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Dive Amed

 


Time to turn your watches back and enjoy the Bali that was. An hour from Candidasa is Bali's best-kept secret - the enchanting bays that make up the Amed area. Held back until recently by bad roads and lack of power and communications, this is Bali's newest developing area with accommodation increasing six-fold in the last few years.

Every bay is different, some shingle, some rocky and some sandy, with great diving right off the beach. In one bay there's a Japanese WWII patrol boat just 10m off the shore.

 
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Amed

Amed is a perfect place for those wishing to get right away from it. Amed is a very slow paced village where technology hasn't caught up. There are a number of dive sites in the area that offer some nice drop offs with good coral and diver fish. Most of the diving is done out of local boats, however shore diving is available from Jemeluk Bay.

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Amed Walls

Amed has three walls along the most popular stretch of reef. To get to these walls takes about 5 minutes on the local boats. All the diving here tends to be drift diving which means the boat drivers will put you in the right place and then you just drift along the walls. There is a lot to see along the walls with many sea fans, sponges and fish life. The sites go down to around 35 - 40 metres which is a good depth to find things like sharks and the occasional Mola Mola.

Dive Mimpang Lipah Bay

The drive to Lipah bay is an experience on it's own! This rarely used road overlooks the Lombok Strait and rural Balineses agricultural scenes in Bali's most remote location.

The Lipah wreck is an easy shore dive or snorkel. The wreck rises to just a meter below the surface. There are a number of healthy soft corals, plate corals, tunicates and gorgonians on the wreck.

The Lipah Bay dive is mostly sandy with some scattered corals and gardens eels. It runs down to about 18m before sloping off into very deep water. Currents can be strong here at times.



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Gili Selang

Gili Selang is located off Bali's Eastern most point and is a good option for those divers wishing to have an adrenaline rush. An experienced dive is essential on this dive! The coral walls around Selang are covered with soft corals. If the current isn't too strong, it is possible to get down to below 20m where there is normally a lot of pelagic action happening. The currents here can be very unpredictable with up and down currents a regular occurrence.