List of amazing dive sites and dive spots in and around Bali, Penida, Lembongan, and Ceningan

Eel Garden

City: Menjangan Island

Dive Site Facts
Main Dive Region : Northwest
Difficulty : Intermediate
Type of Dive : Exploration, Wall
Access : Shore
Sealife (* to ****) : 3***
Depth : 6-30 m
Current : None
Water Temp. (avg) from : 27 C
Water Temp. (avg) to : 29 C
Visibility (avg) : 17 m
Big Fish : Reef Sharks, Sharks, Barracuda, Morays, Turtles
Terrain : Coral Reef, Sand, Rock
Contour : Slope, Steep Slope
6 m
Depth from

30 m
Depth to

Dive Region: Northwest
Level: Intermediate
Big Fish: Reef Sharks, Sharks, Barracuda, Morays, Turtles

Eel Garden
Explore a big colony of white garden eels surrounded by beautiful sea life.

Dive through a garden full of eels
This spot is called after a big colony of white garden eels. It is quite nice to take a closer swim around and observe the eels. A wall is located in the east of this dive site. If you are lucky, you may see ghostpipe fishes, reef sharks and pygmy seahorses.

Fauna & Flora
Soft and hard corals, many gorgonians. Turtles, leaf fish, frogfish, white-tip shark, grey reef shark, moray eel, jacks, pygmy seahorses, barracuda, rays, frogfish.

Coral Gardens

City: Tulamben

Coral Gardens

Coral Gardens is situated next to USAT Liberty and is really worth to explore. No current and a nice environment make it a perfect spot for beginners.

Nice spot for beginners and training

Corals Garden is situated a few hundred meters from the USAT Liberty Wreck. It is a nice spot for diving classes. There is no current and the depth reaches 20 meters.

Fauna & Flora

Healthy hard and soft corals. Blue ribbon eels, black tip reef shark, ghost pipe fish, cuttlefish, frog fish, jacks, octopus, nudibranchs, giant groupers, shrimps, blue stripped snappers.

Manta Point 1

City: Nusapenida

Manta Point 1

Mantas, Mantas and Mantas! What a magical dive spot indeed.

Meet the Mantas!

Manta Point is the perfect place to see the majestic big mantas flying around your head. Inside of a protected bay, you can watch mantas resting on big rocks where plenty of cleaner fishes are pitching into them. Always respect the rules and code of ethics the dive guides will share with you before getting into the water.

Fauna & Flora

Abundant plant cover of leathery corals and sponges. Of course, the manta ray. Stingray, nurse shark, different slugs

USAT Liberty Wreck

City: Tulamben

USAT Liberty Wreck

What a wreck! Dive down to the USAT Liberty and enjoy an amazing wreck dive – especially during the night. You won’t regret it!

For some the no.1 dive site in Bali!

This dive spot is rightfully the most famous in Bali. The USAT Liberty is a WWII casualty. Every part of the wreck hides little treasures to explore and the site offers quite easy conditions. The wreck is about 120 m long. The shallowest parts are about 5m down and the deepest about 30 m. Try to dive early in the morning. Most days groups will arrive around 11 am and of course they want to go to the wreck. Experience the wreck in night time in the light of your torch. You won’t regret it!
Some divers cause damages to the corals with their fins and gauges. It is STILL an impressive dive site. Let’s all keep it that way.

Fauna & Flora

Hard and soft corals. Giant barracuda, garden eel, giant groupers, blue spotted sting rays, bumphead parrot fish, moray eels, surgeon-fish, lion fish, scorpion fish, jacks, leafy scorpion fish, frog fish, nudibranchs, octopus, bat fish.

The story behind the wreck

The USAT Liberty was originally a cargo ship and outfitted for world war II with only a stern gun and a bow gun (still in place). In January 1942 a Japanese submarine attacked it somewhere in the Lombok street and it was hit by a torpedo . Two destroyers that accompanied the convoy towed the damaged vessel towards Singaraja area for repair works, but they only made it to Tulamben. The Liberty was carrying railroad parts and rubber. The vessel got beached to avoid it sinking. In 1963 the very strong eruption of holy Mount Agung shook up the area so much, that the boat rolled the vessel off and finally sunk it.
The ship is 395feet (ca. 120m), with more than 6000 tons, and was built in 1918.

Sental Nusa Penida

City: Nusapenida

Sental Nusa Penida

Sample a spectacular drift dive in the middle of a diverse sea life. Good place to meet Mola Molas!

Plunge down to Sental spot

Sental Point is in the middle of the healthy reef, which lines at the northern coast of Nusa Penida. Its deep slope is settled with nice natural vegetative cover and hard corals. In the season between July and September, when the water becomes cooler, Mola Mola can be spotted around Sental Point and Nusa Penida.

Fauna & Flora

Whire corals and hard corals. Moray eel, lion fish, skorpion fish, Mola Mola, turtles, blacktip shark, whitetip shark, crabs, different slugs.

Japanese Wreck

City: Abang

Japanese Wreck

Explore the smaller sister of USAT Liberty in a nice surrounding with an easy entrance and experience a smooth wreck dive.

Meet the small sister of USAT Liberty

The Japanese Wreck is situated very near the beach at Banyuning and is very easy to reach. The wreck is a Japanese patrol ship that sunk during WWII. It is a nice place to experience some wreck diving.

Fauna & Flora

Ped, Nusa Penida

City: Nusapenida

Dive Site Facts

Main Dive Region : Nusa Penida
Difficulty : Advanced
Type of Dive : Drift Dive
Access : Shore
Sealife (* to ****) : 3***
Depth : 10-30 m
Current : can be strong
Water Temp. (avg) from : 25 C
Water Temp. (avg) to : 29 C
Visibility (avg) : 15 m
Big Fish : Octopus, Manta, Barracuda, Turtles, Sharks, Mola Mola, Morays
Terrain : Coral Reef, Rock
Contour : Slope

Ped, Nusa Penida

Advanced drift dive to experience a wonderful surrounding with natural vegetal covers and many hard corals. Good place to meet Mola Molas!

A colourful slope is waiting for you

The Ped dive site is in the middle of the healthy reef, which lines at the northern coast of Nusa Penida. Its deep slope is settled with nice natural vegetal cover and hard corals. Between July and September, when the water becomes cooler, Mola Mola can be spotted around Sental Point and around Nusa Penida and Lembongan.

Fauna & Flora

Hard and soft coral, wire corals. Octopus, snapper, scorpion fish, puffer fish, manta ray, barracuda, sea snake, turtle, white-tip shark, parrot fish, Mola Mola, moray eel.

Gili Selang

City: Kecamatan Karangasem

Dive Site Facts

Main Dive Region : Tulamben
Difficulty : Advanced
Type of Dive : Drift Dive, Deep Dive, Small Island
Access : Shore
Sealife (* to ****) : 3***
Depth : 10-40 m
Current : can be strong
Water Temp. (avg) from : 26 C
Water Temp. (avg) to : 29 C
Visibility (avg) : 16 m
Big Fish : Hammerhead Sharks, Reef Sharks, Sharks, Barracuda, Morays, Turtles
Terrain : Coral Reef, Sand, Rubble, Rock
Contour : Flat, Steep Slope

Gili Selang

A challenging spot for the advanced. Strong current meets the big boys like Hammerhead and the grey reef shark.

Strong currents and the Indonesian flowthrough – a spot to meet

Diving around Gili Selang is quite a challenge and only for advanced divers. The strong current between Bali and Lombok hits the small island at the north-east flank and creates some action. This site is also called -The Express-. The strong current prevents the sea life to take roots. But out in the blue you have a good chance to see bigger sharks as the grey reef shark and sometimes the famous Hammerhead.

Fauna & Flora

Some soft and hard corals. Bumphead parrot fish, hammerhead shark, mackerel, white-tip shark, grey reef shark, moray eel, jacks, turtles, barracuda, rays, frogfish.

S.D. Nusa Penida

City: Nusapenida

Dive Site Facts

Main Dive Region : Nusa Penida
Difficulty : Intermediate
Type of Dive : Drift Dive
Access : Boat, Shore
Sealife (* to ****) : 3***
Depth : 10-30 m
Current : can be strong
Water Temp. (avg) from : 19 C
Water Temp. (avg) to : 29 C
Visibility (avg) : 20 m
Big Fish : Octopus, Manta, Sharks, Mola Mola, Tuna, Turtles
Terrain : Coral Reef, Rubble, Rock
Contour : Slope

S.D. Nusa Penida

A drift dive around S.D. means enjoying stunning sea life. Rays, dogtooth tuna and even whale sharks have been spotted here. Good place to meet Mola Molas!

Drifting – S.D. / Wonderful spot

S.D. Point is located at the north coast of Nusa Penida. It is surrounded by a healthy coral reef with amazing sea life. The current invites to a wonderful drift dive. Sometimes the dogtooth tuna and whale sharks are spotted at S.D.In the season between July and September, when the water becomes cooler, Mola Mola can be spotted around S.D. and Nusa Penida.

Fauna & Flora

Sponges, different hard and soft corals, wire corals. Sweetlips, octopus, frogfish, manta ray, sting ray, scorpion fish, snapper, butterfly fish, lion fish, scorpion fish, nudibranchs, bat fish, whitetip shark, blacktip shark, whale shark, Mola Mola, doggtooth tuna, leaf fish, nudibranches, turtles.

Jemeluk

City: Tulamben

Dive Site Facts

Main Dive Region : Tulamben
Difficulty : Beginners
Type of Dive : Exploration, Wall
Access : Boat
Sealife (* to ****) : 3***
Depth : 10-60 m
Current : easy
Water Temp. (avg) from : 26 C
Water Temp. (avg) to : 29 C
Visibility (avg) : 17 m
Big Fish : Reef Sharks, Turtles, Barracuda, Morays, Octopus
Terrain : Coral Reef, Sand
Contour : Slope

Jemeluk

You like to observe the macro sea life? Then Jemeluk is your spot. Dive through healthy coral gardens and enjoy a special atmosphere during a night dive.

Meet the rare ghost pipefish and the mimic octopus

The Jemeluk bay suffered once from the harvesting of hard coral in the 1980’s and the severe coral bleaching in April-May 1998. The hard corals were badly damaged. But in the recent years they have recovered steadily. Nowadays the coral gardens in the eastern part of the bay are in a perfect condition and maybe the most prolific in Bali. It is a perfect place for night diving and macro observation.

Fauna & Flora

Soft and hard corals. Bumphead parrot fish, hammerhead shark, mackerel, white-tip shark, grey reef shark, moray eel, jacks, turtles, barracuda, rays, frogfish.

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Coral Gardens

Nice spot for beginners and training

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Manta Point 1

Meet the Mantas!

Fauna & Flora

Dive Site Facts

USAT Liberty Wreck

For some the no.1 dive site in Bali!

Fauna & Flora

The story behind the wreck

Dive Site Facts

Sental Nusa Penida

Plunge down to Sental spot

Fauna & Flora

Dive Site Facts

Japanese Wreck

Meet the small sister of USAT Liberty

Fauna & Flora

Dive Site Facts

Ped, Nusa Penida

A colourful slope is waiting for you

Fauna & Flora

Dive Site Facts

Gili Selang

Strong currents and the Indonesian flowthrough – a spot to meet

Fauna & Flora

Dive Site Facts

S.D. Nusa Penida

Drifting – S.D. / Wonderful spot

Fauna & Flora

Dive Site Facts

Jemeluk

Meet the rare ghost pipefish and the mimic octopus

Fauna & Flora

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