News, Travel & Events

Staff · Issue 21, Oct/Nov 2004 · pp. 8–13

BIDP Bali Photo Dives 3 day/2 night/6 dives for $268 We begin our dive extravaganza by heading North East to Tulamben, arguably Baliʼs most diverse diving location. The stony beach continues under the water in a gentle shelf before meeting a dazzling house reef and dropping away into a steeper dark sand slope dotted with nudibranchs, anemones, and hidden treasures such as ghost pipefish. The Liberty shipwreck lies up against this slope. It is easily visible to snorkellers with the top at around 8 metres but dropping to 30 metres, it is best experienced by the diver. The wreck is easy to dive and provides habitat to a large number of fish in addition to a base for soft corals. Close to this location our experienced and knowledgeable divemasters have found one of natures magicians – the mimic octopus. At the end of the bay a headland protrudes into the sea and provides a deep drop off. Cor…