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We are still in Bali. To make a long story short, the Amed/Tularamen is the best bet as there are a variety of easily reached dive sites from there. Our average cost was $52 per two tank dive with Euro Dive and the service was great. Lots of shore diving and boat diving is likely nothing like you have ever done before as yhou go frm an outrigger canoe and put gear on in the water. The Liberty is lovely and sereral other nice walls are available. We saw giant bump head parrot fish at one. Some dives were 70 minutes and not shallow either. (No dive on the trip was less than 61 minutes.)
Permuteran/Menjangen was nice, but very remote. I recommend it only if you have a lot of time. There are few hotels but somehow we managed to get a room without a reservation. We paid $60 per 2 tank dive with a so-so dive shop that had compact 80's mixed in with standard 80's. A compact 80 looks just like a regular tank but is one kilo more negative in the water and holds about 8% less gas at the same pressure. Less gas means nothing to me, but my weights were off and I thought I had forgotten how to dive until I realized what was happening. The DM should have pointed it out, but he was oblivious. Dives here are limited to a small area on one wall. This is because the dive shops don't own the boats and they have snorkelers on board as well. Very nice though, and we saw sharks on one dive.
Nusa Penita has nice diving, but it is a rough 45 minute boat ride from Sanur. Average price for 2 tanks is $100. Because the Sunfish were showing up everyone ws going to Crystal Bay and there were many divers. Water was a nice 78f and very little current. If you want to go to Manta Point you need to call around. Coral was some of the nicest I have seen, but few of the colorful fans.
Internet service here stinks. This is the first time I could reach Scubaboard in days.
More later,
Leadweight/Ron
Permuteran/Menjangen was nice, but very remote. I recommend it only if you have a lot of time. There are few hotels but somehow we managed to get a room without a reservation. We paid $60 per 2 tank dive with a so-so dive shop that had compact 80's mixed in with standard 80's. A compact 80 looks just like a regular tank but is one kilo more negative in the water and holds about 8% less gas at the same pressure. Less gas means nothing to me, but my weights were off and I thought I had forgotten how to dive until I realized what was happening. The DM should have pointed it out, but he was oblivious. Dives here are limited to a small area on one wall. This is because the dive shops don't own the boats and they have snorkelers on board as well. Very nice though, and we saw sharks on one dive.
Nusa Penita has nice diving, but it is a rough 45 minute boat ride from Sanur. Average price for 2 tanks is $100. Because the Sunfish were showing up everyone ws going to Crystal Bay and there were many divers. Water was a nice 78f and very little current. If you want to go to Manta Point you need to call around. Coral was some of the nicest I have seen, but few of the colorful fans.
Internet service here stinks. This is the first time I could reach Scubaboard in days.
More later,
Leadweight/Ron
