Mola Mola (Sunfish) Seasons!
Diving in Bali is an adventure which will capture your imagination. The sea is full of types, colour and sizes of fish which are too numerous to count. The fish, corals and plant life will amaze you. This is the last frontier on Earth to explore. The dive season is year round in Bali although conditions do vary from time to time. Sun fish, sharks and other large pelagics are best spotted between June and September which is also the time when seas might be both disturbed and enriched by the monsoon winds.
Package Includes:
Accommodation:
05 Nights accommodation at Alam Asmara Dive Resort & Spa
Alam Asmara Dive Resort Bali is formerly a resort called "Pandawa", the resort has been transformed succesfully with passion, into a Romantic Dive Resort, offering 12 Deluxe Bungalows.
Flight & Transfer:
Return International Flight Dubai to Denpasar, Bali
Return Airport transfer to and from Denpasar to Alam Asmara Dive Resort, Candidasa
Meal:
Daily Breakfast & Lunch
02 Dinner at Jimbaran Seafood restaurant
Diving Program:
Day 1 : Dive 2x at 1 Dive Site at Tulamben or Amed
Day 2 : Dive 2x at 1 Dive Site at Gili
Day 3 : Dive 2x at Nusa Penida
Day 4 : Dive 2x at Nusa Penida
- Extra 01 Day dive on the either Tulamben or Gili on the same day Includes: Sea & land transportation, dive guide, tank, weight & weight belt, light lunch during diving trip and dive insurance at USD50,000.00 per person
Excludes:
Dive equipment (rental available)
Own expenses and visa fee (if applicable)
Famous Dive Sites:
Nusa Penida
Crystal Bay is perhaps Nusa Penida's best dive site. It is located in the south west of the island and features a shallow bay, carpeted in corals. The bay provides shelter from current and is a good place to start your dive. Apart from the superb corals in the bay, the big attraction here is that this area is a favourite spot for mola mola (sunfish), which gather to be cleaned on the slopes of the reef just outside of the bay.
Along the remote cliff edges that form the southern coastline of Nusa Penida is a dive site called Manta Point. Here the sea is quite shallow, cool and can have strong surge. The water is often quite murky too due to the plankton which attracts mantas, often in small groups. The manta rays come here to feed and often stay for quite a while, seemingly oblivious to the attentions of observant divers. If you give them space then you can watch them circling about for most of the dive in depths ranging from 18 metres up to the surface.
Tulamben 7 – 30 m
The most famous of Bali scuba diving spots and the most popular of the Tulamben Dive Sites, On this dive site, you will see the remains of a US liberty ship sunk during world War II. The Liberty Wreck is now completely covered in healthy coral growth, and the numerous structural holes provide endless opportunities for exploration. Soft corals dominate here, with crinoids, featherstars and hydroids.
Gili Tepekong 14 – 40 m
The protected areas in the shallows between the mainland and Gili Selang host large colonies of leather corals and brain corals. Directly to the north of the island lies the most protected section of the site. As you work your way down the black sand reef slope you'll find big black coral bushes and gorgonian fans, hosting Bargibant's seahorse.
However, it's the proximity to deep water channels that makes this Bali scuba diving site popular with adventurous divers. The cobbly east side of the island plunges sharply beyond recreational diving limits, and the swift currents attract giant trevally, grey reef sharks and deep water pelagics such as hammerhead sharks.
Schools of jacks rotate in perfect gyres during daylight. They form their schools for protection from barracudas. 'Current-swept' can be an understatement here and down currents can be treacherous. You may need to make the most of any protection offered by lee pockets to the south of the islet, to make for shallower waters. Drifting down the outer edge of Gili Selang, you can sense the full and sometimes alarming strength of the Lombok Strait.
Amed 5 - >40 m
Off the slope, you will come to a steep wall of hydriods, sponges and sea fans, dropping down to over 40 metres. The fish life here is prolific with bluefin trevally, bumphead parrotfish, tuna, black and white snappers, Indian triggerfish cascading down the walls. Dense growths of gorgonian fans and barrel sponges, and large outcroppings dot the reef, harbouring common lionfish and bearded scorpionfish.
