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Bali Area Descriptions
:: Candidasa
:: East Bali
:: Gili Island
:: Jimbaran
:: Kuta
:: Legian
:: Lombok Island
:: North Bali
:: Nusa Dua
:: Sanur
:: Seminyak/Kerobokan
:: Tabanan
:: Tanjung Benoa
:: Tuban
:: Ubud
:: West Bali

Bali Diving Area Information

 Amed - East Bali Diving

Reef Type Drop off and coral reef slope
Acces Beach entry or 10 minutes
Visibility Moderate to excellent
Current Slight
Coral Variety of soft and hard coral
Fish Variety species
Highlight Wall
Other Good for wide abgle photography

 

This rich and varied dive hosts a wide range of fish and coral species. You can start your dive in Bali eastside from shore towards the eastern point of bay. Or you can get the local outringger. The fish life is vivid, with large schools of fishes, grouper and other kind of big fishes.

 Menjangan - West Bali Diving

Reef Type Wall, particularly rugged, wreck
Acces 15 minutes by boat from Labuan lalang
Visibility Excellent to superb 25 - 50 meters
Current Slight
Coral Excellent, abudant soft coral
Fish Fantastic
Highlight Deep wall, garden ells
Other Reef shark are common seen here
Menjangan ( west side bali diving) is an understanding dive with excellent walls and very clear water-up to 50 meters visibility. There is also wreck at 30 meters, and superb coral gardens in just 5 - 7 meters. The tiny adjoining island 120 km north west of Denpasar, accessible by boat only 15.
minutes from the maindland. This area is suitable for all season diving where magnificent underwater vistas will suprise even most seasoned diver. It is rich with all kinds of sponge, sea plants, coral and fish which streatches for miles and miles on end. This area is considered the diver's paradise in Bali and words alone can not describe it's beauty.


 
Gili Tepekong - Gili Biaha Lombok
Reef Type Flat-bottomed, mised reef and some
Acces 10-15 minutes by small boat from Candidasa
Visibility Variable, poor to good, 6-20 meters
Current Usually gentle but up to 3 knots
Coral Scattered outcrops, fair variety
Fish Good variety and numbers
Highlight Titan tringgerfish, White tip reef sharks, stingray
Other Reef sharks can be found here
The costal sites in Amuk bay are shallow and undermanding with only occasional, nuld currents and visibility can be quite poor. The islands in front of Candidasa - Tepekong, Gili Mimpang and Gili Likuan offer excellent diving with a great variety of fish life, including many 
larger species. Temprature are usually low, and a 3 mm wet suit is almost essential. Currents can be strong and unpredictable, including downstream and surge.

Nusa Penida - Lembongan

Reef Type Drop off, step slope
Acces 45 minutes to 1.5 hours by boat from Padang bay
Visibility Excelent, crystal clear water
Current Moderate to very strong (4+ knots)
Coral Very good variety of hand corals and soft corals
Fish Excellent variety, many pelagiscs
Highlight Large school of sweerlips, howksbill turtle
Other Can be very cold, current are upredictable.
The dive site of Nusa Penida and nearby - Ceningan and Lembongan island require the longest boat and strong currents and surge make conditions tricky, although a good guide can usually find an alternative site. These are drop off dives, and the fish and coral veriety is excellent. The water
can be quite cold because of upwelling.
 

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