New Dive Sites in Bali - Kerobokan Dive Sites
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operator that offers it magnificent underwater sites.
www.lovinadive.com --While Bali offers great diversity of dive sites,
Kerobokan Dive Sites offers unique within Bali. It is the very new
definition of muck-diving and shore Diving, rich coral reefs, no depth
to speak of, it is in basically a site for macro-photographers and for
the occasional recreational diver looking for something different from
the norm.
Kerobokan Dive Sites contains many rare macro-photography subjects
that include nudibranches, dragonets (including both the colorful
Mandarin fish and Picture Dragonet), abundant seahorse/pipefish,
unusual scorpion fish, frogfish, eels, and many, many other organisms.
Yellows hills of corral ( Kaang Kuning ) is e new dive sites.
Location: Kerobokan Village, Close with Lovina
Type of dive: Shore and Boat diving (outriggers large enough for 2-3
divers, Reef-diving)
Visibility: 15 - 25 metres
Current: Zero to mild current
Depths: 10 - 40 metres (average depth 18 meters)
Min Level: Introductory
Highlights: Fantastic coral formations, density and variety of fish,
all level will suitable, 1 Day Intro Adventure Diving Program. Great
snorkeling site.
Conditions: Black sand beach sloping into the water, coral reefs, and
Muck Diving
You should not miss this out if you are dive lover..www.lovinadive.com
Daniel Kessler
While I've had two trips to Indonesia (mostly off Monado) ...I've never
heard anyone praise sites off Bali. Bali is certainly worth a visit --
spent five days there traveling around the island.
Greg Mossman
> this post has the earmarks of a "puff-piece" by some owner/promoter...
It's called "spam" even in Indonesian or Balinese.
> While I've had two trips to Indonesia (mostly off Monado) ...I've never
> heard anyone praise sites off Bali. Bali is certainly worth a visit --
> spent five days there traveling around the island.
I've heard plenty of praise for sites off Bali, including the mola
molas of Nusa Penida, but it's supposed to be pretty cold there and I
understand the '99 El Nino devastated the shallow corals. The closest
I got to diving Bali was diving the "Gillies" of Lombok which were
almost bare of coral, though we were treated to a huge school of
bumphead parrots.
Patrick NOEL
Sorry boys, you're wrong about Bali. There's much more than Penida and
Lombok.
Diving there is great (Gilimanuk, Menjangan, Tulamben, Amed , ...).
Take a look at my last report and pics :
http://www.aquaphot.fr/Bali2007.htm
;-)
Enjoy.
P.
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(pas de plouf pour m'écrire - no plouf to write)
Site Photo ss. marine : http://www.aquaphot.fr/
Greg Mossman
> Greg Mossman avait écrit le 02/04/2008 :
>
> > On Apr 2, 6:00 am, Daniel Kessler <dkess...@pop.cybernex.net> wrote:
> >> this post has the earmarks of a "puff-piece" by some owner/promoter...
>
> > It's called "spam" even in Indonesian or Balinese.
>
> >> While I've had two trips to Indonesia (mostly off Monado) ...I've never
> >> heard anyone praise sites off Bali. Bali is certainly worth a visit --
> >> spent five days there traveling around the island.
>
> > I've heard plenty of praise for sites off Bali, including the mola
> > molas of Nusa Penida, but it's supposed to be pretty cold there and I
> > understand the '99 El Nino devastated the shallow corals. The closest
> > I got to diving Bali was diving the "Gillies" of Lombok which were
> > almost bare of coral, though we were treated to a huge school of
> > bumphead parrots.
>
> Sorry boys, you're wrong about Bali. There's much more than Penida and
> Lombok.
> Diving there is great (Gilimanuk, Menjangan, Tulamben, Amed , ...).
> Take a look at my last report and pics :http://www.aquaphot.fr/Bali2007.htm
Hey, I was the one disagreeing with Kessler. However, there are more
notable locales in Indonesia with better diving support. I had looked
into a "diving safari" like the one you went on, and even
understanding that they will schlep all your luggage and gear from
place to place and that the Balinese ladies carry your tanks to the
water on their heads, it still sounds like a lot of work compared to a
nice relaxing liveaboard or dedicated dive resort, especially when
you're toting the same bulky camera system that I am (except that I
have an much heavier metal housing for my D200).
I was in Bali once before, on the way to and from a liveaboard to
Komodo. I'll be there again whenever I get around to visiting
Wakatobi. Maybe I'll try to get a few dives in then, since I've
already land-toured the island enough as far as I'm concerned.
Otherwise it will forever exist in my mind like Guam, a place with
interesting diving in its own right, but more practically used as a
stopover to somewhere even better.
Daniel Kessler
I wouldn't mind returning to Bali for a couple of days on the way to somewhere
else. My last trip of a week stopover there took me all the way out to the far
end of the island to the water palace at Tirtaganga...I took a dip in a kind of
rustic swimming pool that was fed from a lion's mouth...the water, after having
washed over me...went on down to nourish the rice paddies below that were
terraced far as the eye could see.
Also, there was the distant "tinkle" of bells powered by a water treadmill which
caused me to mumur.."this Bali is one magical place!" Or at least it was so at
Tirtaganga and I'm happy to have made the effort to go and stayover there...and
its far enough away from the tourist haunts of Ubud, not to mention Kuta and
Denpassar or Sanur. Most tourist to Bali ever know of it.
Greg Mossman
> I wouldn't mind returning to Bali for a couple of days on the way to somewhere
> else. My last trip of a week stopover there took me all the way out to the far
> end of the island to the water palace at Tirtaganga...I took a dip in a kind of
> rustic swimming pool that was fed from a lion's mouth...the water, after having
> washed over me...went on down to nourish the rice paddies below that were
> terraced far as the eye could see.
Sounds like a sure way to get hepatitis, ringworm, typhoid, and maybe
even that fluke that swims up the urethra. No thank you.
> Also, there was the distant "tinkle" of bells powered by a water treadmill which
> caused me to mumur.."this Bali is one magical place!" Or at least it was so at
> Tirtaganga and I'm happy to have made the effort to go and stayover there...and
> its far enough away from the tourist haunts of Ubud, not to mention Kuta and
> Denpassar or Sanur. Most tourist to Bali ever know of it.
My recollections are of our van driver dodging around the multitudes
of scooters in the heavy traffic, dodging stray dogs in the towns, the
smell of plastic water bottles burning in piles wherever we went, and
at some stops, hordes of kids and sometimes older people all fighting
to sell you sarongs and pencils. The sarongs I can understand - we
bought lots as gifts - but why would we want to buy pencils?
My favorite spots were the monkey forest and our hotel, where we could
escape the madness.
Patrick NOEL
>
> My recollections are of our van driver dodging around the multitudes
> of scooters in the heavy traffic, dodging stray dogs in the towns, the
> smell of plastic water bottles burning in piles wherever we went, and
> at some stops, hordes of kids and sometimes older people all fighting
> to sell you sarongs and pencils. The sarongs I can understand - we
> bought lots as gifts - but why would we want to buy pencils?
>
> My favorite spots were the monkey forest and our hotel, where we could
> escape the madness.
Yep. Of course all this is true ; the "tourist" part of Bali : Sanur -
Jimbaran - Legian - Kuta, the towns of Denpasar and Ubud are
overcrowded, dirty, noisy, ... But you can still enjoy the real Bali in
the north and the north-east, from Pemuteran to Amed (with the
exception of the part around Singaraja), and that's where some of the
best diving spots are.
Well, never mind.
Anyway, I'm planning to do that "diving safari" again next october ...
I just love it !
Daniel Kessler
has a very jaundiced view of Bali...jaundiced -- meaning "sickly yellow"
bali villas
> this post has the earmarks of a "puff-piece" by some owner/promoter...
>
> While I've had two trips to Indonesia (mostly off Monado) ...I've never
> heard anyone praise sites off Bali. Bali is certainly worth a visit --
> spent five days there traveling around the island.
>
>
>
> > Anewdivesites has been found in north of Bali. We are the onlydive
> > operator that offers it magnificent underwater sites.
>
> >www.lovinadive.com--While Bali offers great diversity ofdivesites,
> > definition of muck-diving and shore Diving, rich coral reefs, no depth
> > the occasional recreational diver looking for something different from
> > the norm.
>
> > that include nudibranches, dragonets (including both the colorful
> > Mandarin fish and Picture Dragonet), abundant seahorse/pipefish,
> > unusual scorpion fish, frogfish, eels, and many, many other organisms.
> > Yellows hills of corral ( Kaang Kuning ) is enewdivesites.
>
> > Location: Kerobokan Village, Close with Lovina
> > divers, Reef-diving)
> > Visibility: 15 - 25 metres
> > Current: Zero to mild current
> > Depths: 10 - 40 metres (average depth 18 meters)
> > Min Level: Introductory
> > Highlights: Fantastic coral formations, density and variety of fish,
> > all level will suitable, 1 Day Intro Adventure Diving Program. Great
> > snorkelingsite.
> > Conditions: Black sand beach sloping into the water, coral reefs, and
> > Muck Diving
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
Dear Sir,
I am from Bali - North Bali, Lovina dive is based in lovina north
Bali. I would like to introduce a dive sites that might be you guys
wants to know. There was no feeling to promote anything fake, now me
and Lovina dive centre plan to propose to the government about coral
reef in Kerobokan Village. the dive master of lovina dive has observe
and they had plenty of guest and student doing dive in that place.
FYI, dive centres in bali has no promoting this place.
However now the local fisherman trying to hunt fish not in proper way.
Last time we escorted guest for night dives, we saw so many fishes and
turtles. We dont want damage will happen to this place.
Please ignore if you thinks that this post was spam.
with all the best wishes.
Greg Mossman
> > My recollections are of our van driver dodging around the multitudes
> > of scooters in the heavy traffic, dodging stray dogs in the towns, the
> > smell of plastic water bottles burning in piles wherever we went, and
> > at some stops, hordes of kids and sometimes older people all fighting
> > to sell you sarongs and pencils. The sarongs I can understand - we
> > bought lots as gifts - but why would we want to buy pencils?
>
> > My favorite spots were the monkey forest and our hotel, where we could
> > escape the madness.
>
> Yep. Of course all this is true ; the "tourist" part of Bali : Sanur -
> Jimbaran - Legian - Kuta, the towns of Denpasar and Ubud are
> overcrowded, dirty, noisy, ... But you can still enjoy the real Bali in
> the north and the north-east, from Pemuteran to Amed (with the
> exception of the part around Singaraja), and that's where some of the
> best diving spots are.
> Well, never mind.
Admittedly we were already in a snit because our original flight plans
were waylaid when we arrived at the airport due to a big delay in one
leg upsetting all the others. We ended up having to switch carriers,
requiring us to sit an additional 14 hours at LAX waiting to fly out
plus 5 more hours in Hong Kong on top of the 18 hours of flight time,
and at an additional cost of $4,800. Plus we lost one of our island
touring days and even the airport transfer since the driver didn't
know when to pick us up, resulting in a mad scene involving 7 porters
and 2 taxis to get us to the hotel, the only hotel I've stayed in to
date that required passing through a metal detector before entering
the lobby.
I do have some fond memories of the island. We managed to get to some
uncrowded and peaceful spots as we toured around, but I sure wasn't
expecting the crowds of the south. There probably will be a next time
there as I plan to get out to Wakatobi sometime in the next couple of
years, finances permitting, and I'll make sure to stay a couple nights
in the north instead to see if my perception of the island can change.
Still, having just recently returned from Palau, it's easy to draw
distinctions. In Palau, there are no crowds anywhere. I didn't smell
any burning plastic, and the few stray dogs I saw looked a lot
healthier than the poor mutts of Bali. Not a single person asked me
for money, beyond goods and services I expected to pay for, and I
didn't have to worry about using my left hand and offending someone.
If I want crowds and pollution, I can find plenty of that right here
in L.A. any day of the week. On vacation, it's nice to get away from
all that. Hopefully the north of Bali is "all that".
> Anyway, I'm planning to do that "diving safari" again next october ...
> I just love it !
I'll wait to see your results. When the liveaboard trip that caused
me to fly to Bali the first time was almost canceled, I had looked
into the safari as an alternative. We ended up on the liveaboard, and
most of the diving on the trip was stellar, but due to a storm we
didn't make it all the way back to Bali for our last dives of the trip
and instead ended up on Lombok. I was disappointed that I never got
to dive Bali itself.
I've been meaning to compare notes with you on the Sky Dancer. I was
on the other 10-day trip in August 2007. From your notes, it sounds
like our trip had better diving at Wolf on the way up, and a bit more
sun, but rougher seas. I'm just curious if anyone on your trip
experienced similar cabin problems to ours: a leak (a/c condensate?)
that completely soaked my bed one night, and an exploding head that
sprayed raw sewage everywhere during one particularly nasty island
crossing. Those two incidents have me wondering about every taking
another Peter Hughes trip since I've never experienced anything so bad
before on any of the other eleven liveaboards I've done and here it
was two bad incidents in a row. Or maybe I'm just prone to some
really bad travel experiences, something I've been wondering about
ever since getting caught in the tsunami.
Patrick NOEL
(...)
> I've been meaning to compare notes with you on the Sky Dancer. I was
> on the other 10-day trip in August 2007. From your notes, it sounds
> like our trip had better diving at Wolf on the way up, and a bit more
> sun, but rougher seas. I'm just curious if anyone on your trip
> experienced similar cabin problems to ours: a leak (a/c condensate?)
> that completely soaked my bed one night, and an exploding head that
> sprayed raw sewage everywhere during one particularly nasty island
> crossing. Those two incidents have me wondering about every taking
> another Peter Hughes trip since I've never experienced anything so bad
> before on any of the other eleven liveaboards I've done and here it
> was two bad incidents in a row. Or maybe I'm just prone to some
> really bad travel experiences, something I've been wondering about
> ever since getting caught in the tsunami.
Well, once again we didn't have the same experience. Absolutely no
problem with the Sky Dancer. Except the quite difficult conditions for
UW photo, nothing wrong with this cruise and certainly not the vessel.
I didn't hear anybody complain about anything in our group ...
Greg Mossman
Except for the two "interesting" cabin incidents, everything else was
great for us on that trip too. I didn't even mind the difficulty
shooting photos since I was shooting video!
Actually, my only other source of (minor) irritation from the trip was
with one of the DMs who seemed to favor one of the ladies on our
dinghy, allowing her to get some great "alone time" with the sharks
yet harrassing me to stay with the group when I tried to do the same.
If you could position yourself away from the group by holding back
while the group moved downcurrent along the ridge, the sharks would
come in real close. The irritation was that she got some great
footage, yet when I tried to do the same thing, the DM got so upset
with me ignoring his hand signals to follow him that I thought he was
going to physically move me along with the rest of the group. That
annoyed me, since my diving skills are at least a bit more seasoned
than hers (and the DM's as well), so the only reason I could see for
why we were treated differently is that she looked a lot better in a
bathing suit than me, especially with some well-placed tattoos snaking
around her body. Maybe I should get some tattoos...