Dominated by the towering presence of Mt Agung, the island's highest and most sacred volcano, which last erupted to terrible effect in 1963, this area of contrasts, has much lower population density than southern Bali.
Here is some of the most beautiful and spectacular scenery in Bali, from lush green rice terraces to rugged escarpments rising almost vertically for hundreds of meters.
This area of the island is renowned for its spectacular beauty, where the steep rise from coast to mountain creates magical scenery. Here the local people follow a traditional lifestyle, whether it is cultivating rice, farming, fishing, weaving baskets and the famous double ikat textiles or salt making.
 
Blue Lagoon
Blue lagoon has some very nice shallow reefs that are perfect photography dives and night dives. There are huge coral bommies that start in around 5 meters of water. The fish life is amazing! There is a large Napoleon Wrasse that lives here, several kinds of reef shark, stonefish, morays, blue ribbon eels, nudibranches, rays, squid and octopus, Leaf Scorpionfish, and Stargazers to name just a few. This is dive site that is very popular with photographers due to the depth and quality of the marine life.
Night-diving is a good option here as a completely different variety of unusual marine life comes out to play at night!
Gili Tepekong
A short boat ride from Padang Bai brings you to Gili Tepekong. Tepekong offers some of the most impressive diving in Bali. Great walls, the canyon, strong currents coupled with superb marine life makes this a dive for experienced divers only.
On these excellent drift dives you can expect to see all kinds of pelagics such as grey reef sharks, eagle rays, barracuda, and many other spectacular fish. The currents bring in a lot of fresh water so you can normally expect excellent visibility. Conditions here are very changeable so a good guide is essential. If conditions are not so good, there are a number of other sites close by that also offer excellent diving.
Gili Mimpang
Gili Mimpang consists of four small islands between Gili Tepekong and the Bali mainland. Underwater, the vast amount of sea fans offers some superb underwater scenery. Clouds of angelfish and chromis can be seen amongst the schools of other fish. It is common to see Napolean wrasse here, as well as black rays, leopard sharks, and white tip reef sharks. This site really only goes down to around 18m so there is plenty of time to explore this beautiful site.
Gili Biaha
Gili Biaha is about 4km away from Gili Tepekong and is not really dived by many operators due to the varying conditions of the site. Strong currents, both up and down are common.
There is a beautiful and healthy reef around the island. The inside area of the crescent has a cave large enough for divers to enter, in which white tip reef shark are often seen sleeping. The area outside the cave has some interesting corals with many shrimp and crab, which is great if you love looking for macro life.
This dive site is certainly worth the effort providing the conditions are right.
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