Dive sites in Lombok

Shark Point Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

Shark Point east of Gili Trawangan is a popular dive spot in the mornings. This dive site consists of different levels (24m, 20m, 18m); it starts with a slope out of hard and soft corals, the "native country" of green and hawksbill turtles.The different levels are sandy areas with small coral blocks…

Salut Dropoff Lombok, Indonesia

Near Gili Lawang is the drop-off area Salut Drop-off. This is a dive site from 4 until 40 meters deep.There is a lot of hard and soft coral, like brancish and tabulate coral, in this area, of which 85% is intact. Also you can see a lot of Acropora coral. On the bottom you can see a lot of shrimps…

Gili Lampu Lombok, Indonesia

Gili Lampu Reefs is located in East of Lombok, Its one of the best dive sites in the area where you can see both micro or macro dive

Boulder City Belongas Bay, Indonesia

Starting at a vertical wall you descend to about 30 meters. There are a lot of big rocks forming hundreds of swim-troughs. Sharks, napoleons and many, many sweet lips and angelfishes have been seen here

Soft Coral Garden Belongas Bay, Indonesia

A chain of small, soft coral covered, pinnacles beginning in a depth of around 12m, and reaching down to about 25m. Apart from the many reef fish, here we’ve seen Cownose rays, huge moray eels, as well as the one or other eagle ray on his way to Gli Sarang.

The Cathedral Belongas Bay, Indonesia

It's the second most famous dive. It's a large pinnacle with 2 main peaks. It's interesting for eagle ray sightings and big fish in general. There's also sea snakes everywhere!! Don't be surprised or freaked if you see more than 15 sea snakes on the dive. It's a nice dive for corals. It has lots of…

Blue Hole Belongas Bay, Indonesia

It's a famous cave, starting at about 127m and going down to about 25m. The entrance is really wide, and the whole cave is quite wide too, opening into a dome. Around there you can also find a series of small pinnacles (completely submerged), going down to aprox. 35m. Depending on the season and the…

Gili Sarang Belongas Bay, Indonesia

This site has many pinnacles and boulders rise up from a depth of around 35m and offer impressive, colorful soft corals. Here too, big fish action: giant trevalies, mackerels, sweet lips, surgeon fish, white tips, black tips, and grey reef sharks. September is the season to sight Devil rays in…

The Magnet Belongas Bay, Indonesia

Most famous dive site here. It's a pinnacle with the bottom at 60m. Its specialty is that here you can spot schools of Hammerheads, as well as grey reef sharks andwhite tip sharks!! There's a season for the hammerheads sighting: from June until early november. Beware of the really strong currents:…

Gili Renggit, Timur (East) Sekotong, Indonesia

A sloping reef that levels off to about 20 metres, this site is filled with feather stars and soft coral tress. Look out for mantis shrimp, turtles, ornate ghost pipefish, nudibranchs, gobies and porcelain crabs. At about 17m, there are patches of snow white anemonies.

Gili Renggit, Barat (West) Sekotong, Indonesia

This site has a steep sloping reef of soft corals that level off to a sandy bottom. Look out for turtles and lobsters under the rocky ledges and among the usual suspects of Moorish idols, wrasses, sweetlips and moray eels. There are huge fields of Staghorn corals in the shallows.

Whip point, Gili Renggit… Sekotong, Indonesia

This site has an impressive array of hard corals. The table corals here are HUGE and entirely intact. Look under them for stingrays, sharks and turtles taking a snooze.

Secret Garden, Gili Layar Sekotong, Indonesia

A gentle sloping reef filled with soft corals, huge barrel sponges and whip corals with squat lobsters, gobies, xeno crabs and Zanzibar shrimp. Another highlight is the profusion of tiny yellow sea cucumbers. In the shallows are hard coral and rock formations.

Will's Beach Sekotong, Indonesia

This site is a favourite among macro photographers for the huge variety of creatures found here. This gentle, sandy slope is covered with nudibranchs, flounders, puffers, skeleton shrimp, robust, halimeda and rough snout ghost pipefish, tozeuma shrimp, Zanzibar shrimp, flying gurnards, mimic and…

Medang Barat Sekotong, Indonesia

Currents can be strong at this site, so a negative entry is recommended here. When you descend quickly, the depth levels off to about 30 metres. Garden eels make their home on the sand amongst the rocky outcrops. Look under the ledges for turtles, rays and sharks. There are huge fans here and around…

Sunken island Sekotong, Indonesia

Like the name suggests, this site gently slopes to about 25 metres. When visibility is good, the place looks like a manicured garden with pristine, intact hard and soft corals. Here you will find nudibranchs, crabs, mantis shrimp, stingrays, sharks, eagle rays, turtles, octopuses and cuttlefish.

Gili Kura Kura, barat (West) Sekotong, Indonesia

A great place to go to for newbies. This site is shallow with hardly any current. Swim with the usual reef fish like Moorish idols, wrasses and anthias. Watch out for the fire coral, though. This site is even better as a night dive. Basket stars, spider and porcelain crabs, ornate and robust ghost…

Nudie slope, Gili Poh Barat… Sekotong, Indonesia

This is a rubble slope that has more then meets the eye. If Gili Renggit Timur is filled with feather stars, this site is filled with hard, disc-shaped corals. Look out for nudibranchs and all kinds of shrimp and crabs among them. Watch out for octopuses, hermit crabs, Saron shrimp, harlequin…

Batu Gendang Sekotong, Indonesia

Only for highly experienced divers, this site is tide dependent and reef hooks are recommended. Watch for angelfish, batfish, bumphead parrotfish, sweetlips, turtles sharks and eagle rays.

Gili Gelong (Monkey Island) Sekotong, Indonesia

This site has a rubble and sandy bottom that is home to a variety of mantis shrimp, ribbon eels, shrimp fish, cuttlefish, anemone crabs and shrimp. Look in the crinoids for snapping shrimp and whip corals for Zanzibar shrimp.

Coral Arks Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

1-2-dive.com artificial reef was built by the intructor team of 1-2-dive.com? begin from the beach, few fins kicks you arrive on the 10*2m artificial reef, possibility to regrow and regeneration of coral? after you just follow the nice slope to the bottom of the channel, around 35m, with barrelled…

Coral Fan Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

This site got its name for its abundance of large, white-polyped Gorgonian fan-coral with bright-red skeletons. They grow on the big coral bommies of this sites shallow reeftop. You'll find other types of hard coral spread along the bottom at 5 to 7 meters, surrounded by lots of reef and tropical…

Deep Turbo Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

A huge dive site available to divers with deep dive experience. An abundance of large coral “bommies” or hills covered in soft and hard corals, Deep Turbo will interest divers as exploring the reef and its marine life makes for a fascinating dive. The majority of the dive is around 20-30…

Manta Point Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

Manta Point is generally an easy dive site, sometimes the current gives you a fine drift. The best season to see Mantas, is from March to May, though February and June also offer good possibilities to see them. Mantas can be seen sporadically year-round. 17 Mantas have been seen here at one time.The…

Sunset Reef Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

This site is a gently sloping reef. A large portion of it is marked by giant steps of table Acropora coral, shelving off down the slope. There are isolated heads of hard coral and outcrops with good, even coverage of soft corals. The reef ends in a sandy bottom beyond about 20m and has a flat reef…

Basket Coral Garden Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

In the first few metres you have the feelingofbeing in an aquarium - schools of colored Fairy Basslets,Fusiliers, Banner Fish live here. Deeper, around the bigcoral and stone blocks, Groupers, Batfish, Trumpet Fish,hiding Octopus and Bearded Scorpion Fish.Look out to theblue: sometimes Eagle Rays,…

Volkers' Golf Course Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

Volkers' Golf Course is about 500 m east of Shark Point andstarts at a depth of about 20m. It looks green like a golfcourse and is the best site to see Sharks, Schools ofMackerel and Doctor Fish.Because of its depth and the sometimes very strong currents,it is a dive for advanced divers.

Simon's Reef Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

An excellent coral site made up a variety of distinct heads and mini seamounts rising from a sandy bottom at a depth of 35m. There are eight major heads arranged roughly in a figure eight; all are well formed and superabundant in coral varieties. The heads themselves are quite sculpted, with…

Good Heart Wall Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

Good Heart Reef begins in shallow part of Deep Turbo and runs parallel along Gili Trawangan's east coast sloping from the shore into deeper water. Coral bommies and outcropings protrude from sandy areas, each thriving with juvenile and smaller species of fish seeking shelter of the shallow waters.…

BioRock Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

Biorock® technology was brought to Gili Trawangan in 2004 and is now home to 37 Biorock® structures and is the second largest Biorock® site in the world. The Biorock® Process involves a submerged steel structure that applies a safe low-voltage electrical current. Small pieces of live…

Halik Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

Halik reef is a sloping reef available to all divers. Beautiful coral formations are found in the shallows, and along the reef, coral bommies and Gorgonian fans. A perfect drift dive, and commonly Lionfish, Moray Eels, Coral Grouper, and Bumphead Parrotfish (around the full moon) are to be found.…

Andy's Reef Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

One of the most varied and interesting dive sites around the Gili’s, Andy’s is a vast open site available to all levels of diver certification. The site starts with a shallow sloping reef, with a series of ridges and valleys leading into deeper water. Shark Point is one of the specific…

Glenn Nusa Dua Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

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Han's Reef Gili Air, Indonesia

Hans Reef is located on the north tip of Gili Air, and consists of various sized bommies and rocky outcrops dispersed over a sandy slope. Hans reef is suitable for all diver levels. The variety of marine life ranges from Nudibranchs, Mantis Shrimp and Pipefish, to Frogfish, Scorpionfish and Moray…

Gili Air Wall Gili Air, Indonesia

AirWall, to the west of Gili Air, is a very beautiful wallthat, due to the soft coral cover, shines yellow-orangedepending on the position of the sun. The highlight of thiswall is a coral block at 22m in which Leaf Fish (ScorpionFish) make their "home", surrounded by shrimps, Pipe Fish,White-banded…

Frogfish Point Gili Air, Indonesia

One of our favorite dive spot is Frog Fish Point in the East of Gili Air, famous for small things and rarities. A huge coral block from 5m - 18m welcomes you - there are a lot of sandy areas, where the garden eels let off steam and corals are overgrown with anemones and their clownfish. You can find…

Malang Reef Gili Air, Indonesia

Underwater canyons create the landscape here with a plateau starting at 10m and dropping down to 40m. Here you can see “everything”. Mantas, blue spotted stingrays, scorpion fish, lionfish, and white tips have been encountered here as well as spiny lobsters.

Japanese WWII Wreck Gili Air, Indonesia

This dive is available to experienced diver. The wreck itself is intact, and situated in a protected bay, so it is largely unaffected by coastal currents. The Japanese World War II patrol boat is approximately 20 meters in length and is covered in beautiful corals. Inhabiting the wreck are many…

Bounty Wreck Gili Meno, Indonesia

The wreck is covered with soft coral and also harder coral ( Acropora Florida, Acropora Pormosa, Acropora Nobilis ). There is also a variety of fish, The depth is around 13-16 meter. Visibilty is always good here: around 20 meters. The fish families you can find here are Sweet Lips ( Haemulidae ),…

Meno Slope Gili Meno, Indonesia

A drift dive along Meno slope is usually quite a joy ride. You will drop into the channel between Gili Trawangan and Gili Meno and descend to the bottom of the sloping reef at 22m. The average depth for the rest of the dive will be 16m, so this site is perfect for all certification levels. Towards…

Meno Wall Gili Meno, Indonesia

This is a steeply sloping reef with a near-vertical top section. The reef drops to a sandy bottom at about 22m, and follows the contours of Gili Meno’s shore quite closely. Soft corals grow all along reef. There is a great deal of older, dead coral over which the soft forms have regrown,…

Takat Malang Gili Meno, Indonesia

This site is close to Simon’s reef, and quite similar in many respects – a collection of large coral heads (Takats) arranged in a sloping bed, beginning with plateau at 15 metres. There are about 10 major heads, each sculpted with overhangs, outcrops and swim throughs - as if someone has…

Mirko Reef Gili Meno, Indonesia

A reef between Gili Meno and Gili Air

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