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| AMED |
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Reef Type |
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Coastal reef, flats, slope and
wall |
| Access |
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Beach entry, 10 minutes by small
boat |
| Visibility |
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Fair to good, 15-25 meters |
| Current |
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Mild |
| Coral |
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Excellent, best hard coral variety
in Bali |
| Fish |
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Superb variety, excellent numbers |
| Highlights |
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Density of fish on the deep
wall |
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| From the beach, Amed offers
an excellent site for training dives. It has
a flat bottom lagoon for instruction and a
coral reef only 5 minutes swim away. This
location is highly recommended for introductory
dives. By boat, Amed has a nice wall dive
just a few minutes away. It is fun, easy dive
for everyone |
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| GILITEPEKONG |
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Reef Type |
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Steep corals walls, underwater
canyon |
| Access |
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30 - 40 minutes by small outboard |
| Visibility |
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Variable, poor to very good,6-20
meters |
| Current |
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Can be extremely strong, more
then 5 knots. |
| Coral |
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Excellent coverage
and variety |
| Fish |
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Literally teeming with fish |
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Tepekong |
| Others |
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Very trick currents, strong
surge, uncomfortably cold. |
| Just offshore from Candi Dasa
is tiny Tepekong,a little outcrop that offers
some spectacular diving. The coral wall is
steep, the water is cold, and the current
can be strong. Driffting through The Canyon
offers on unforgettable underwater experience.
Please note; experienced divers only recommended.
as the currents can be unpredictable. |
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| MENJANGAN |
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Reef Type |
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Walls, particularly
rugged, wreck |
| Access |
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30 minutes from main island |
| Visibility |
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Excellent to superb, 25-45 meters |
| Current |
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Very slight |
| Coral |
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Very good numbers and variety,
Abundant soft corals |
| Fish |
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Good number, only average variety |
| Highlights |
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"Anker" wreck |
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| Menjangan is a small island
of the coast of Bali on the northwest side
that is reserved as a National Park. This
island has many different points to dive from
depending on the divers skill and objectives.
One site includes a bed of sea snakes and
resident sharks. |
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| CENINGAN WALL |
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Reef Type |
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Steep drop-of |
| Access |
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40 minutes by boat ( From Sanur
Beach) |
| Visibility |
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15-25 minutes |
| Current |
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Moderate to very strong |
| Coral |
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Limited coverage, few species |
| Fish |
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Surprising good variety |
| Highlights |
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Large School of sweet lips,
dozen of surgeon fish, manta, eagle ray, sunfish
event shark |
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Can be very cold, current are
unpredictable and often fierce |
| Starts off with a slope of resident
large schooling sweet lips and climaxes with
a steep wall drop with soft coral growth,
unlimited depth, good visibility, and abundant
fish life. Look for schools of various marine
life including large pelagic - sunfish and
manta rays. This is a deep dive, and so watch
your gauges closely. |
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| SAKENAN POINT |
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Reef Type |
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Coral Garden, slopes |
| Access |
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40 minutes by boat ( From Sanur
Beach) |
| Visibility |
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Good, 15-25 meters |
| Current |
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Moderate to very strong |
| Coral |
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Very Good variety of hard corals.
Excelent stand of soft corals |
| Fish |
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Excelent variety, many pelagic |
| Highlights |
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Large School of sweet lips,
Napoleon wrasses turtle,dozen of surgeon fish,
manta, eagle ray, sunfish |
| Others |
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The drift diving is particularly
recommended |
| Offers more challenging diving,
strong current and promises good visibilitywith
lot's of marine life especially it is the
home of sweet lips with dramatic anderwater
coralsand terrain highlighted by triving reefs
and abundant soft corals, including many of
the more exiting ones. |
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| BLUE CORNER |
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Reef Type |
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Drop-off, steep slopes |
| Access |
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40 minutes by boat ( From Sanur
Beach) |
| Visibility |
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Good, 15-35 meters |
| Current |
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Can be extremely strong |
| Coral |
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Excellent coverage and variety |
| Fish |
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Excelent variety, many pelagic |
| Highlights |
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Very often sunfish show by divers
in this area napoleon wrasses, mantha and
eagle rays even shark an |
| Others |
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Can be very cold, current are
unpredictable and often fierce |
| There is incredible diving to
be had throughout Nusa Lembongan. Drop-offs
and steep slopes bustle with hard corals -
there is an impressive diversity of marine
life including many of the more exciting,
larger pelagics, especially sun fish ( mola-mola
), napoleon wrasses manta and eagle rays. |
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| NUSA PENIDA |
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Reef Type |
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Coral garden, slopes |
| Access |
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40 minutes by boat ( From Sanur
Beach ) |
| Visibility |
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Good, 15 - 25 meters |
| Current |
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Moderate to very strong |
| Coral |
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Very Good variety of hard corals,
Excellent stand of soft corals |
| Fish |
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Excellent variety, many large
pelagics |
| Highlights |
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Napoleon wrasse, schooling sweet
lips, site also host sharks even sunfish |
| Others |
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| Nusa Penida is small island
the south coast of Bali. It's contains variety
of sites suitable to the divers skill and
objectives. The drift diving is particularly
recommended to see some of the best marine
life in Bali. One dive starts in a bat cave
then ends in a fast drift dive. |
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| TOYA PAKEH WALL |
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Reef Type |
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Steep drop-off |
| Access |
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40 minutes by boat( from Sanur
beach ) |
| Visibility |
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15-25 meters |
| Current |
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Moderate to very strong |
| Coral |
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Limited coverage, few species |
| Fish |
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Surprising good variety |
| Highlights |
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Large school of sweet lips,
dozen of surgeon fish, manta, eagle ray, sunfish
even sharks. |
| Others |
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| Provides a wide assortment of
diving, surrounded by an impressive marine
life, with dramatic underwater terrain highlighted
by steep drop-off. School of many large pelagics
including; tuna, manta rays, sharks at relatively
shallow water, jack fish barracuda even sun
fish, and manta rays can be seen. Current
are unpredictable and often fierce. |
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| CRYSTAL BAY |
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Reef Type |
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Corals garden, slopes |
| Access |
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40 minutes by boat ( From Sanur
Beach ) |
| Visibility |
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15-25 meters |
| Current |
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Moderate to very strong |
| Coral |
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Very good variety of hard corals.
Excellent stand of soft corals. |
| Fish |
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Excellent variety, many large
pelagic. |
| Highlights |
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Large school of sweet lips,
napoleon wrasses turtle, shark small fish
darting all over the place. |
| Others |
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| Another favorite location for
certified diver is the "dream cave", a pinnacle
dive where the divers can visit amazing bat
cave from underwater world - all with good
corals, also a good place to catch large pelagic
activity including sharks in relatively shallow
water, jack fish, baracuda, even sun fish,
and manta rays. Strong currents sometimes
sweep the bay. |
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| PADANG BAI |
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Reef Type |
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Flat-bottomed mixed reef and
sandy bottom, some wall |
| Access |
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10-15 minutes by boat |
| Visibility |
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Variable; poor to good, 6-15
meters |
| Current |
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Usually gentle but up to 3 knots |
| Coral |
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Scattered outcrops, fair variety |
| Fish |
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| Highlights |
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Large feeding Titan trigger
fish blue spotted stingrays |
| Others |
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Fuul moon night dive on the
wall. |
| This picturesque bay, surrounded
by majestic cliffs and hills, offers excellent
diving with a great variety of marine life.
White sandy bottom and exceptionally clear
cool water and there are over many species
of hard corals, plus numerous species of soft
corals, colorful reef. |
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| BEGINNER POINT |
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Reef Type |
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Coral reef, white sandy bottom |
| Access |
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10 minutes by boat |
| Visibility |
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8 meters ( Can be reach 20 meters
on occasion) |
| Current |
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Usually gentle but can be strong |
| Coral |
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Limited coverage, few species |
| Fish |
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Surprising good variety |
| Highlights |
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Schooling of bath fish, sweet
lips, parot fish |
| Others |
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Feeding frenzy on fresh spawn |
| This site is very ideal for
the people who would like to visit another
part of different world which never been seeing
before. With diving the different will come
true - great variety of marine life living
in their habitats, and variety of reef corals
life. Please note it is good for dive courses
and general introduction to Bali underwater
world. |
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| JELADI WILIS |
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Reef Type |
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Drop-off to moderate depth |
| Access |
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15 minutes by boat |
| Visibility |
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6-8 meters ( Can reach 15 meters
on occasion) |
| Current |
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Usually gentle but can be strong |
| Coral |
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Limited coverage, few species |
| Fish |
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Surprising good variety |
| Highlights |
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Feeding frenzy on fresh spawn |
| Others |
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| Note that the best time to dive
this site is early in the morning due to strong
current but it is good for dive courses and
general introduction to Bali underwater world.
Sanur offers a great variety of coral, fish
and aquatic life. |
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| SHIPWRECK |
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Reef Type |
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Liberty wreck, slopes |
| Access |
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Beach, ship is 20 meters offshore |
| Visibility |
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Fair to good, 15-25 meters |
| Current |
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None or moderate |
| Coral |
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Good growth of encrusting animals
on wreck |
| Fish |
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Super variety, excellent numbers |
| Highlights |
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Full moon night dive on wreck |
| Others |
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Fish on wreck are regularly
fed and quite tame |
| Tulamben is a fun dive for all
types of divers. The wreck is a U.S Liberty,
cargo ship that shank during World War II.
Now it has an abundance of coral, sponges,
gorgonia, schools of big eye travelly fish
and a wide array of tame and friendly fish. |
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| DROP-OFF |
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Reef Type |
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Slopes, steep drop-off |
| Access |
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Beach entry |
| Visibility |
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Fair to good, 15-25 meters |
| Current |
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None or moderate |
| Coral |
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Limited coverage, few species |
| Fish |
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Super variety, excellent numbers |
| Highlights |
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Density of fish on the deep
wall |
| Others |
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Full moon night dive on the
wall |
| It is here, in one of the most
pristine of wall dive site on the eastern
coast of Bali, that you will find abundant
marine life will a surprising variety corals.
It starts off will a slope and climaxes with
a steep wall drop covered with soft coral
growth. There is good visibility and small
fish dart all over the place. |
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| BATU KELEBIT |
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This site can ben reached by boat (10 minutes
ride with the local fisherman's boat). A
higher chance of bigger fish. A huge napoleon
and whitetip reef sharks are frequently
encountered here.
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| NIGHT DIVING |
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All above mentioned sites are ideal for
a night dive. You will see the Bumphead
sleeping family in the wreck, morey eels
swimming or even the spanish dancer!
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