live Music Performance by Floodlights
Main Event Waiting Period
1–31 August 2026
Official Party
Saturday, 29 August 2026 (To Be Confirmed)
INVITEES
Invitees to be announced soon.
Westen Hirst and Jasmine Studer have just won the Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang in pumping waves. The day was a tube-threading, channel cheering, surf fest of the highest order.
En introduktion till den kulturella, historiska och ekonomiska betydelsen av den världsberömda surfplatsen vid Padang Padang, Bali, och den årliga Rip Curl Cup-surfingtävlingen som hålls där i samarbete med det lokala samhället.