bali dive site info.
Tulamben bay is located at the north-eastern coast of Bali and most of the dive spots are beach dives. Tulamben Bay receives very plankton-rich waters from the ocean current that comes from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean. Therefore, 3 main dive sites have different physical environments. One of the famous dive sites in Tulamben is the Liberty wreck, a US Army Transport ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1942. It is a very easy wreck dive and may done by divers of all certification levels. It is accessed directly from the shoreline and located about 25 meters from shore. At its deepest point it is about 30 meters from the surface and it tops out at about 5 meters from the surface.
Other dive spots are the Wall / Drop off and Coral garden, both dive spots are offshore dives. The wall starts from 3 meters to 38 meters. The amazing coral growth on this reef also features nice landscape sculpted by overhanging rocks. Many colorful fishes can be found in this dive spot such as different angel fish and Jack fish schooling around. The Coral Garden is offering nice soft and hard corals with numerous species of reef fish.
Tulamben Wall highlights:
Reef characteristics: drop off
Visibility: 15-25 m
Depth: 3 - 30 meters
Current: none to moderate
Coral growth: many stone and soft coral
Marine life: many species of reef fish, specially angelfish
Highlight: easy to dive also good for snorkeling.
TULAMBEN IS ONE OF RECOMMENDED DIVE SITES!
Tulamben highlight
Characteristics : Wreck
Visibility : 14 - 30 meters
Current : None to moderate
Coral growth : Wreck is completely covered by stone- and soft coral
Marine life : Vast schools of fish (fusiliers and surgeon fish)
Depth : 5- 38 meters
Highlights : The wreck is easy to dive, even suitable for discover scuba diving
Gili Biaha / Mimpang with around 45 - 60 minutes boat ride from Padang Bai Harbour, offers a big rock called Gili Biaha with a slope drops covered by nice soft and hard corals. A big fish encounter is possible in the area including grey reef sharks, white tip and black tip reef sharks due to strong current. On the other rock side we can find nurse sharks and sea snakes since there the same strong currents occur. The dive spots are only for experienced divers and not suitable for snorkelers.
Characteristics : Rocky steep slope in the open sea
Visibility : 14 - 30 meters
Current : Medium to strong
Coral growth : Beautifully grown with stone coral
Marine life : All varieties of reef fish
Depth : 10- 35 meters
Highlights : Shark cave, chance of big fish
The Blue Lagoon is located at the north-eastern coast of Bali and can be reached around 5 minutes by boat ride or by a traditional boat (Jukung) from Padang Bai Harbour. The dive spots are suitable for beginners even snorkelers as well even though sometimes we have currents in some of those spots. Diving will be in both lagoons at either side of the harbor. The south part of the reef drops vertically to 22 m with many nudibranches and some flatworms can be found here. The underwater landscape is dominated by up to 4 m high growing soft coral where large spiny lobsters can be found. On the northern part the dive starts in 4 to 7 m deep water and drops to 28 meters with many soft corals, glass fishes and oriental sweet lips, current may increase in strength therefore we can find here white tip reef sharks as well.
Characteristics : Boat dives with gently dropping slope
Visibility : 15 - 35 meters
Current : None to medium
Coral growth : Stones and soft coral
Marine life : Big variety of reef fishes
Depth : 8- 30 meters
Highlights : Reef shark
Nusa Penida
Nusa Penida ,Lembongan & Ceningan are sister islands of Bali and there are 5 - 6 dive spots in the area with most of them are drift dives with big chance to see bigger fish than in other dive spots in Bali. The Islands can be reached by speed boat around 40 - 50 minutes from Padang Bai harbour. The visibility is very good and reaches usually more than 12 meters with thermo clines cause sudden drops in water temperature. Untouched corals, big fish including eagle rays, turtle and mola mola (sunfish) are quiet often seen. Almost all the dive spots in those islands are suitable for experienced divers as the currents are strong and changes directions.
Nusa Penida highlight
Characteristics : Boat dives, drift diving
Visibility : 20 - 40 meters
Current : Strong to hard, thermo clines
Coral growth : Stone- and soft coral, grown very dense
Marine life : Big variety of reef fish
Depth : 10 - 35 meters
Highlights : Excellent visibility and big fish encounters