Leaf Scorpionfish Taenianotus triacanthus
		Tulamben Amed Padangbai		Secret Bay Menjangan  Island Nusa Penida

Imperial Shrimp Perclimenes imperator Bali, Indonesia Dive Sites Bali's many and diverse dive sites offer an exceptional diving experience for all levels of divers. From protected shallow bays with exotic scorpionfish, octopus and nudibranchs to exciting drift diving in wild currents with sharks, mola mola and manta rays, Bali Indonesia has it all! On this page we present a brief summary of the different areas available to SCUBA divers in Bali. Click on the "Explore the Dive Sites" links to read our very detailed dive site descriptions for that area. Pull up the Bali Map as a reference to plan a safari. TULAMBEN Sangiani Crab Lauriea Siagiani Tulamben has become Bali's most famous diving area and therefore where you are most likely to meet internationally recognised underwater photographers and writers. Tulamben Bay, like the rest of Bali, is situated in the richest marine biogeographic zone in the world. Tulamben is on the north-east coast; the bay receives very plankton-rich waters from the major ocean current that moves from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean. This, coupled with the fact that the three main dive sites provide totally different physical environments, mean that Tulamben contains a stunningly diverse underwater ecosystem. TULAMBEN HIGHLIGHTS   LOCATION: A small village on the north-east coast of Bali TYPE OF DIVE: Shore Diving, Wreck-diving, Wall-diving, Night-diving, Deep-diving, photography (Batu Kelebit is a 5min outrigger journey from Tulamben) VISIBILITY: 12 - 25 metres CURRENT: Zero to mild currents DEPTHS: 3 - 40 metres (average depth 18 metres) MIN LEVEL: Introductory - suitable for every level and interest! HIGHLIGHTS: Extraordinary diversity of marinelife, huge school of Big-eyed Trevally. 120-metre shipwreck, beautifully coloured wall. Full Moon Night Dive. Great photographic opportunities and colour contrast with the black sand. AquaMarine's first choice for our special 1 Day Intro Adventure Diving Program. Great snorkelling site. CONDITIONS: Black sand slope with a 120-metre shipwreck, coral gardens and a wall. The fist-sized black stones can make entry tricky when there are waves present. explore the Tulamben Dive Sites AMED Mantis Shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus Amed is located on the north-east coast of Bali. By car, about 15 mins south of Tulamben, along the main road, and then 15mins on a local road, so Amed is much prettier than Tulamben. Due to the easy conditions at Amed, it is suitable both for novice and experienced divers. On the outskirts of Amed, you can see traditional salt-panning and buy sea salt as a souvenir of your visit! Immediately outside Jemeluk Bay are 2 dive sites, Amed Wall and Amed Reef, both of which can be done as a shore- or boat-dives. The boats are small outriggers (jukung) - long and narrow fishing boats. AMED HIGHLIGHTS   LOCATION: A quiet fishing village in north-eastern Bali, a short distance from Tulamben TYPE OF DIVE: Shore and Boat diving (outriggers large enough for 2-3 divers, Reef-diving, Wall-diving VISIBILITY: 15 - 25 metres CURRENT: Zero to mild current DEPTHS: 3 - 40 metres (average depth 18 metres) MIN LEVEL: Introductory HIGHLIGHTS: Fantastic coral formations, density and variety of fish AquaMarine's second choice for our 1Day Intro Adventure Diving Program. Great snorkelling site. Very occasionally Wobbegong Shark. CONDITIONS: Black sand beach sloping into the water, coral reefs and a wall. As the outriggers are small, divers put on/remove equipment in the water. explore the Amed Dive Sites SECRET BAY Ambon Scorpionfish Pteroidichthys amboinensis While Bali offers great diversity of dive sites, Gilimanuk Bay (or Secret Bay as it is known locally) is unique within Bali. It is the very definition of muck-diving. No rich coral reefs, no depth to speak of, it is in basically a site for macro-photographers and for the occasional recreational diver looking for something different from the norm. Secret Bay contains many rare macro-photography subjects that include nudibranches, dragonets (including both the colorful Mandarinfish and Picture Dragonet), abundant seahorse/pipefish, unusual scorpionfish, frogfish, eels, and many, many other organisms. SECRET BAY HIGHLIGHTS   LOCATION: On the north-west tip of Bali, located where the ferries to/from Java dock TYPE OF DIVE: Shore and Boat diving, macro-photography VISIBILITY: 4 - 10 metres CURRENT: Zero to medium currents DEPTHS: 3 - 10 metres MIN LEVEL: Open Water, but mainly for macro-photographers HIGHLIGHTS: Rare marine species, many juveniles, especially for macro-photographers. CONDITIONS: A shallow dive site with no rich coral growths but a few weed and coral beds. The visibility can be low, there may be a current and the water can be cold. Dark sand bottom; fat and healthy fish! explore the Secret Bay Dive Sites MENJANGAN ISLAND 1 Stripe Clingfish & Crinoid Discotrema crinophila It was in 1978 that Menjangan became Bali's first internationally-known dive location. Consequently, in older dive guidebooks, Menjangan is described as having beautiful reef flats. Unfortunately that is no longer true. On a more positive note, Menjangan is actually famous for the wall-diving. The walls descend to varying depths, the shallowest being 26m, the deepest 60M+. The walls offer the greatest diversity of gorgonian fans in Bali. They generally start at 10m with the flat coral reefs offering gentle conditions and lots of sunlight. These are full of medium and small fish. The walls are full of small nooks and crannies, overhangs, and bigger cavelettes, crevasses, etc. They are covered with soft corals, gorgonian fans, sponges. MENJANGAN ISLAND HIGHLIGHTS   LOCATION: A small island to the north of north-west Bali, part of West Bali National Park TYPE OF DIVE: Boat diving (one shore dive), access only by boat. Wall-diving, Drift-diving VISIBILITY: 15 - 30 metres CURRENT: Mild currents DEPTHS: 5 - 40 metres MIN LEVEL: Open Water HIGHLIGHTS: Coral walls and grottoes. Turtles, Barracudas, Big-eyed Trevally, Batfish. Garden Eel Point, Anker Wreck (small C19th wooden boat) CONDITIONS: 30-60min boat ride (dependent on site) from the small harbour of Labuan Lalang. Beautiful vertical walls, warm water, white sand. Back-roll entry. Menjangan, being wall-diving, has the highest rate of DCS of any Bali dive location - be a SAFE Diver (Slowly Ascend From Every dive) and do your safety stops. explore the Menjangan Island Dive Sites PADANGBAI Jacks & Reef Scene Caranx sexfasciatus Amuk Bay, with the villages of Padangbai to the south and Candidasa to the north, is about 6 kms across and located along the south side of Bali's eastern point. Just north of Padangbai is the Blue Lagoon, a treasure-trove of marine life. Two islands (Tepekong and Mimpang) outside the bay, and Biaha a little to the north, offer some of the most breath-taking diving in Bali. However, due to conditions, these 3 sites need to be treated with care and respect. Biaha is however, currently, Annabel's (the owner of AquaMarine) #1 dive site. PADANGBAI HIGHLIGHTS   LOCATION: 4 sites located a few minutes off the eastern coast of Bali TYPE OF DIVE: Boat diving, Reef-diving, Wall-diving, Drift-diving VISIBILITY: 15 - 30 metres CURRENT: Zero (The Blue Lagoon) - strong and unpredictable DEPTHS: 10 - 40 metres MIN LEVEL: Beginner (The Blue Lagoon) - Advanced and Experienced HIGHLIGHTS: Sharks! (Mimpang, Tepekong and Biaha); Cuttlefish, Leaf Scorpionfish, Crocodilefish (The Blue Lagoon); Tepekong's Canyon and Wall; Many big pelagics; Did we mention the sharks? BEACH BBQ: 1 dive at Biaha, 1 dive at Blue Lagoon / Tepekong / Mimpang; Surface Interval: white sand, usually deserted, beach just north of Biaha; Barbeque: grilled fish, satays, salads and Balinese vegetables (and sauces). This is a VERY popular day trip! CONDITIONS: Blue Lagoon: an easy dive site, gentle white sand slope, excellent marinelife. Mimpang, Tepekong, Biaha: currents can be tricky (up and down currents meeting horizontal currents) but on other days can be as calm as a mill-pond. Sometimes thermoclines around 20M. explore the Padangbai Dive Sites NUSA PENIDA Manta Ray Manta birostris Nusa Penida is the largest of 3 islands off the southeast coast of Bali. The water here is fairly cold but often startlingly clear, with gorgeous corals and prolific fish, with some turtle, shark and in season, Mola-Mola (the weird and wonderful Sunfish). AquaMarine offers nine dive sites at Nusa Penida. The majority of diving at Nusa Penida is drift-diving and the currents are not always predictable. NUSA PENIDA HIGHLIGHTS   LOCATION: A 17km long island, off the south-east coast of Bali TYPE OF DIVE: Boat-diving, Drift-diving VISIBILITY: 15 - 40 metres CURRENT: mild to strong DEPTHS: 6 - 40 metres MIN LEVEL: Open Water with some experience HIGHLIGHTS: Mola-Mola (Sunfish) in season, Eagle and Manta Rays, sharks. Many pelagics. Large schools of sweetlips, turtles. CONDITIONS: There are dive sites all around Nusa Penida's northern coast. Very good varieties of hard and soft corals; slopes and drop-offs. The water can get pretty cold at times. Being drift-diving, it is not easy to take photographs here. explore the Nusa Penida Dive Sites info@AquaMarineDiving.com Tel: +62 361 730 107 Fax: +62 361 735 368 Office Address: Jl. Raya Seminyak 2A Kuta, Bali 80361 Indonesia   Mobile: (English) +62 81 236 588 29 Correspondence Address: PO Box 2098 Kuta - Legian, Bali 80361 Indonesia home siteMAP contact us diveSITES divePACKAGES diveCOURSES reservations aboutAQUAMARINE sampleHOLIDAYS diveRESORTS baliMAP © 2001-2002, Deborah Fugitt, City Seahorse, Inc. All rights reserved. No one, for any reason, is permitted to copy the photos, graphics or text on these pages without written permission from City Seahorse, Inc. 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