Where to dive in Indonesia

(Ind) Tulamben Usat Liberty

The USAT Liberty in Tulamben is the iconic American wreck that is Bali's most popular dive. The 120m cargo ship was torpedoed in 1942 and rested on the beach for decades until it was pushed into the sea in 1963 by the eruption of Mount Agung volca...

Amed

Amed is a coastal area in northeast Bali with multiple dive sites accessible from the beach, including the famous Japanese wreck in Jemeluk and the Pyramids. The region offers excellent macro diving with nudibranchs, garden eels and octopuses, as ...

Bat Cave (Blue Corner)

Manta Point in Nusa Penida is a dive site featuring frequent oceanic manta rays along the southwest coast of the island, one of the most accessible locations for encounters with these majestic rays in Bali. The mantas regularly visit the cleaning ...

Batu Bolong

Batu Bolong is an isolated volcanic pinnacle in the heart of Komodo National Park, elected by CNN as one of the 27 best dives in the world. Its vertical walls descend beyond 30 m covered with orange soft corals, giant gorgonians and barrel sponges...

Batu Bolong, Komodo National Park

Batu Bolong, in Komodo National Park, is ranked among the best dive sites on the planet — an isolated volcanic rock whose sheer vertical walls are covered with one of the highest densities of soft corals, gorgonians, and sponges in Indonesia. Stro...

Bias Tegul

Bias Tegul (also known as White Sand Beach) in Padang Bai is a small hidden beach on the east coast of Bali, accessible on foot or by boat. The site offers calm shore diving with mixed coral and sand reefs, inhabited by sea turtles, colorful nudib...

Blue Lagoon

Blue Lagoon in Padang Bai is a sheltered bay accessible by boat or from shore, offering excellent conditions for beginner divers in eastern Bali. The shallow reefs feature great diversity of nudibranchs, green sea turtles, octopuses and dragonfish...

Blue Lagoon Padangbai

Blue Lagoon Padangbai is the famous protected bay of the port village of Padang Bai in eastern Bali, ideal for beginner divers and macro photography. The reef features colorful nudibranchs, resident green sea turtles, trumpetfish and camouflaged l...

Bunutan

Bunutan is a dive site in Amed, northeastern Bali, known for its healthy coral reefs with good wall diving and frequent encounters with green sea turtles. The site is typical of the Amed area with easy shore access and varied marine life including...

Bunutan Point

Bunutan Point is a dive site in the Amed-Bunutan area in northeast Bali, featuring coral reefs on moderate slopes and good conditions for shore diving. The site presents healthy corals with sea turtles, octopuses, and various species of nudibranch...

Buyuk

Buyuk in Nusa Penida is a dive site on the northern coast of the island featuring coral reefs on sloping drop-offs and good marine life diversity. The site is less frequented than Crystal Bay and Manta Point, offering a quieter experience with gre...

Cannibal Rock

Cannibal Rock is the most extraordinary macro diving site in the southern Komodo National Park, 1 km off the north coast of Nusa Kode. The sheltered bay and weak currents allow for a calm exploration of a rock entirely covered with colorful soft c...

Castle Rock

Castle Rock is the most famous submarine pinnacle in the northern part of Komodo National Park and is widely considered the best pelagic dive in the park. The summit, just a few meters from the surface, descends to 35 m along walls covered in cora...

Cave Point

Cave Point at Menjangan in the far northwest of Bali is a site featuring an underwater cave located on the vertical walls of Bali Barat National Park. The surrounding walls are densely covered with colorful gorgonians and soft corals with excellen...

China Shop

China Shop is the protected coral garden in the east bay of Gili Lawa Darat where divers slow down after exiting The Cauldron/Shotgun. The name alludes to the extreme fragility of the corals — dense bommies of hard and soft coral, gorgonians and s...

Close Encounters

Close Encounters at Menjangan in northwest Bali is a wall dive site with close encounters with large marine species in the crystal-clear waters of Bali Barat National Park. The walls covered with gorgonians and colorful soft corals are frequented ...

Coral Garden

Coral Garden in Tulamben is a shallow sand and coral reef located adjacent to the famous Liberty wreck, in northeast Bali. The coral garden is home to garden eels on sandy slopes, camouflaged scorpionfish, mimic octopuses, and diverse nudibranch s...

Couldron

The Couldron (alternative spelling of The Cauldron / Shotgun) is the famous drift dive between Gili Lawa Laut and Gili Lawa Darat in Komodo National Park. The tidal current pushes divers into a circular basin sculpted by tides at 25 m and then pro...

Cristal Bay

Cristal Bay in Nola Penida is the famous dive site internationally known for the Mola mola (ocean sunfish), which visits the waters between July and October for cleaning at depths of 15-30m. The site has exceptional visibility with dramatic thermo...

Cristal Rock

Cristal Rock (alternative spelling of Crystal Rock) is one of the most spectacular pinnacles in the northern section of Komodo National Park, emerging above the surface at low tide. Its walls drop to 30 m covered in soft corals in shades of orange...

Crystal Bay

Nusa Penida, Bali

Crystal Bay in Nusa Penida is one of the world's most celebrated dive sites, famous for the seasonal visit of the ocean sunfish (Mola mola) between July and October. The bay offers crystal-clear visibility and spectacular coral formations, but wit...

Crystal Rock

Crystal Rock is an emergent pinnacle in the north of Komodo National Park, just a few meters from Castle Rock. The rock breaks the surface at low tide and its walls descend to 30 m covered in vibrant soft corals and gorgonians; strong channel curr...

Crystal Rock, Komodo National Park

Crystal Rock is the emergent pinnacle in the northern part of Komodo National Park where 30 m submarine walls are covered with soft corals in shades of orange, purple and red. The strong tidal current that flows through the channel between the Gil...

Dog's Point

Dog's Point is a dive site near Nusa Penida in the Bali Channel area, featuring coral reefs on slopes and sandy bottoms inhabited by eagle rays and tripod fish. The site offers drift diving with variable currents and good macro-life diversity for ...

Drop Off

Drop Off in Tulamben is the iconic vertical wall of the region, starting at just 3 meters below the surface and descending vertically for tens of meters. The site is accessible from the shore of the village of Tulamben in northeast Bali, featuring...

Drop Off, Tulamben

Drop Off in Tulamben is an impressive vertical wall that descends from 3m to more than 60m depth, covered with colorful soft corals, gorgonians, and giant sponges. The site is adjacent to the Liberty wreck in northeast Bali and is accessible from ...

Eel Garden

Eel Garden at Menjangan in the far northwest of Bali is a black volcanic sand site where hundreds of garden eels emerge from their burrows in hypnotic formations. The site is part of Bali Barat National Park and combines easily with other Menjanga...

Farundi Cave

Farundi Cave, located east of Misool Island in southern Raja Ampat, is a limestone cave and tunnel site that divers traverse between 5 to 30 meters depth, with a ceiling dotted with stalactites and unique rock formations. Inside the tunnel, sea fa...

Gili Biaha

Gili Biaha in Candidasa is an isolated islet in eastern Bali known for a partially submerged cave inhabited by sleeping reef sharks and moray eels. The site has strong and unpredictable currents similar to Tepekong and Mimpang, with dramatic views...

Gili Mempang

Gili Mempang in Candidasa is a rocky islet in eastern Bali, part of a group of islets together with Mimpang and Tepekong, exposed to strong and unpredictable currents. The site is suitable for advanced divers and hosts reef sharks, eagle rays, and...

Gili Minpong

Gili Minpong (Mimpang) in Candidasa is one of the rocky islets in eastern Bali of the Tepekong/Mimpang group, exposed to strong currents that feed abundant pelagic marine life. The site is suitable for advanced divers and offers sightings of reef ...

Gili Tepekong

Gili Tepekong in Candidasa is one of the most challenging dives in Bali, with rocky islets exposed to strong and unpredictable currents in east Bali. The site is famous for reef sharks resting on the bottom, majestic eagle rays and Napoleon fish, ...

Gili Tepekong The Canyon

Gili Tepekong Canyon in Candidasa is a dramatic underwater canyon between the Tepekong islets in eastern Bali, famous for intense currents and exciting yet dangerous marine life. The site hosts white-tip sharks resting on the canyon floor, along w...

Indonesia, Selang

Indonesia Selang in Amed is a dive site in the locality of Selang, one of several bays that make up the coastal area of Amed in northeast Bali. The reef features healthy corals with sea turtles, nudibranchs and colorful reef fish in typical Amed c...

Jack Point

Jack Point is a dive site in southern Bali featuring sandy bottoms and shallow reefs near Nusa Dua, with varied macro life including rabbitfish, eagle rays, and cryptic organisms on the substrate. The site is relatively calm and suitable for inter...

Japanese Wreck

Japanese Wreck in Amed is a small Japanese World War II wreck located at just 5 meters depth in Jemeluk Bay in northeast Bali. The shallow wreck is covered with colorful corals and is frequented by green sea turtles, rabbitfish, and nudibranchs, m...

Jemeluk

Jemeluk in Amed is one of the most complete dive sites in northeast Bali, featuring a protected bay that offers shallow coastal reef and a deeper wall covered with corals. The site is famous for resident green sea turtles, garden eels on sandy slo...

Jemeluk Left

Jemeluk Left is the left wing of the famous Jemeluk site in Amed, northeast Bali, with coral walls descending from shallow reefs into deeper waters. The location features resident green sea turtles, garden eels on sandy slopes, and excellent macro...

Jepun

Jepun in Padang Bai is a dive site near the port village of Padang Bai in east Bali, featuring mixed coral reefs and rocky slopes. The site presents frequent green sea turtles, colorful nudibranchs and varied reef fish, making it a popular spot fo...

Karang Makasar

Karang Makasar (Manta Point) is the largest reef in Komodo National Park, spanning approximately 3 km across the park's central channel. The shallow coral and sand platform at 5–18 m is dotted with cleaning stations where reef mantas (Mobula alfre...

Kebun Chris

Kebun Chris in Pemuteran is a reef site in northwest Bali named in honor of a local conservation advocate, featuring healthy reefs and nearby Biorock structures. The site offers good diversity of soft and hard corals with eels, nudibranchs, and co...

Leang Beach

Leang Beach in Amed is a small fishing beach in northeast Bali with coral reefs accessible from shore, featuring good macro life diversity on mixed sand and coral substrate. The site is typical of the Amed area with resident turtles, nudibranchs a...

Lembongan Point, Bali, Indonesia

Lembongan Point in Nusa Lembongan is a dive site at the island's tip with moderate to strong drift currents that carry divers over rich coral reefs. The site features green sea turtles, barracudas, reef sharks, and during the appropriate season oc...

Liberty Ship Wreck, Tulamben

Liberty Ship Wreck in Tulamben is the legendary wreck of the USAT Liberty, an American troop transport from World War II that rests off the volcanic coast of Tulamben in northeast Bali. The 120-meter hull is completely covered in coral and inhabit...

Liberty Wreck Tulamben

Liberty Wreck Tulamben is the famous wreck of the USAT Liberty located off the volcanic coast of Tulamben in northeast Bali. The American cargo ship from World War II rests between 5m and 30m depth and is covered by one of the world's most biodive...

Lion Rock

Lion Rock is a rocky formation on the east coast of Komodo National Park, near Rinca Island. The site features reef walls with colorful corals and channel currents that attract whitetip sharks, eagle rays, and schools of barracudas; variable curre...

Lipah Bay

Lipah Bay in Amed is a peaceful bay with a small Japanese wreck from World War II at just 5 meters depth, ideal for beginner divers and snorkelers. The reef surrounding the wreck features soft corals, nudibranchs and sea turtles, with the Lipah vi...

Makassar Reef

Makassar Reef (Karang Makassar) is the largest reef in Komodo National Park, extending approximately 3 km through the central channel. The shallow plateau of coral and sand, between 5 and 18 m, is dotted with permanent cleaning stations frequented...

Mangrove Point

Mangrove Point in Nusa Penida is a unique site on the island's north coast with coral reefs adjacent to coastal mangroves, offering an uncommon mixture of habitat that attracts juvenile species and cryptic organisms. The site is frequented by octo...

Manta Bay

Manta Bay in Nusa Penida is a bay on the southwest coast of the island and serves as an alternative to the famous Manta Point, with frequent oceanic manta rays especially between December and April. The site features coral reefs at shallow depths ...

Manta Point

Manta Point (Karang Makassar) is the largest dive site in Komodo National Park, stretching for approximately 3 km of shallow reef in the center of the park. The 5–15 m platform hosts permanent cleaning stations where reef mantas (Mobula alfredi) w...

Manta Point (Taka Makasar)

Manta Point at Taka Makasar is the most accessible manta observation site in Komodo National Park, situated over the Taka Makasar sandbank and coral at depths of 5–16 m. Reef mantas (Mobula alfredi) with wingspans up to 5 m regularly visit the cle...

Manta Point Manta Point

Manta Point in Nusa Penida is a dive site at the southwest tip of the island, recognized as one of the most reliable encounters with oceanic manta rays in Bali. The mantas circle the cleaning stations at 5-25m depth, with currents that can be stro...

Manta Point, Komodo National Park

This dive site corresponds to the Karang Makassar area (Manta Point) in Komodo National Park — the largest reef in the park, extending approximately 3 km. The shallow platform at 5–18 m depth hosts permanent cleaning stations frequented by reef ma...

Manta Point, Nusa Penida

Manta Point in Nusa Penida is Bali's most renowned cleaning station for oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris), with frequent sightings year-round, especially between December and April. The site features shallow amphitheater-shaped corals where ma...

Manta Point, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia

Manta Point in Nusa Penida is Bali's most famous cleaning station, where oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris) regularly visit to be cleaned by small fish. The site is located on the southwest coast of Nusa Penida, featuring shallow corals and mod...

Manta Ray

Manta Ray in Nusa Penida is a dive site on the island's coast with frequent sightings of oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations. The site is part of Nusa Penida's diving circuit for manta encounters, featuring shallow reefs and currents that vary...

Manta Sandy Point

Manta Sandy is one of the most famous manta ray cleaning stations in Raja Ampat, located in a narrow channel near Gam Island in the Dampier Strait, where manta rays gather above two rocks at 5-6 meters depth to be cleaned by wrasses. On lucky days...

Mauan

Mauan (local variant of Mawan) is a dive site in the center of Komodo National Park, centered on cleaning stations for reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) at approximately 10 m depth. The shallow coral slope and moderate currents allow divers of all ...

Mawan

Mawan is the second major manta ray sighting point in Komodo National Park, with cleaning stations around 10 m depth where reef mantas (Mobula alfredi) appear regularly from October to March. Compared to Karang Makassar, interactions at Mawan tend...

Melissa's Garden

Melissa's Garden is a legendary coral garden in the Dampier Strait, near the Fam Islands, formed by two pinnacles that emerge to the surface flanking an oval plateau covered with hard and soft corals in the most vibrant colors of Raja Ampat, with ...

Mimpang

Mimpang in Candidasa is a group of rocks and underwater islets in eastern Bali, known for its strong currents that attract whitetip reef sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks, and eagle rays. The site features coral-covered walls with exciting pelagic l...

Mini Wall

Mini Wall, adjacent to Sebayur Kecil island in Komodo National Park, is a small reef wall of 10–30 m ideal for beginner divers and photographers. The upper plateau is rich in hard corals and reef fish, while the wall reveals batfish, sweetlips and...

Napoleon Reef

Napoleon Reef in Pemuteran in northwest Bali is famous for its resident Napoleon fish (Cheilinus undulatus), an endangered species rarely seen in other locations. The reef is part of the Bali Barat National Park area and features a Biorock coral r...

Nusa Penida

Nusa Penida is the largest of the three islands in the Nusa archipelago, located southeast of Bali in the Coral Triangle, with epic dives including Crystal Bay for Mola mola and Manta Point for manta rays. The area is known for strong currents, ex...

Nusa Penida Crystal Bay

Nusa Penida Crystal Bay is recognized as one of the best sites in Indonesia for spotting Mola mola, with regular visits from the enigmatic sunfish from July to October. The sheltered bay combines crystal clear visibility with dramatic coral format...

Nusa Penida Mangrove Point

Bali

Mangrove Point in Nusa Penida is a unique site located near a coastal mangrove on the northern coast of the island, featuring a mix of coastal habitat and coral reef. The site is home to octopuses, nudibranchs, seahorses, and various juvenile fish...

Nusa Penida Manta Secret

Nusa Penida Manta Secret is a lesser-known dive site in Nusa Penida for encounters with oceanic manta rays, located near Manta Bay on the southwest coast of the island. The site is frequented by mantas mainly during the months of December to April...

Nusa Penida School Point

Nusa Penida School Point is a variant of SD Point (Sekolah Dasar) in Nusa Penida, located on the island's north coast with strong drift currents. The site is named for the visual similarity of large fish schools to a swimming school, with frequent...

Otdima Reef

Otdima Reef is strategically positioned in the center of Dampier Strait, between Gam and Kri islands, and is recognized for multidirectional and unpredictable currents caused by tidal flow that create a spectacular display of schools of snappers, ...

Padangbai Blue Lagoon

Blue Lagoon in Padang Bai is a protected bay in eastern Bali, known for its calm waters and varied marine life. The site features colorful coral reefs with nudibranchs, leaffish, turtles, and occasionally whitetip reef sharks. Ideal for beginners ...

Pantai Putih

Pantai Putih (White Beach) is an entry-level dive site (shore/boat) in the central area of Komodo National Park, associated with the shallow reef near Karang Makassar. The pinkish white sand—colored by red coral fragments—frames a reef at 5–15 m w...

Ped

Ped in Nusa Penida is a dive site on the northern coast of the island featuring colorful coral reefs and moderate currents typical of the Coral Triangle. The location presents good marine life diversity with soft corals, sponges, sea turtles, and ...

Pemuteran House Reef

Pemuteran House Reef is the reef facing the village of Pemuteran in northwest Bali, part of the world's largest Biorock project where electrical structures stimulate accelerated coral growth. The restored reef is home to resident napoleon fish, oc...

Pengah Kecil

Pengah Kecil is a small rocky island in the center of Komodo National Park whose submerged pinnacle begins at 27 m, with walls, mini-walls and platforms covered in soft and hard corals. The site is variable: while the shallow areas are accessible,...

Pilarsteen

Pilarsteen is an advanced pinnacle east of Padar in southern Komodo National Park, featuring walls, caves and swim-throughs between 18 m and 40 m depth. The site is accessible even in moderate currents and presents schools of fusiliers, diverse so...

Pink Beach

Pink Beach (Pantai Merah) in Komodo National Park is an iconic beach with pink sand formed by fragments of red coral; the adjacent reef at 5–20 m depth offers excellent hard and soft coral coverage with green sea turtles, nudibranchs, and colorful...

Police Corner

Police Corner is an advanced dive site at the tip of Siaba channel in Komodo National Park, diveable only under favorable tidal conditions. The reef features large overhanging rock formations, colorful soft corals, and medium to strong currents th...

Police Point

Police Point is an advanced diving site at the extreme end of Siaba channel in Komodo National Park, very close to Police Corner. Reef overhangs, dense soft corals and strong channel currents characterize the site; diveable only with favorable tid...

Pura Jepun

Pura Jepun in Padang Bai is a dive site named after a nearby Hindu temple, featuring mixed coral reefs and rocky structures on the east coast of Bali. The site is home to green sea turtles, trumpetfish, nudibranchs, and various colorful reef fish ...

Pura Mas Gading

Pura Mas Gading in Nusa Penida is a dive site near a coastal Hindu temple, with coral reefs on gentle slopes inhabited by sea turtles, nudibranchs, and colorful reef fish. The site offers relatively calm conditions compared to the more exposed sit...

Pyramids

Pyramids in Amed is a unique dive site in northeast Bali featuring pyramid-shaped coral formations that were artificially created as artificial reefs. The structures are covered with healthy corals and inhabited by eels, nudibranchs, sea turtles, ...

Raja Ampat Dive Lodge Jetty

The Raja Ampat Dive Lodge jetty, near Waisai in the Dampier Strait, is a classic macro dive with a maximum depth of 18 meters, where the pillars are covered with soft corals and host nudibranchs, seahorses, octopuses, and flamboyant cuttlefish. Ca...

Rioskon

Rioskon is a sheltered reef in the Dampier Strait, near Kri Island, with depths to 25 meters and gentle currents that make it ideal for divers of all levels. The reef slope displays a mix of soft and hard corals—including orange sea fans, staghorn...

S.D. Point

SD Point in Nusa Penida is a variant of the famous SD (Sekolah Dasar) Point, featuring drift currents in the island's north channel that carry divers over healthy reefs. The site is frequented by green sea turtles, Napoleon fish, and during the ap...

Sand Slope

Sand Slope at Menjangan in northwest Bali is a site with a sandy slope in the protected waters of Bali Barat National Park, excellent for macro diving on volcanic sand. The site features garden eels emerging from the sand, camouflaged flatfish, nu...

Sanur Channel

Sanur Channel is a drift channel between continental Bali and Nusa Lembongan, popular among divers seeking moderate currents and rich pelagic marine life. The channel is navigated by local boats and features coral reefs with sea turtles, eagle ray...

Screet Manta

Screet Manta (Secret Manta) in Nusa Penida is a discreet site near Manta Bay on the southwest coast of the island, with frequent oceanic manta rays especially between December and April. The location is less visited than famous sites, offering mor...

Scuba Junkie House Reef

Scuba Junkie House Reef is the front reef of the Scuba Junkie resort in Labuan Bajo, at the gateway to Komodo National Park. Accessible directly from the beach for check-out dives and training, the coastal reef reaches depths of up to 15 m and fea...

Sd Low School

Nusa Penida, Bali

SD Low School in Nusa Penida is a shallower variation of SD Point, known for moderate drift currents that guide divers over healthy coral gardens. The site is frequented by green sea turtles, napoleon fish, and occasionally manta rays, with lower ...

Sd Point

SD Point (Sekolah Dasar) in Nusa Penida is an exciting drift dive site with currents that carry divers over rich coral reefs inhabited by Napoleon fish, sea turtles, and reef sharks. The name comes from a nearby primary school, and the site is kno...

Sebayor Kecil

Pasir Putih, East Nusa Tenggara

Sebayor Kecil (local spelling of Sebayur Kecil) is a relaxing dive site in the center of Komodo National Park, near Labuan Bajo. The white sandy slope curves gently from 5 m to a channel at 22 m, covered by an impressive coral garden with green se...

Sebayur Kecil

Sebayur Kecil is one of the most accessible entry points in Komodo National Park, ideal for assessment dives and snorkeling. The white sand slope with coral bommies descends gently to 22 m, with green sea turtles, humphead parrotfish, frogfish and...

Sebolan Besar

Sebolan Besar is one of the "Sebolan sisters" located near Labuan Bajo, in the northern part of Komodo National Park — ideal as a first adaptation dive before strong current sites. The sloping reef with sandy bottom at 22 m hosts large schools of ...

Sebolan Kecil

Sebolan Kecil, the smallest of the "Sebolan sisters" near Labuan Bajo, is a sloping bottom site with sandy floor at 25–32 m ideal for macro photography and relaxation dives before attempting the strong current sites of Komodo National Park. Mantis...

Secret Garden

Secret Garden is a hidden gem near Padar Island, in the south of Komodo National Park. The multifaceted reef combines a wall with a cave where whitetip sharks rest, a coral slope abundant with glassfish and a sandy slope to explore bluespotted sti...

Sekolah Dasar

Sekolah Dasar (SD) in Nusa Penida is a drift dive site with strong currents in the island's north channel, where large schools of reef fish inspired the site's name "school". The site features green sea turtles, Napoleon fish and reef sharks, with...

Sekolah Dasar (S.D.)

Sekolah Dasar (SD) in Nusa Penida is a dive site known as the famous "school" of fish, located on the northern coast of the island with drift currents that guide divers over reefs rich in marine life. The site features turtles, Napoleon fish, and ...