- Wildlife: clown fish, moray eels, lion fish, turtles, gorgonian fan corals, macro.
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Tucked beneath the towering presence of Mount Agung, Jemeluk Bay offers a relaxing yet vibrant dive experience. Its calm waters, easy beach entry, and reliable visibility make it ideal for beginners and photography lovers alike. As you explore, you’ll glide past coral gardens, playful batfish, and even an underwater temple garden dotted with statues — now home to colorful reef life. From wide-angle vistas to macro surprises like ghost pipefish, there’s something for every diver. And if you're up for a quirky touch, don't miss the underwater mailbox — it’s one dive souvenir you can actually send.
Pyramids
- Type: Artificial reef, drift dive
- Level: Beginner to advanced
- Access: Shore or boat
- Depth: 10-25m
Just off the coast of Amed, the Pyramids dive site offers an unforgettable blend of creativity and marine life. Beneath the waves lie dozens of hollow concrete pyramids, carefully placed by the local community to nurture reef growth. Over time, they’ve transformed into living sculptures, covered in corals and surrounded by schools of fish. You'll glide over sandy slopes alive with lionfish, nudibranchs, moray eels, and — with a bit of luck — a passing turtle or reef shark. Whether accessed from the beach or by traditional jukung boat, this site is a favorite among underwater photographers and divers of all levels. Calm waters, colorful life, and a purpose-built reef make this one of Amed’s most rewarding dives.
- Wildlife: garden eels, stingrays, frog-fish, trunk fish.
Deep Blue lives up to its name, delivering a thrilling dive into the open ocean just beyond Amed’s reef line. Starting with a vibrant coral garden, the site quickly drops into deeper waters where currents create an exciting drift along dramatic underwater topography. As you glide through the blue, keep your eyes open for schooling trevallies, barracuda, turtles, and the occasional reef shark or tuna passing by. With depths exceeding 30 meters and sweeping visibility, Deep Blue is a favorite for advanced divers eager to chase the big fish and embrace the calm intensity of the deep.
- Wildlife: schools of jacks, barracudas, reef sharks.
Resting just off the shore of Tulamben, the USAT Liberty is one of the most iconic and accessible wreck dives in the world. This 120-meter WWII-era cargo ship was torpedoed in 1942 and later pushed into the sea by the 1963 eruption of Mount Agung, where it now lies between 8 and 30 meters deep. Over the decades, the wreck has become a thriving reef, draped in soft corals and surrounded by vibrant marine life. Easy to reach from the beach and suitable for all levels, the Liberty offers divers a surreal journey through history, where batfish, bumphead parrotfish, and macro critters coexist on the skeletal remains of a sunken warship. It's an unmissable experience for anyone diving in Bali.
- Wildlife: snapper, grouper, lionfish, giant clams, turtles.
Lipah Bay
- Type: Turtles, coral, sandy slope, macro
- Level: Beginner to Advanced
- Access: Shore
- Depth: 3-20m
Lipah Bay offers calm, clear conditions perfect for beginners, snorkelers, and Discover Scuba divers. But it’s also a hidden gem for macro enthusiasts—home to rare critters like frogfish, ghost pipefish, seahorses, and mimic octopus. With its vibrant reef and easy shore access, Lipah Bay feels like a living aquarium waiting to be explored. It is also famous for constantly having turtles.
- Wildlife: Turtles, macro.
Japanese Wreck
- Type: Artificial reef, drift dive
- Level: Beginner to advanced
- Access: Shore or boat
- Depth: 10-25m
Just off the coast of Amed, the Pyramids dive site offers an unforgettable blend of creativity and marine life. Beneath the waves lie dozens of hollow concrete pyramids, carefully placed by the local community to nurture reef growth. Over time, they’ve transformed into living sculptures, covered in corals and surrounded by schools of fish. You'll glide over sandy slopes alive with lionfish, nudibranchs, moray eels, and — with a bit of luck — a passing turtle or reef shark. Whether accessed from the beach or by traditional jukung boat, this site is a favorite among underwater photographers and divers of all levels. Calm waters, colorful life, and a purpose-built reef make this one of Amed’s most rewarding dives.
- Wildlife: garden eels, stingrays, frog-fish, trunk fish.
Coral Garden
- Type: Natural and artificial reef, statues
- Level: Beginner to Advanced
- Access: Shore
- Depth: 5-40m
Just a short swim from the USAT Liberty, Coral Garden is a shallow, calm site perfect for beginners, snorkelers, and underwater photographers alike. This vibrant reef features a mix of natural corals and artistic artificial structures—Balinese statues, pyramids, and even a wire-frame plane—designed to support reef restoration. These elements attract a rich variety of marine life including ribbon eels, clownfish, frogfish, and ghost pipefish. With excellent visibility and little to no current, Coral Garden is a peaceful dive with plenty to explore and capture on camera.
- Wildlife: clownfish, ribbon eels, stingrays, cuttlefish, frogfish, and ghost pipefish.
A dramatic underwater wall created by ancient lava flows, the Drop Off plunges steeply just beyond the shore, offering a thrilling dive for all levels with good buoyancy. Starting from a black sand beach, you’ll follow the wall adorned with vibrant corals and hiding places for octopuses and scorpionfish. Keep an eye on the blue — larger pelagics like barracuda and reef sharks occasionally pass by. The shallows at the top of the wall provide a beautiful and colorful return as you ascend. Depth ranges from 8m to beyond 40m, with generally calm to moderate currents.
- Wildlife: Giant Gorgon, Groupers, Black-tipped Sharks, Flying Scorpionfish, Ballista.
Nusa Penida and its neighboring islands, Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan, offer some of Bali’s most thrilling diving. Known for encounters with manta rays year-round and the elusive mola mola from June to November, these sites boast crystal-clear, cooler waters and vibrant coral ecosystems. From the gentle drifts of SD and Mangrove to the high-speed rides at Blue Corner, each site has its own character—Manta Point guarantees close-ups with graceful rays, while Crystal Bay is a hotspot for pelagics and deep drop-offs. Expect stunning reefs, dramatic topography, and a high chance of unforgettable marine life encounters.
- Wildlife: pelagic, mantas, molas.