Dive sites in Indonesia

Maratua Paradise House Reef Maratua, Indonesia

Relaxing drift dive alongside a beautiful reef although some parts have been damaged by storms. You'll see lots of green sea turtles! Visibility changes from poor to excellent within hours - one never can tell.

Maratua Paradise Resort Jetty Maratua, Indonesia

Great place for nightdiving! Shallow sandy area with a slight current drifting south. Stargazers, stonefish, pipefish, ribbon eels and so on... Don't forget your camera.

Mari Mabuk Wakatobi, Indonesia

This is a long ridge running from 15 feet down to 80. It features huge sea fans, coral heads adorned in bright soft corals and feather stars blooming in the frequently swift current. The saddle that bridges the reef contains blue ribbon eels, leaf fish, crocodile fish, scorpion fish, nudibranchs and…

Mawali Wreck Pulau Lembeh, Indonesia

This is the most popular wreck in the strait, this huge 70 metres long WW2 Japanese freighter lies on her side between 17-30 metres depth and offers a Coral-encrusted oasis.. It was scuttled and sank by USS aircraft in 1944. The Malawi now lies on its port side between 15 to 30 m deep.This is an…

Mike's Point Pulau Bunaken, Indonesia

Vertical wall shaped like an anphiteather. The reef top is exposed to waves. You can find huge boulder corals, black corals, giant gorgonians and sponges, as well as many reef fishes. It's possible to encounter white tip sharks, giant trevallys, eagle rays and occasionally very large silver tip…

Mimpang Amuk Bay, Indonesia

The best part is the southern tip of the reef. Molas and sharks are often seen in this area.

Molas Wreck Pulau Bunaken, Indonesia

Sunk February 22, 1942. Approx 60m long. Prbably a Dutch merchandiser vessel.

Muka Gereja Pulau Bunaken, Indonesia

Scenic vertical winding wall with many vertical cracks and canyons and small caves. It has a wonderfull reef top with huge table corals. It is a very good spot for snorkelling. The reef is populated by the typical reef fishes, like anemone fishes, and parrotfishes. Sometimes you can find white tip…

Muka Kampung Pulau Bunaken, Indonesia

This is a steep slope with many vertical cracks and canyons. As often there is strong currents, so is best to drift the dive. Here is possible to encounter eagle ray, stingray and thousands of butterfly fish among a great variety of reef fishes. Small pigmy seahorses had been found hanging in the…

Negri Pulau Bunaken, Indonesia

Vertical windind wall with many vertical cracks, canyons and small caves. Sheltered reef top with many branching corals. You can find the typical reef life: Butterfly fish, angelfish, parrotfish as well as nudibranches. Occasionally turtles can be seen and batfishes.

Nudifalls Pulau Lembeh, Indonesia

Nudi Falls is one of the best known sites at Lembeh Strait. One of the three most-dived sites (along with Nudi Retreat & Hairball), a colourful sheer miniwall with a rock pile below, then a sand slope, leveling out into the main channel of rubble sprouting a forest of large soft Corals. Scenically…

Padangbai Blue Lagoon Padang Bai, Indonesia

Blue lagoon Wall has many species of marine life and since it is not as famous as the wreck in Tumbilen on the northern part of the island there are not as many divers choosing this location, There are reef sharks to be seen and spotted rays, sea snakes lion fish and many types of soft and hard…

Pangalisang Pulau Bunaken, Indonesia

Panggulingan Pulau Bunaken, Indonesia

Sanndy slope with large rocks and coral formations. Often very strong current with possible downward currents. Many whip corals, soft corals and spounges as well as many big schools of fusiliers and banner fish. Occasionally you can see a very large school of black fin barracuda. Giant and big eye…

Pantai Parigi Pulau Lembeh, Indonesia

Pantai Parigi is something different, this site has a healthy reef in the shallows, then a gentle white sand slope that is a good alternative to the predominantly black sand elsewhere along the strait. A superlative location for small Crustaceans, especially commensal species (commensalism is a…

Pasir Tengah Atoll Togian Islands, Indonesia

Ped Nusa Penida, Indonesia

Pemuteran house reef Pemuteran, Indonesia

This is a great dive site for underwater photographers that wish to shoot the colorful Mandarin dragonets. Best for this is just before sunset, in late afternoon.

Penida Bay Nusa Penida, Indonesia

Pos 1 Menjangan island, Indonesia

Pos 2 Menjangan island, Indonesia

Great wall with large gorgonians (the biggest of the area!).

Prince John Housereef Donggala, Indonesia

Pulau Belambangan Pulau Belambangan, Indonesia

Exploration diving! Untoughed reefs - great coral and many turtles.

Pulau Pisang Brena Baja, Indonesia

Pulau Pisang is a very remote island in Irian Jaya / Western Papua. This island is only rarely visited by liveaboards, usually as a stopover on the way from Misool to the Triton bay.The diving at Pulau Pisang was extremely rewarding. On the first dive we have seen as shoal of about 25 eagle rays, a…

Pulau Putus Pulau Lembeh, Indonesia

Inside a bay is a beautiful Coral and sponge garden in sheltered conditions. It offers a steep reef with good visibility. Nice corals, rare critters, and also some cleaning stations. The scenery itself is the highlight, though larger Rays (Devil and Eagle Rays) are seen from time to time, together…

Pulau Sambit Pulau Sambit, Indonesia

Exploration diving. Lot's of Hawksbill Turtles and great coral. Beware of tigersharks!

Pulau Tiga Ambon Bay, Indonesia

Pulau Tiga (Three Islands) are 3 small islands close to Ambon.The sites are covered with mostly healthy coral and there is a lot of fish to be seen. There are red tooth trigger fish whereever you look and if there is some current there is also big fish.

Puri Jati Seririt, Indonesia

Muck Diving

Raymond Point Pulau Bunaken, Indonesia

This is a vertical wall with one large cave. There is an interesting reef top, although it was damaged by a storm in 1996. Beware there is often strong currents. Here you can find a forest of whip corals along the wall and many species of hard and soft corals. Looking into the cracks is easy to find…

Roma Wakatobi, Indonesia

S.D. Nusa Penida, Indonesia

A very popular place and one of the nearest from the mainland.

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…

Samama Channel Samama, Indonesia

Great divesite for macro photography with sometimes strong currents. But on the other hand big stingrays and sometimes whalesharks. Hard to decide which lens to take. Sandy areas in the middle of that channel which is about 250m wide. Nice reef on the sides. Giant clams, staghorn coral and lots of…

Samama Mangroves Samama, Indonesia

Really cool place for a shallow water dive. Lots of snakes! Some venomous some not. I heard that there might be a crocodile but I haven't seen it. You'll see all the juvenile fish of the reef in front of the mangroves for example baby blacktip sharks. Lots of stingrays - watch out.

Sandy Ridge Sangalaki, Indonesia

THE place to see cuttlefish mate or lay eggs.Some crocodile fish, some turtles, some lionfish and nice coral.

Sanur Beach Sanur, Indonesia

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Secret Bay Gilimanuk, Indonesia

Best at high tide.This is one of the best muck dive site! No corals here, just a plateau of black volcanic sand with a lot of great species for underwater photographers.Marine species: Mandarin dragonets, seahorses, ghost pipefish, frogfish, sea slugs, octopus etc.

Selang north Gili Selang, Indonesia

Selang south Gili Selang, Indonesia

Boomies with acroporas. You are more protected from the current on this side. This is a good place for macro photography.

Sental Nusa Penida, Indonesia

Sental is in the middle of the north reef. The deep slope is really great for underwater photographers.

Dive in Indonesia