Manta Point
Mantas visit the cleaning stations here all year, sometimes in courtship 'manta trains' of up to 30.
- Advanced
- Rock formations
- Manta rays
Advanced≤30 m
SD Point
Dive site in Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
- Usual dive
- 30 m
- Deepest point
- 40 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Current
- Strong
The dive
A drift and reef dive. Known for whale sharks, reef sharks and turtles.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: purpledivepenida.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- DriftYou move with the current and surface away from where you started.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
- The site goes deeper than 30 m: Advanced divers stay above 30 m.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Drift, Reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Whale sharks
- Reef sharks
- Turtles
- Mola mola (sunfish)
- Tuna
- Trevally
- Sea snakes
Season in Bali & Nusa Penida
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Apr–Oct.
Source: zubludiving.comWhere is Bali & Nusa Penida?
The point shows the Bali & Nusa Penida area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Bali & Nusa Penida
USAT Liberty Wreck
A 120 m WWII US Army cargo ship resting on its side in 10–30 m, only a few fin-kicks from Tulamben's shore.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Reef sharks
Crystal Bay
One of the few places to see Mola Mola being cleaned, from July to November, above hard and soft coral gardens.
- Advanced
- Reef
- Whale sharks
Drift
down to 40 m
Blue Corner
- Experienced
- Bamboo sharks
Artificial reef
down to 18 m
Coral Garden (Tulamben)
Shallow shore dive off Tulamben beach where anemones host dozens of clownfish and coral bommies swarm with anthias.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Muck
down to 25 m
Ghost Bay
Easy shore muck dive in Amed with minimal current, known for ghost pipefish, frogfish, coconut octopus and abundant nudibranchs.
- Open Water
- Frogfish
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Manta Point Nusa Penida dive site, Bali / Nusa Penida, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- USAT Liberty dive site, Bali / Nusa Penida, G patkar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Crystal Bay dive site, Bali / Nusa Penida, Magul, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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