Best scubadiving area in Bali
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Uh, sorry. I think I won't do that. But you had me going there for a second because my sister's name is Lisa. 
and she could probably use one too.
and she could probably use one too.
Dan
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Tulamben will be a good place to dive for beginner. Try to get in at 5am to see school of bumpedhead parrotfish coming out of their hideout to look for breakfast. Same with brown-marbled groupers. They are big fish.
Another good place to dive around August, especially during full moon is at Crystal Bay in Nusa Penida to see 20' mola-mola (see my avatar). I had 1 day to dive in Crytal Bay in August 31, 2012, before going to Komodo & saw 9 mola-mola in 2 dives there. You can see how big the mola-mola is relative to the 1-foot long emperor anglefish that was busy cleaning the mola-mola's rear end in the picture. However, it's more for experience diver with good guide, because it can be a deep dive, cold & fast current.
I went to >100' deep to get that picture of the mola-mola. As I was getting closer to it, it kept going down passed the maximum depth for 27% Nitrox that I was using. I was at 145' deep, so, I had to ascend right away.
The water temperature was 68 deg.F (20 deg.C). I had to wear 5mm wetsuit & a hood.
Sometimes the down current could be deadly. If you are too far from the coral & in open clear-blue water, you will have problem to swim against the down current & slowly getting sucked into the deep. When you see your bubbles start to go down, you would need to grab on the nearby hard coral to hang on the coral & start to crawl yourself up to the shallow.
For less experience diver, instead of Crystal Bay, you may want to just see manta at manta point.
Another good place to dive around August, especially during full moon is at Crystal Bay in Nusa Penida to see 20' mola-mola (see my avatar). I had 1 day to dive in Crytal Bay in August 31, 2012, before going to Komodo & saw 9 mola-mola in 2 dives there. You can see how big the mola-mola is relative to the 1-foot long emperor anglefish that was busy cleaning the mola-mola's rear end in the picture. However, it's more for experience diver with good guide, because it can be a deep dive, cold & fast current.
I went to >100' deep to get that picture of the mola-mola. As I was getting closer to it, it kept going down passed the maximum depth for 27% Nitrox that I was using. I was at 145' deep, so, I had to ascend right away.
The water temperature was 68 deg.F (20 deg.C). I had to wear 5mm wetsuit & a hood.
Sometimes the down current could be deadly. If you are too far from the coral & in open clear-blue water, you will have problem to swim against the down current & slowly getting sucked into the deep. When you see your bubbles start to go down, you would need to grab on the nearby hard coral to hang on the coral & start to crawl yourself up to the shallow.
For less experience diver, instead of Crystal Bay, you may want to just see manta at manta point.
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