DIVING IN BALI Pemuteran
The Team
Located on the beach front in Taman Sari Resort, Karang Diver Pemuteran offers a relaxed diving environment where we provide a flexible and personalised service aimed at surpassing your highest expectations. Our team of multilingual Instructors and Divemasters includes some of Indonesia’s most highly trained and experienced dive professionals. We look forward to ensuring the valuable leisure time you entrust us with is a safe, rewarding and unforgettable diving experience
Dive Sites
Pemuteran and Bali’s North coast offer such a dramatic contrast to the southern resorts, that a bona fide dive trip to Bali would not be complete without giving the area a few days of your time. Gateway to the world renowned Menjangan Island dive sites in Bali Barat National Park, the Pemuteran Region is peppered with excellent diving and snorkelling options, many of which are accessible by simply walking out of your resort and stepping aboard one our purpose-built high-speed dive vessels. This semi remote and relatively unknown area of Bali offers dives that must be ranked among the best the island to offer. The Pemuteran region boasts 15 dive sites suitable to all levels of diver: spectacular wall diving of Menjangan Island National Park; rich coral slopes of Pemuteran off shore reefs; or simply snorkelling off our beach on the Biorock project, just in front of our dive center. Macro lovers will be fascinated by the marine life at Secret Bay on the north-western tip of the island. As well, popular Puri Jati is accessible from Pemuteran. For certified divers we offer daily diving, with a minimum of 2 scheduled boat dives per day, each guided by an experienced PADI professional. Our dive vessels depart from our beach to Menjangan Island National Park and Pemuteran’s offshore reefs. Shore Dives and Night Dives sites available on request. The Macro Magic sites of Puri Jati and Secret Bay are within easy reach. We dive all these sites regularly, providing us with an intimate knowledge of the movements of the myriad of creatures that inhabit them. Our minimum Divemsater/Diver ratio is 1:4. You cannot safely enjoy and respect the ocean with big crowds!
Here are some of our Dive Sites:
Name: Reborn Reef
Required level: Beginner
Depth: 0 to 20 m
Location: Pemuteran (shore dive)
Characteristics and Marine Life: Table corals (artificial reef), big bommie, lobsters, squat lobsters, nudibranch, banned shrimp, hermit crab, porcelain crabs, anthias, parrot fish, surgeon fish, garden eels, lion fish, pipe fish, sweeper, anemone fish
Name: Deep middle reef
Required level: Beginner
Depth: 6 to 30 m
Location: Pemuteran
Characteristics and Marine Life: Big sea fans and table corals, nudibranch, anemone, cleaner shrimps, anemone shrimps, sleeper lobster, clown fish, sergeant fish, anemone fish, surgeon fish, shark, turtle, cuttlefish
Name: Close encounter
Required level: Beginner
Depth: 5 to 30 m
Location: Pemuteran
Characteristics and Marine Life: Coral garden on the top, sea fan, table corals, banned shrimp, sleeper lobster, marble shrimps, cleaner shrimp, ghost pipe fish, leaf scorpion fish, turtle, shark, bat fish, jacks school, sweetlips, morays.
Name: Boat cemetery
Required level: Beginner
Depth: 5 to 28 m
Location: Pemuteran
Characteristics and Marine Life: project, sea fan 25m, shrimps, anemone shrimps, nudibranch, clown fish, bat fish.
Name: Deep boat
Required level: Advanced
Depth: 2 to 12 m
Location: Pemuteran
Characteristics and Marine Life: sea fans, banned shrimp, squat lobsters, cling fish, moray, ghost pipe fish and unlimited small creatures
Name: Deep reef (also known as Gede’s reef)
Required level: Advanced
Depth: 15 to 36 m
Location: Pemuteran
Characteristics and Marine Life: Big sea fans, healthy coral, banned shrimp, squat lobsters, cling fish, moray, ghost pipe fish and unlimited small creatures
Name: Garden eel
Required level: Advanced
Depth: 15 to 30 m
Location: Menjangan National Park
Characteristics and Marine Life:Â Sea fans, pygmy sea horse, shark, eels and every kind of reef fishes
Name: Pos 1
Required level: Beginner
Depth: 0 to 30 m
Location: Menjangan National Park
Characteristics and Marine Life: Covered by coral on the top of the site and pinnacles all the way, shrimps, goby, anemone shrimps, lobsters, nudibranch, clown fish, fusiliers, turtles, batfish, pipefish, goby, garden eels, moray
Name: Shark Point
Required level: Beginner
Depth: 5 to 40 m
Location: Menjangan National Park
Characteristics and Marine Life: Big sea fans, table corals, soft and hard coral on top, sea cucumbers, nudibranches, pigmy sea horse, orangutan crabs, batfish, surgeon fish, fusiliers, clown fish, white and black tip sharks, parrot fish, sweetlips, lionfish, scorpion fish
Name: Bat caves
Required level: Beginner
Depth: 6 to 40 m
Location: Menjangan National Park
Characteristics and Marine Life: Very good soft and hard coral wall at the beginning and deep slope at the end. Nudibranches, pigmy sea horse, orangutan crabs, squat lobster, batfish, surgeon fish, fusiliers, clown fish, parrot fish, sweetlips, lionfish, scorpion fish, sometimes sharks
Name: Temple wall
Required level: Beginner
Depth: 12 to 40 m
Location: Menjangan National Park
Characteristics and Marine Life: Good soft coral on the top, seafans and table corals, nudibranches, pigmy sea horse, orangutan crabs, squat lobsters, batfish, surgeon fish, fusiliers, clown fish, parrot fish, sweetlips, lionfish, scorpion fish, sometimes sharks
Name: Sand slope
Required level: Beginner
Depth: 5 to 25 m
Location: Menjangan National Park
Characteristics and Marine Life: Amazing soft coral, nudibranches, pigmy sea horse, orangutan crabs, squat lobster batfish, surgeon fish, fusiliers, clown fish, parrot fish, sweetlips, lionfish, scorpion fish, sometimes sharks, leaf scorpion fish
Name: Turtle point
Required level: Beginner
Depth: 5 to 30 m
Location: Menjangan National Park
Characteristics and Marine Life: Amazing hard coral on top, table coral and sea fan nudibranches, pigmy sea horse, orangutan crabs, squat lobster, ghost pipe fish, batfish, surgeon fish, fusiliers, clown fish, parrot fish, sweetlips, lionfish, scorpion fish, sometimes turtles, leaf scorpion fish
Name: Anker wreck
Required level: Beginner
Depth: 5 to 40 m
Location: Menjangan National Park
Characteristics and Marine Life: Big sponges, table coral and sea fans, nudibranches, pigmy sea horse, orangutan crabs, squat lobster, ghost pipe fishes, batfish, surgeon fish, fusiliers, clown fish, parrot fish, sweetlips, lionfish, scorpion fish, sometimes turtles, leaf scorpion fish
The dive sites listed above are only some of the incredible variety of locations in the Pemuteran and Menjangan area. Let’s discover the rest together!
Environment
At Bali Diving Academy Pemuteran we recognise our responsibility to protect the region’s unique marine environment. Bali Diving Academy Pemuteran is co-responsible for the area’s Biorock® reef regeneration project. These “Coral Arks†create habitat in which coral thrives and juvenile fishes can survive to breeding age. We also play an active role in vocational training programs, scientific studies, and environmental audits and maintain ongoing liaison to ensure protection and management of the region. You invest in the future when you choose to dive with a company committed to both community and environment. Ten per cent of every dollar you spend with Bali Diving Academy Pemuteran goes directly to the local community
Snorkelling
Pemuteran and Menjangan National Park are famous destinations among snorkelers from all over the world. The beautiful corals of the island are not to be missed. Our comfortable boat, departing from the beach in Taman Sari Resort, goes to Menjangan National Park daily. We leave in the morning and return in the early afternoon. Pemuteran, usually upstaged by the Menjangan National Park, is now gaining more recognition. The beautiful corals of the island are not to be missed. World class dive and snorkelling sites are easy to access in a few minutes. They are never crowded the waters are clear and calm, all of which makes for an outstanding snorkelling experience. In addition, the Biorock ® structures just in front of our dive center are a fascinating example of how it is possible to help heal a reef. A special team looks after these structures, monitoring them daily. The Biorock® center is next door to our diving center so it is easy to drop in and ask staff for information about how the concept works. At Bali Diving Academy we often host international schools, biology students, scientists and researchers who are happy to share their knowledge with our fellow divers and snorkelers. Snorkelling in front of our dive center offers much more than a chance to view fish species and corals: you can witness a rare example in which the interaction between humans and nature can create positive outcomes for both. A visit to Pemuteran and Menjangan National Park cannot be complete without having a look at these amazing Biorock® structures. About diving contact us NOW! info@scubali.com
THE CORAL GODDESS
A living artwork dedicated to the health of our seas. The reef outside Bali Taman Sari Cottages along the bay in Pemuteran Bali is home to the awardwinning Karang Lestari coral reef restoration project using Bio-Rock, a method that takes advantage of a gentle electrical charge to enhance coral growth and survival rates.
The Marine Foundation merges marine science and creativity to create strong, positive and visual images to raise awareness and innovative eco tourism attraction to generate an on-going income for the community. Click here for more info >>