Bumee / Bombee

Direction: Left.  

Level: Intermediate

Best wind: North - North West

Best swell size: 3 - 8ft

Best swell direction: East - North East

Best tide: Mid - High tide

Best for: Intermediate surfers looking for decent sized waves without the crowds.

Crowd factor: Usually low.  Because you need a short boat ride to get there or a long paddle out from Cloud 9, Bumee remains relatively uncrowded!

Kind of wave: Bumee is a fairly easy to surf, uncrowded, left-handed wave. Even when it gets big, the drop is quite easy to make so it’s a good place to go for intermediate surfers looking to challenge themselves in big waves. The wave isn’t too long though, a big drop and then one good section and kick out. You can’t really go right either, so better for goofy-footed surfers or those who like their backside. Despite this, Bumee can be super fun especially on big, clean days, it’ll make you feel like a pro! It’s not too great during smaller swells, a bit small & annoying at waist high, so better to wait for good sized swells when it’s getting scary at other places.

Surf season: Spring & Fall (peak season)

During the summer months it will be flat in Bumee but when the Fall comes and the swell arrives Bumee starts to fire! In the winter it’s too windy to surf Bumee except those few days with very light winds. When the winter winds die down and Spring comes Bummee once again becomes a good option to surf until it goes flat in June.

How to get there: There are two ways to get to Bumee, boat or paddle.

Option 1 (boat):  Go to the boat station at the end of Tourism Road where Catagnan village starts. If you’re coming from General Luna on Tourism Road you would pass through the Cloud 9 area and continue until the road makes a 90 degree sharp left where Catagnan village starts. Instead of turning left you go straight into the dirt parking area. Another way is just to ask someone where the Catagnan boat station is. Once you’re there tell a boat driver or local that you wanna go to Bumee. It should be 200 per person for a round trip on the boat but they will ask you to pay a minimum of 2 or 3 people so bring your friends!

Option 2 (paddle):  Go to Cloud 9. Look out way behind Cloud 9 surfing spot into the Ocean. You see a breaking wave out there? That’s Bumee. It’s about a 15 minute paddle out from Cloud 9.