Mola Mola in Crystal Bay on 12 September 2025

[Dan]

Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia, is known for Mola Mola cleaning station. We dove there on 12 September 2025 and saw 3 of them, including nudibranch called Miller's Nembrotha, Shorfin Lionfish and schooling Bigeye Barracuda.

 

[DownUnderwater Dan]

Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia, is known for Mola Mola cleaning station. We dove there on 12 September 2025 and saw 3 of them, including nudibranch called Miller's Nembrotha, Shorfin Lionfish and schooling Bigeye Barracuda.

Great footage @Dan !!! Great viz & conditions too, by the looks of it.

That looked like the 2nd corner, same area where the Great White showed up a few years ago. That 1 Mola put on a show for you all! I seen a few Molas at that same area, same depth not so deep also, and 1 Mola pretty much did identical act, was comfortable with divers and hung around for a while & put on a show, then made a beeline towards the surface. I wonder if it was the same Mola.

 

[Centrals]

Seeing Mola Mola around Crystal Bay is nothing exciting except to some divers for the first time.

 

[chillyinCanada]

24c! So warm for Crystal Bay

 

[ScubaBackpacker]

24c! So warm for Crystal Bay

Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia, is known for Mola Mola cleaning station. We dove there on 12 September 2025 and saw 3 of them, including nudibranch called Miller's Nembrotha, Shorfin Lionfish and schooling Bigeye Barracuda.

So many divers around them. The divers presence or behavior doesn’t annoy them ?

 

[Blackcrusader]

24c! So warm for Crystal Bay

True, was 22c when I did the dive for Mola there. Was a little nippy diving in my t shirt and shorts though.

@Dan thanks for sharing your video. Great stuff

 

[DownUnderwater Dan]

True, was 22c when I did the dive for Mola there. Was a little nippy diving in my t shirt and shorts though.

@Dan thanks for sharing your video. Great stuff

16°C was my coldest there, in month of October. I heard 14°C from an instructor, was his coldest there. Usually for me, September's the coldest month.

 

[chillyinCanada]

So many divers around them. The divers presence or behavior doesn’t annoy them ?

It does

 

[chillyinCanada]

True, was 22c when I did the dive for Mola there. Was a little nippy diving in my t shirt and shorts though.

@Dan thanks for sharing your video. Great stuff

You were lucky. It's never been that warm yet for me. 18-21c

 

[chillyinCanada]

16°C was my coldest there, in month of October. I heard 14°C from an instructor, was his coldest there. Usually for me, September's the coldest month.

Omg!