Gili Tepekong & Mimpang
Gili Tepekong and Mimpang are often regarded as the most challenging dive sites in Bali.
A wide variety of conditions make this advanced and interesting. Advanced diving is always a challenge.
This is not a sheltered coastal area, so anything may happen!
Tepekong offers some of the most impressive diving in Bali. Great walls, the canyon,
strong currents coupled with superb coral and marine life makes this a dive for experienced divers only.
DIVE SITES AROUND GILI
It takes 20 minutes boat ride from shore. Gili Tepekong is an advanced dive site located close to the Amuk Bay area.
It features a rocky underwater landscape with steep drop-offs and impressive underwater formations. You can expect to encounter colorful corals,
schools of fish, and there is even the possibility to see some pelagics such as black and white tip reef sharks, barracuda, stingrays,
and sometimes Mola (Sunfish), especially from July to October.
However, the currents can be strong and unpredictable, But you can trust in the experienced our dive guides to keep you safe while having great diving experience.
Level: Intermediate upwards (Min dive log 30+)
Type of Dive: Wall, cave & coral reef
Current: Moderate to verry strong
Temperature: 20-28 degrees
Dive access : Boat dive
Visibility: 10–30m+
Depth: 10m-30m+
Gili Mimpang is close by Gili Tepekong, in the Amuk Bay. Three large rocks on a surface, Steep slope combined with drop off,
it challenging dive sites for more experienced divers due to its challenging conditions, including currents and varying depths.
Gili Mimpang is characterized by a series of submerged pinnacles and rocky formations, creating a maze-like underwater landscape.
Divers can explore crevices and swim-throughs, encountering diverse marine life, vibrant corals, and opportunities to spot larger fish species.
Level: Intermediate upwards (Min dive log 30+)
Current: Moderate to verry strong
Type of Dive: Wall & coral reef
Temperature: 20-28 degrees
Dive access : Boat dive
Visibility: 10–30m+
Depth: 10m-30m+
Continuing further east from Gili Mimpang, you'll arrive at Gili Biaha. Biaha is famous with sleeping shark inside the caves.
Gili Biaha is one of Bali’s most breath-taking sites. Biaha can be quite surgy but it’s worth it for the dramatic wall,
waves crashing overhead, and the diversity of marinelife.
This dive site offers another opportunity for advanced divers to explore unique underwater formations.
Gili Biaha features a large rock pinnacle surrounded by deep waters, creating a habitat for various marine species.
The site includes overhangs, swim-throughs, and vertical walls covered in colorful corals.
Level: Intermediate upwards (Min dive log 30+)
Current: Moderate to verry strong
Type of Dive: Cave & coral reef
Temperature: 20-28 degrees
Dive access : Boat dive
Visibility: 10–30m+
Depth: 10m-30m+
A newest dive site "TAKED" is an underwater pinnacle with stunning and varied terrain. Taked is a diver’s paradise in Bali.
With its stunning marine life, unique cave system, and challenging conditions, any experienced diver must visit it.
It’s important to note that it can be challenging for inexperienced divers due to the strong currents and depth.
The dive site ranges from 15-40+ meters, so it’s recommended that you have at least an advanced open water certification before diving here.
This dive site is located in open ocean between Gili Tepekong and Gili Biaha, small islands on the southeast coast of Bali,
just a 30 min boat ride from the shore. An exciting opening invites us inside a cavern which extends back meters into the rock
structure and allows us an up-close encounter with the sharks and marble rays inside.
Level: Intermediate upwards (Min dive log 30+)
Current: Moderate to verry strong
Type of Dive: Cave & coral reef
Temperature: 20-28 degrees
Dive access : Boat dive
Visibility: 10–30m+
Depth: 15m-30m+
- Type of Dive: Wall, cave & coral reef
- Diver level: Intermediate upwards (Min dive log 30+)
- Current: Moderate to verry strong
- Dive site access: Traditional boat
- Temperature: 22-26 degrees
- Visibility: 10–30m+
- Depth: 5m-30m+
- We collect you from your hotel around 7:00am
- 1 hour hour drive from Sanur to Padang Bai
- 20 minutes boat ride to the dive site
- Return to your hotel around 4:00pm
- Pick up service from and to Hotel
- PADI Divemaster or Instructor
- Towel, snacks, lunch, Soft drinks
- Scuba equipment