PADANG BAY
Padangbai is a fantastic destination for diving and snorkeling in Bali.
PADANG BAI DIVING HIGHLIGHT
Padang Bai is a little sea side town on the eastern coast of Bali, is conveniently located about 1hr drive from Sanur. Padang Bai s a small fishing village with beautiful beaches and an underwater wonderland. It is famous for muck diving and fantastic reef diving. There are so many fascinating creatures to meet here, from big pelagics to the tiniest of shrimp. The topography here is diverse with wall, coral reef, and sandy bay; there’s even a small shipwreck.
Only a short boat ride away we have access to many dive sites that are suited for most diving experience levels. It is a really sought after destination for macro lovers and underwater photographers! They can find there leaf scorpion fish, ghost pipefish, pygmy sea horses, many rare nudibranchs, frogfish, and all that in shallow and calm water! In addition to diving, Padangbai also offers opportunities for snorkelers. The clear waters and rich marine life make it a great place to snorkel.
DIVE SITES AROUND PADANG BAI
Located in front of the beautiful white sand beach along the coast from Padang Bai, this wonderful steep Slope with nice corals,
perfect for Macro/Muck dive, also good for deep adventure dive. The white sand and crystal clear water provides the perfect conditions
for 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.
There are pygmy seahorses, beautifully camouflaged in gorgonian fans, leaf scorpionfish, ribbon eels,
trumpetfish, ghost pipefish, reef sharks, turtles, and schools of glassfish amongst some of the subjects you can find.
Blue Lagoon is a small bay just outside Padang bai and accessible in a few minutes from the beach,
This gently slope combined with drop off is suitable for new divers as well as
divers interested in exploring for unusual and rare marine species, and for macro photographers.
It is a sandy bottom starting from 3 metres, sloping down gently to around 30 meters plus. With a nice amount of hard and soft coral,
the sand provides great hunting ground for critters such as; leaf fish, sea-horses, puffer fish,frog fish, leaf fish, scorpion,
lion fish, orang hutan crabs and other macro stuff in this site.
Level: All levels
Dive access : Traditional boat
Current: Zero to moderate
Type of Dive: Coral reef, wall & macro
Temperature: 20-26 degrees
Visibility: 10–30m+
Depth: 5m-30m+
Jepun takes its name from the Frangipani tree (Jepun in Bahasa).Is take about 10-minute boat journey from the main beach in Padang Bai
It is perfect dive site for all level of divers. The dive site starts quite shallow and gradually slopes to some 26 meters with its gentle slopping bottom
filled with Barracuda schooling, various type of reef fish, and turtles.
Still, much of it has become home to the ever-patient and adaptable marine life. It’s a super dive site for macro: frogfish, pipefish,
nudibranchs and shrimps, cuttlefish… the list is almost endless.
The main attraction for divers here is the excellent macro, blue spotted rays, and the small wreck lying at around 19m.
The dive site starts quite shallow and gradually slopes to some 26 meters. The fishing boat sinking here has added to this dive site.
The wreck itself lies at 16m depth just next to the reef. All sorts of weird and wonderful creatures can be found here from the frogfish,
blue spotted stingrays, lionfish, cuttlefish, sea horses, mantis shrimps, and the Indian Ocean Walkman. This is a great location to find a
small marine life and to take nice pictures.
Level: All levels
Dive access : Traditional boat
Current: Zero to moderate
Type of Dive: Coral reef, wreck & macro
Temperature: 20-26 degrees
Visibility: 10–30m+
Depth: 5m-30m+
"Jetty" is one of the best macro dive sites in Bali. Padang Bai's Jetty dive site was originally built for cruise ship berthing.
Construction was finished in 2009. No cruise ship has used the facilities since due to lack of compliance to international standards.
Thanks to the poor quality of the engineering work, the Jetty has become a haven for muck divers' favourite macro critters.
If you are Muck Dive fanatics Jetty point need to be in your list. The Jetty point is best critter dive site only 10 mins by a traditional fishing boat.
The sandy bottom under the jetty has a maximum depth of 15 meters and is home to all kinds of little creatures such as; frog fish, spiny devil fish,
leaf fish, lion fish, nudibranch, octopus (even a blue ringed if you’re lucky!)etc, you can find them here. This is the dive site not to miss if you are
a macro lover or an underwater photographer.
Level: All levels
Dive access : Traditional boat
Current: Zero to moderate
Type of Dive: Coral reef & macro
Temperature: 20-26 degrees
Visibility: 10–30m+
Depth: 5m-15m
One of the staple sites in Padang Bai area, the dive site stretches from the rock outcrop that looks like a turtle's neck.
Turtle Neck are dive sites in the next bay over from Blue Lagoon.
This dive site is a full 30m of sloping, coral-encrusted 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 amazing critters such as; long snout dragonet, flying gurnard, devil scorpionfish, ghost pipefish and seahorses you can find them here
Level: All levels
Dive access : Traditional boat
Current: Zero to moderate
Type of Dive: Coral reef & macro
Temperature: 20-26 degrees
Visibility: 10–30m+
Depth: 5m-30m+
We are diving in the channel where the ferries are leaving for Nusa Penida and Lombok.
You can see them passing above your head while at the deepest part of our dive.
We starts the dive in the ferry channel on front of Padang Bay beach and ends around the corner of the bay in Tanjung Sari.
Strong currents and overhead boat traffic make this dive site suitable only for experienced divers.
The overhang of the channel wall is a perfect hiding place for lobsters and white-tip reef sharks,
while the coral in the shallows is quite beautiful with some enormous pinnacles.
Level: Intermediate upwards (Min dive log 30+)
Type of Dive: Coral reef, wall & macro
Dive access : Traditional boat
Current: Zero to moderate
Temperature: 20-26 degrees
Visibility: 10–30m+
Depth: 10m-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+
- Pick up service from and to Hotel
- 1 hour drive from Sanur to Padang Bai
- 10 minutes boat ride to the dive site
- Return to your hotel around 4:00pm
- PADI Divemaster or Instructor
- Towel, snacks, lunch, Soft drinks
- Scuba equipment