Padang bai DIVE SITE
Dive Sites In Padangbai
Only about one hour from Sanur you find the once sleepy village of Padang Bai, now the main hub for boat transfers to Lombok or the Gili Islands. Padang Bai Diving & Snorkeling however can offer some rewarding experiences. Only a short boat ride away we have access to many dive sites that are suited for most diving experience levels and are also very good for snorkeling.
Blue Lagoon Diving
This dive site lies on the front door of the Blue Lagoon resort and is a superb dive site for all levels. It is a sandy bottom starting from 3 metres, sloping down gently to around 40 metres plus. The sand provides great hunting ground for critters such as; sleeping cuttle fish, leaf fish, common seahorses and orangutan crabs hiding in the corals. Look out for the cleaning stations where the shrimps will be happy even to clean you! Enjoy the mini wall covered by a multitude of different coloured feather stars and hidden nudibranch.
| Depth | : | 4-30 meters |
| Visibility | : | 10-25 m |
| Currents | : | Zero to mild current |
| Type | : | Boat dive |
| Difficulty | : | Beginner |
Jepun Diving
Jepun takes its name from the Frangipani tree (Jepun in Bahasa) surrounding the little temple on front of the dive site. It is perfect dive site for all level of divers with its gentle slopping bottom from shallows to max 40 metres. Visit the little wreck lying at 25 metres alongside the artificial reef which is already populated with resident frog fish, leaf fish, scorpion and lion fish. Get ready to encounter the submarine and pose for people taking your picture as they see you enjoying the underwater world first hand!
| Depth | : | 4-30 meters |
| Visibility | : | 10-25 m |
| Currents | : | Zero to mild current |
| Type | : | Boat dive |
| Difficulty | : | Beginner |
Jetty Diving
The Jetty is Padang Bai’s best critter dive situated only 10 mins away from the main town with a traditional fishing boat called Jukung. The sandy bottom under the jetty has a maximum depth of 16 meters and is home to all kinds of little creatures. Get your head down and search for critters such as; frog fish, spiny devil fish, leaf fish, lion fish, nudibranch, octopus (even a blue ringed if you’re lucky!) and many different pipe fish. Don’t forget to look up and admire the pillars covered by beautiful soft corals and schooling fish. This is the dive site not to miss if you are a macro lover or an underwater photographer.
| Depth | : | 8-20 meters |
| Visibility | : | 10-25 m |
| Currents | : | Zero to mild current |
| Type | : | Boat dive |
| Difficulty | : | OWD |
Bias Tugel Diving
Located in front of the beautiful white sand beach along the coast from Padang Bai, this wonderful coral garden full of staghorn corals will take your breath away. School of anthias, damsels and cromis buzz on top of the corals while out in the blue surgeonfish and fusilier gather. The white sand and crystal clear water provides the perfect conditions for both snorkeling and diving and with a bit of current make a fantastic drift. Whether its wide angle or macro you are looking for the reef slopes are full of a variety of life. Leaf scorpionfish, ribbon eels, trumpetfish, ghost pipefish, reef sharks, turtles, cleaning stations with shrimps, wrasses and schools of glassfish amongst some of the subjects you can find.
| Depth | : | 4-40 meters |
| Visibility | : | 10-25 m |
| Currents | : | Zero to mild current |
| Type | : | Boat dive |
| Difficulty | : | Beginner |
The Channel Diving
The Channel starts in the ferry channel on front of Padang Bay beach and ends around the corner of the bay in Tanjung Sari. This sandy slope is decorated with beautiful hard corals, barrel sponges and soft corals. There are several large Gorgonian seafans which are home to pygmy seahorses and always a good chance to encounter reef sharks, giant trevally, tuna or turtles.
| Depth | : | 8-30 meters |
| Visibility | : | 10-25 m |
| Currents | : | Zero to mild current |
| Type | : | Boat dive |
| Difficulty | : | OWD |
Turtle Neck Diving
This small white sand lagoon connected to the mini wall is for those who appreciate a combination of coral reef and muck diving. Healthy reefs full of a wide diversity of fish life set on sandy slopes with a rich variety of critters all in one dive site. You will find juvenile emperor angelfish, yellow boxfish, moray eels and schooling juvenile catfish alongside amazing critters such as; long snout dragonet, flying gurnard, devil scorpionfish, ghost pipefish and seahorses.
| Depth | : | 4-30 meters |
| Visibility | : | 10-25 m |
| Currents | : | Zero to mild current |
| Type | : | Boat dive |
| Difficulty | : | Beginner |