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BALI DIVING

Bali diving macro photography highlight: Elysia ornata at Secret Bay. Photo by Raymond Lim.Bali diving offers healthy corals, rich underwater life, with a variety of dive sites to satisfy any diver. A Bali scuba diving vacation gives divers the chance to dive the widest choice of dive sites in the region, even on the shortest diving trip:

The world-famous USS Liberty ship wreck at Tulamben, the deep coral walls of Menjangan Island, drift diving the many dive sites around Nusa Penida, shallow lagoons at Padang Bai, some of the best macro photography dive sites in Indonesia, and the challenging diving areas around the East Coast Islands: Gili Tepekong, Gili Biaha and Mimpang The Three Rocks (for experienced divers only).

Dive in Bali for the massive underwater marine life diversity. Bali diving trips offer divers everything from the smallest macro species up to the massive Oceanic Sunfish. This area of the Indo-Pacific region (with Bali and Indonesia at the centre) has around 2,500 species of reef fishes ~ compare this to the 800 species found in The Caribbean.

The amazing Mola mola (Oceanic Sunfish). Photo by Wake Takashi, trip to Nusa Penida, October 2002A Bali diving trip offers an underwater diversity and range of topside activities more than a match for many of the more talked-about Asian diving destinations.

We dive Bali all year round, with the best season from April to October.

For detailed Bali dive sites information go to Bali dive sites information, to book your diving trip go to booking form, or contact us with your questions.

Why Dive Bali? (from 'Diving Bali'; Periplus Action Guides 2000)

"... if a team of scientists took the time to survey the diversity of Bali's reefs... their species count would almost certainly be the highest in the world for an area of equivalent size."

"... Liberty shipwreck is a treasure-trove of fish species... huge numbers of medium-sized fish... some 400 species of reef fish live on the wreck, which is also visited by perhaps some 100 species of pelagics."

"Bali's greatest charm, perhaps, is its wide range and variety of sites... on a steel shipwreck... on a wooden shipwreck... off vertical drop-offs... over sand slopes... off limestone shores... among huge bommies... inroaring currents... in quiet bays... along deep, coral-covered ridges... over seagrass beds"

"Above water, the physical and cultural beauty of the island is legendary, which means that unlike so many other great diving areas, there is always something to see and do."