Broken Beach in Nusa Penida and Angel's Billabong: the arch and the pool

Indonesia.Travel describes Broken Beach, or Pasih Uug, as an astonishing cove with a stunning natural archway and a gorgeous turquoise pond, about 3 kilometers to the northwest of Kelingking Beach.¹ Kompas adds that foreigners know the place as Broken Beach, while locals call it Pasih Uug, and that a cliff surrounds part of the beach in a circle.² So the name is a translation of the local one, which is why you will see both on signs and in tour titles.

detikBali gives a clearer picture of what you look at. It describes a natural pool of clear blue-green water inside a half circle of eroded cliffs, where small fish can be seen swimming.³ There is no beach to lie on here. The view is the point: you stand at the rim, look down into the cove and across the arch, and the sea does the rest.

The stop sits on the same stretch of coast as Kelingking Beach, in the south-west of the island. The map above places the pair on the western panel. Three of the listings below visit Kelingking, Angel's Billabong and Pasih Uug within one block of the day.

In October 2024 Basarnas Bali reported that a visitor was on a cliff at Billabong with other tourists, taking in the view and photographing it, when a large wave struck and swept him into the sea.⁴ It is a hard story, and it is the reason this page has a section on waves. We tell it plainly because the lesson is simple and applies to every visitor.

The facts are simple. The edges here are high rock that waves can reach, and photographs reward standing as close to the lip as you dare. A wave that is unexpected is the one that matters. Stay behind any barrier, keep to the paths and the marked platforms, and treat the waterline of the pool as off limits unless a local guide tells you the sea is calm that day.

A related ANTARA report from Kelingking, in January 2026, tells the same lesson: a big wave knocked a visitor down at the shoreline.⁹ Along this coast the sea is not a backdrop. If your group includes children, give one adult the job of watching them near the edge. Never ask anyone to step closer for a better angle, and never turn your back to the water while you frame a shot.

The shared listing puts Kelingking first, then Angel's Billabong and Pasih Uug. The shared east and west day lists Kelingking Beach for 30 minutes, then Angel's Billabong and Pasih Uug Beach for 20 minutes each, before the road to Diamond Beach. The ferry highlights day lists Angel's Billabong, Pasih Uug and Kelingking in that reverse order and then Crystal Bay for 1 hour.

That second listing is a good example of why you should read the stop list. It starts the island day at the arch and pool, not at the cliff. Neither order is better in itself. The point is to read the stop list, so you know what you are paying for, and that the time on the clock for each stop leaves room for the walk from the vehicle.

The private east and west day is the most transparent on the pace: five named stops at 20 minutes each, with a speedboat of about 50 minutes each way and lunch at a local restaurant. That is a lot packed into a day, and the listing itself warns of a considerable amount of walking and stairs. If you want a slower day, drop Atuh Beach rather than shorten the arch.