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Reef scenery
Coral Garden
 Spinecheek
anemonefish
Premnas biaculeatus
Drop Off
Blue ribbon eel
Rhinomuraena quaesita
The River
Longfin
and Circular
batfish (juv.)
Platax teira/orbicularis
Lipah Bay
Reef scenery
Menjangan
Painted frogfish
Antennarius pictus
Gilimanuk Bay
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Bali is
located between Java and Lombok and is part of the
'ring of fire'¹ within the 14.000² islands of the
Indonesian archipelago.
Besides numerous cultural and natural attractions the
'Island of the Gods' offers a unique underwater world.
Worldwide there is no larger variety of species as
within the virtual triangle 'Bali/Philippines/Papua
New Guinea'.
Mt. Gunung Agung (3.142 m)
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Since
05/2001 I have worked for two years as a base leader
for Tauch Terminal Tulamben
in the northeast of the island.
During this time I had plenty of opportunities to
study Tulamben's outstanding dive sites. First of all
the legendary Liberty Wreck³ which is lying
in just 3-30 m and can be easily dived right from the
beach.
 Tauch Terminal
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Nowhere else I've seen more ghostpipefishes
and nudibranchs
so far than in Tulamben - a real macro paradise
for UW photographers! ;-)
Unforgettable are the numerous rare species
which I have discovered here and in other dive
sites in Bali. More...
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You
will find detailled dive site descriptions here... Here
only in brief:
Besides the famous Liberty Wreck³ there are
of course more dive sites in the Tulamben bay area
worth seeing:
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- Coral Garden (Ghostpipefishes,
nudibranchs, blacktip reefsharks, blue
ribbon eels, steene's dottyback)
- Drop Off (Steep wall, gorgonians,
nudibranchs, longnose hawkfish, yellow
pyramid butterflyfishes, schooling fish)
- The River (Ghostpipefishes,
nudibranchs, crustaceans, blue ribbon eels
and more macro subjects)
- Batu Kelebit (Pygmy seahorses,
eagle rays, bumphead parrotfishes, schooling
fish)
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Following dive sites are close to Tulamben:
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- Kubu (Pygmy seahorses, blackfin
barracudas, cuttlefishes)
- Amed (Nudibranchs, crustaceans,
schooling fish)
- Lipah Bay (Wreck, nudibranchs,
juv. batfishes)
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Padang Bai, Bali
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Padang
Bai is situated at Bali's east coast and is
comfortably accessible from Tulamben as well as from
Denpasar (1,5 h drive each). From here it's just a
short boat ride to further top dive sites:
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- Nusa Penida (Reefs, current,
sharks, manta rays!)
- Nusa Lembongan (Reefs, current,
mola molas!)
- Blue Lagoon (Reefs, nurse sharks,
wobbegongs, rhinopias)
- Gili Mimpang & Tepekong
(Reefs, current, sharks)
- Gili Biaha (Cave, current,
sharks, mola molas!)
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Not to
forget the 'cream sites' in the far west of Bali...:
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- Menjangan (Reefs, variety of
species, schooling fish)
- Gilimanuk (Secret!) Bay
(Excellent 'Critters': ghostpipefishes,
nudibranchs, seahorses, frogfishes,
picturesque dragonets, juv. batfishes and
many more rare macro subjects)
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more
Dive Areas:
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Bali, Indonesia
» Sulawesi & Komodo
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Khao Lak, Thailand
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¹ "Ring of fire", an area of seismic and volcanic
activity.
² Just 6.000 islands of those are named and more than
1.000 are still uninhabited!
³ This top dive site has it basically earned to be
described much more precisely. However, this would
definitely go the scope of this website.
You will find further information about the Liberty
Wreck amongst others on the internet as well as in
various other sources (see attached link list).
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