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Geography and Climate
The island of Bali was shaped by the action of volcanoes, which produced the rich, black soils that nourish Bali's beautiful and productive rice paddies.
Just 8-9 south of the equator, Bali is always warm-a mean 27.2 C, although the highlands are about 6 C cooler. Humidity is an almost constant 75 persent. Most of Bali's annual 2,500-3,000 millimeters of rain falls from November through March.
Bali's great strength is that it is NOT isolated. The island's reefs are ideally positioned to recieve a cosmopolitan assortment of plankton and juvenile animals from the Indonesia Throughflow, a massive flow of water that passes from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean. Because of this combination, perhaps Bali is just to familiar to be considered a great diving area.
Dive Sites
There are five main areas for diving in Bali, working counter clockwise around the island from the airport in the south: Nusa Dua and Sanur; Nusa Penida; Candi Dasa (Padang Bai, Gili Mimpang, Gili Tepekong); Amed/Cemeluk and Tulamben; Pemutaran, Menjangan and Gilimanuk ( Secret Bay). Each area offers dive locations for novice, intermediate and advanced divers. At most sites, divers can plan a dive to match their degree of experience, and dives can be made around the year.
Depth of dives
The best diving lies between 5 and 40 meters.
Marine Life
The varied inhabitants of Bali's reefs. " different fields, different grasshoppers."
Visibility
Variable, 5-15 m, exceeds 30 m.
Water Temperature
Normally 26 - 27 C (78 - 80 F). During July and August, the temperature drops to 21 C (70 F)
High seasons
July-August and around Christmas and New Year.
Highlights
The Liberty Wreck 120 meters long Tulamben,
Wooden anker wreck, cave and craggy wall Menjangan,
Pelagics, and between the months of August - November Mola-Mola (Sunfish) at Nusa Penida,
Rare critters muck diving at Secret Bay/Gilimanuk
Canyon at Gili Tepekong/Cand Dasa
Other
Very tricky current, strong surge, uncomfortably cold in some dive sites.
Facts about Bali Dived Site In Generalby
Doug AndersonRibbon Eel, Tulamben
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Rob De VriesLionfish looking into the camera, Sony P5
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Marco WaagmeesterNudibranch (Pteraeolidia ianthina) want to climb onto my macro lens. (Canon G9, D2000w, UCL165)
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Roland LimPurple Lined Nembrotha tucking into a hearty sponge meal!
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Michael HenkeSmall talk between Risbecia apolegma and Hypselodoris apolegma.
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Michael HenkeNothing spectacular, but this is why i dive.
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Michael HenkeThe funny face looks like Dori of the film Nemo. It is a Xyrichtys pentadactylus taken with a Nikon D300, 105mm. So it's definitely not Dori, but the face looks like it.
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Michael HenkeHippocampus bargibanti - Pygmy seahorse
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Michael HenkeAmphiprion ocellaris - False clown Anemonefish (Clownfish)
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Michael HenkeSit, nudi, sit ... fine! :-)
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Michael HenkeBIG MAMA :-)
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Michael HenkeMedium Golden Damsel (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) taken with Nikon D300, 105mm, 2xDS125.
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Michael HenkePhyllognathia ceratophthalmus - Tiger Shrimp
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Michael HenkePainted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) with Nikon D300, 105mm
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Michael HenkeNarrow-lined puffer (Arothron manilensis) hiding. Nikon D300, 105mm
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Michael HenkeXenocarcinus conicus with PARASITIC barnacle Sacculina. Leslie Harris was so kind to ID the crab and gives the interesting info about the yellow mass on the crab. Look at Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacculina to get scared. :-) brrrr....
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Michael HenkeEye of a Crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus beauforti). I like the blue reflection in the eye. Nikon D300, 105mm
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Michael HenkeMy home is my castle. Veined octopus (Octopus marginatus) in a shell. Nikon D300, 105mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
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Michael Henkesay AHHHHH - Nikon D300, 105mm, 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeHippocampus bargibanti - Pygmy seahorse, Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
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Michael Henkehunting - A small cardinalfish (Apogon neotus) is hunting a shrimp. The fish is about 15mm long. Nikon D300, 105mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeHypselodoris bullockii, Nikon D300, 105mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeShrimp (Palaemonella pottsi) on a feather star. Nikon D300, 105mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeBigeye Jacks (Caranx sexfasciatus) at the USAT Liberty (Bali).
Nikon D300, 10,5 mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeSmall sea squirt on a blue sea star. Nikon D300, 105mm, 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeMidnight snapper (Macolor macularis). Nikon D300, 105mm, Ikelitem 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeYellow-ribbon sweetlips with cleaner wrasse. Nikon D300, 105mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeRisbecia tryoni with pink egg sacs of an internal parasitic copepod (Crustacea) alongside the gills. Nikon D300, 105mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeAnemone shrimp (Periclimenes tosaensis). Nikon D300, 105mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeManta birostris - Nikon D300, Nikkor 16mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeRisbecia tryoni
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Michael HenkeMantis Shrimps (Odontodactylus latirostris)
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Michael HenkeBumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) - Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm - I just love this lens :-)
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Michael Henkepray
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Michael HenkeStarfish shrimp (Periclimenes soror) - Nikon D300, 105mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125 - maybe cropped :-)
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Michael HenkeHypselodoris infucata
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Michael HenkeSnakefish (Trachinocephalus myops) waiting for food.
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Michael Henkemeeting point - Nikon D300, Nikkor 10,5 mm
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Michael HenkeAngel
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Michael HenkeChromodoris annae - Nikon D300, 105mm, no crop, 1/30 sec to blur background and foreground
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Michael HenkePhyllodesmium briareum
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Michael HenkePainted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) - Look at the pearl at it's mouth.
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Michael Henkesay AHHHHH - Background removed!
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Michael HenkeHarlequin shrimp
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Michael HenkeSpong reef
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Michael HenkeSleeping Octopus
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Michael HenkeBig fish or sponge?
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Michael HenkePericlimenes tenuipes - Long Arm Shrimp
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Michael HenkeYellowhead Moray Eel
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Michael HenkeGlossodoris atromarginata
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Michael Henkeshadow - Tiera batfish (Platax teira)
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Michael HenkeMoluccen Seahorse (Hippocampus moluccensis)
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Michael HenkeBigeye Jacks (Caranx sexfasciatus) at the USAT Liberty (Bali). Nikon D300, 10,5 mm
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Michael HenkeHexabranchus sanguineus - Nikon D300, FISHEYE 16mm, 2xDS125
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Michael HenkeBull crab (Naxioides taurus)
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Michael HenkeGiant sweetlips (Plectorhinchus obscurus)
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Michael HenkeHalgerda batangas
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Michael HenkeOctopus electronica :-)
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Michael HenkeEaster Egg :-)
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Michael Henketiny and shy - Denise's pygmy seahorse
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Debi Henshaw"The Kit Tree" We know how to lower the tone - 5 star Maya Ubud, Bali and we use the private pool to rinse our kit then the tree to dry it. Guess we won't be asked back anytime soon :o)
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Marchione GiacomoSoft coral shrimp
Komodo 2009
Nikon D200, 60 micro,twin strobo
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Marchione GiacomoRhinopia
Nikon D200, 60mm, twin strobo
Komodo 2009
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Alberto RomeoA bluespotted coral grouper behind a red gorgonian
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Alberto RomeoPortrait of a morayeel
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Graeme ColeManderin Fish shot at Mimpi Lagoon at Menjangen Bali with Canon 7D and 60mm macro lens.
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Raoul CaprezCanthigaster valentini playing in a palm tree's palm.
Interesting for the background.
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Raoul CaprezCeratosoma tenue
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Stephanie TiKomodo Island - Dive Site: The Aquarium
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Graeme ColeTwins
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Robert MichaelsonNear Nesa Lembongan
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Stefan FollowsLights, Camera, Action. Southern Ocean Sunfish - Mola ramsayi. Gilli Mimpang, Bali, Indonisia
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Stefan FollowsThe Longing
Southern Ocean Sunfish - Mola ramsayi
Gilli Mimpang, Bali, Indonisia