One of the main reasons divers visit the Nusa islands is to see the mysterious Mola, also commonly known as the Ocean Sunfish. The Mola is native to tropical and temperate waters.  The Mola is seen in high frequency, here in the Nusa Penida Marine Park, between the months of July and October. During the months from July to October, the water temperature around Nusa Lembongan, Ceningan & Penida drops. This is due to the colder deeper waters from the Southern Ocean pushing up into the Indonesian Seas. It is possible to see the Mola outside of these months but it is rare.

The mysterious Mola is a unique fish. It is the largest bony fish in the World. The heaviest specimen on record was caught off Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan, in 1996; It weighed 2,300 kilograms (5,070 pounds) and measured length 2.72 metres (8 feet 11 inches). The Mola has a flattened oval disk shaped body. The Mola’s spinal column contains fewer vertebrae and is shorter in relation to the body than that of any other fish. The extended dorsal and anal fins produce propulsion in a sculling like action to drive the enormous body. The Mola does not have a caudal (tail) fin but instead has a Clauvus which acts like a rudder.

The genus Mola belongs to the Molidae family. There are three species of Mola; Mola alexandrini, Mola mola and Mola tecta. Mola alexandrini is the Mola that is most frequently seen in the waters around the Nusa islands. It’s distinguishing features are; it has a spotty colouration with a scalloped shaped clauvus. The Mola mola has a hug head and chin bump. Mola tecta, also known as the ‘hoodwinker’ mola, as it was recently discovered in 2017, can be identified by the slit on it’s clauvus. Mola tecta has a slight bump on it’s head and chin. Molas also have bumps behind the pectoral fin, these bumps look different on each species, but you need to put under a microscope to tell them apart. The other members of the Molidae family are the ocean sunfish; Masturus lanceolatus, also known as the ‘Sharpetail’ mola as it possesses a sharp tail projecting from it’s clauvus. Ranzania laevis, the ‘Slender’ sunfish, is the smallest and arguably the most beautiful. It has the most colourful, smoothest and thinnest skin of all the members of the Molidae family.

The most common Mola behaviours observed in the local marine park is both the Mola cleaning and rewarming behaviours. There are many Mola cleaning stations around the Nusa Penida Marine Park. The most famous cleaning stations are found at Crystal Bay, Blue Corner and SD (Sekolah Dasar) dives sites. This is where the Molas come to be cleaned by the reef fish. Up to 54 species of parasites may reside on the skin of the Mola and internally. The bannerfish, emporer angelfish and butterfly fish clean the Mola. This is a symbiotic relationship; the Mola gets cleaned and the reef fish get feed. If the water temperature is cold and you see bannerfish, emporer angelfish and butterfly fish schooling together just off the reef, there is a high probability that you can see a Mola. Seagulls also clean the Molas. The Seagulls eat the larger copepod type parasites on the Mola’s body.  As the Mola lay on it’s side on the surface of the water, the seagull can rest on the Mola’s body and pick at the parasites.

Another behaviour displayed by the Mola is their rewarming behaviour. Mola’s can dive to depths of over 600 meters. The water temperature at these depths can be icy cold. Prolonged periods spent in water at temperatures of 12 °C (54 °F) or lower can lead to disorientation and eventual death. The Mola is believed to thermoregulate. The Mola lays on their side on the water’s surface soaking up the Sun’s rays on their large surface area or stay in shallower warmer waters after less deep dives. Interestingly, sunfish are able to warm their bodies so effectively that scientists suspect there are underlying adaptations we have yet to discover. This is further supported by the fact that large sunfish lose heat slower than small ones.

The LDC team hope that you have found our blog article interesting and informative. If you would like to find out further information about the Mola or diving in the local area, please do not hesitate to contact us; [email protected] We look forward to your visit to Lembongan Dive Center to come dive with us to see the mysterious Mola. Stay tuned for more information on ‘The Life of the Mola’ to come in the future.

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Penduduk dan memiliki KTP atau Surat Kerja di Wilayah Nusa Lembongan atau Nusa Penida – Paket IDC + EFRi: Rp 33.500.000,-

Anggota P3B (harus ada surat rekomendasi dari P3B) – Paket IDC + EFRi: Rp 42.500.000,- (Sudah termasuk Penginapan selama IDC – Homestay)

Non Penduduk Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Penida dan Anggota P3B – Paket IDC + ERFi: Rp 46.500.000,- (Harga hanya berlaku selama Deep & Extreme 2019, Apr 4-7)

NORMAL untuk non lembongan/penida resident dan anggotra P3B – Paket IDC + EFRi: Rp 52.000.000,-

Harga termasuk: • Kursus Pendidikan Instruktur (IDC) – kursus komplit (AI and OWSI) • Kursus Emergency First Response Instructor (EFRI) • Free kursus IDC preparation – pelatihan (workshop) teori and keterampilan-keterampilan selam • Bantuan yang tak terbatas selama IDC
• Latihan Ujian (Mock IE) • Pelatihan Bisnis Penyelaman • Pelatihan tanggungjawab dalam penyelaman dan Discover Scuba Diving • IDC required materials – (Confined & Open Inst. Cue Cards (revised), Advanced Open Water Diver Instructor Cue Cards. RD Inst. Cue Cards, DM Inst. Cue Cards, Confined and Open Water Lesson Guides CD-ROM (E,F,S), RD Exam, PADI Guide to Teaching Manual w/ Hologram (revised), Diving Knowledge Workbook, Specialty Course Inst. Manual (Digital, Multilingual version E,F,S), OW Quizzes and Exam (revised), DM Exams, Brochures and other course documentation, PADI Backpack) • EFRI required materials – (EFR Instructor Manual containing 3 instructor guides (Primary and Secondary Care, Care for Children, CPR and AED). • Instructor Application fee (direct payable to PADI): AUD $267 • EFR Instructor Application fee (direct payable to PADI): AUD $184 • Instructor Examination fee (direct payable to PADI): AUD $930 • Makan siang dan free-flow teh, kopi dan air minum.

Harga tidak termasuk: • Makan pagi dan makan malam, penginapan dan pengeluaran pribadi selama IDC/EFRI/IE

Siapa yang dapat mengikuti kursus ini?
• Usia minimum: 18 tahun • Sertifikasi: PADI Divemaster atau seorang PADI Assistant Instructor atau seorang instruktur selam yang masih aktif dari organisasi pendidikan paling sedikitnya enam bulan. Pada saat anda mendaftarkan diri untuk Ujian Instruktur (PADI Instructor Exams) anda harus sebagai Instruktur Emergency First Response. • Menjadi seorang penyelam yang bersertifikat paling sedikitnya selama 6 (enam) bulan. • Menjadi seorang instruktur Emergency First Response • Memiliki jumlah penyelaman sebanyak 100 penyelaman yang termasuk pengalaman di penyelaman malam, dalam dan navigasi. • Menyelesaikan pelatihan CPR dan Pertolongan Pertama dalam kurun waktu 24 bulan. • Telah diperiksa secara medis dan diperbolehkan untuk melakukan penyelaman oleh seorang dokter dalam kurun waktu 12 (dua belas) bulan.
Kursus Persiapan
Pengalaman pelatihan anda diawali dengan keputusan bagaimana anda ingin memulai kursus anda terutama untuk persiapan-persiapan teori penyelaman yang telah anda pelajari saat anda melakukan pendidikan divemaster anda. Dalam persiapan ini kita akan mengulang kembali dan memastikan anda mengerti dan dapat melakukan keterampilan-keterampilan tersebut dengan sebaik-baiknya sebagai seorang instruktur selam dengan kualitas seorang pengajar.
Jangka waktu: 3 (tiga) hari

EFRI
Dalam kursus EFRI selama 2 (dua) hari ini, Anda akan belajar bagaimana mengajar kepada orang lain kursus Emergency First Response dan juga mempraktekkan ketrampilan-ketrampilan CPR dan Pertolongan Pertama (Medic First Aid).
Jika anda telah menjadi seorang instruktur Emergency First Response (EFR) atau sertifikasi yang setara dari organisasi yang dikenal lainnya, anda dapat tidak mengikuti bagian ini dan langsung mengikuti kursus IDC selama 13 hari.
Jangka Waktu: 1,5-2 hari
Pendidikan Pengembangan Instruktur (Instructor Development Course – IDC)
Pendidikan Pengembangan Instruktur memakan waktu 14 hari yang akan diajarkan oleh PADI Staff Instructor dan PADI Course Director orang Indonesia. Yang mana dalam kursus ini anda akan mendapatkan sumber informasi yang sangat berlebih. Kursus ini akan di adakan di Lembongan Dive Center, Nusa Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia. Dengan pengaturan ini anda akan mendapatkan pengalaman bekerja di salah satu resort yang mana akan meningkatkan pengalaman dan pengetahuan ketika anda akan bekerja. Para Staff Instructors akan membantu anda setiap saat selama masa pendidikan dan selalu siap untuk memberikan bantuan jika anda memerlukan untuk mengembangkan keterampilan mengajar anda dalam dua bahasa, yaitu Bahasa Indonesia dan Inggris. Kursus ini akan mempersiapkan anda untuk mengikuti Ujian Resmi dari PADI dan memberikan anda peralatan untuk menjadi seorang Instruktur Selam PADI. Dalam pelatihan yang cukup interaktif anda akan belajar untuk mengapplikasikan semua standar-standar PADI dan mempraktekkan cara-cara untuk mengajar.
Ulasan-ulasan:
• Mengembangkan/menumbuhkan keterampilan-keterampilan mengajar anda dengan mempraktekkan secara langsung: presentasi pengajaran di perairan terlindung (confined water), presentasi pengembangan pengetahuan (knowledge development presentations) dan presentasi pengajaran di perairan terbuka (open water). • Mendemonstrasikan kemampuan anda dalam teori selam: lulus ujian dalam fisika (physics), fisiologi (physiology), peralatan selam (equipment), Penyakit dekompresi (decompression illness) & RDP, keterampilan dan lingkungan (skills and environment). • Mendapatkan tips dan tricks (cara mudah) untuk mengajar untuk semua kursus PADI hingga level professional, Divemaster. Pelatihan-pelatihan untuk mengajar cara yang aman dan menyenangkan untuk melakukan discover scuba diving, Open Water, Advance OW, Adventure in diving, rescue dan divemaster. • Meningkatkan dan memperbaiki demonstrasi keterampilan-keterampilan selam anda selama pelatihan. • Belajar lebih lanjut tentang: PADI standards & procedures, risk management, business principles of diving dan lebih banyak lagi
Pada akhir IDC anda, anda mendapatkan semua keterampilan untuk menjadi seorang instruktur yang sangat baik dan lulus Ujian Instruktur PADI (PADI Instructor Exams).
Jangka Waktu: 14 days
Ujian Instruktur (Instructors Examination – IE)
Setelah anda menyelesaikan Pendidikan Pengembangan Instruktur (Instructor Development Course – IDC), kami akan mendaftarkan anda ke Ujian Instruktur PADI (PADI Instructor Examinations) yang mana akan diadakan di Nusa Lembongan, Bali. Selama ujian ini, semua keterampilan yang telah anda pelajari selama IDC akan diuji oleh Para Penguji PADI (PADI Examiners).
Jangka Waktu: 2 days
Tolong dicatat: anda diharapkan untuk memiliki semua materi-materi pengajaran PADI secara pribadi dari kursus Open Water hingga Divemaster selama pendidikan IDC. Silahkan menghubungi kami untuk memeriksa daftar keseluruhan, jika anda tidak memilikinya anda dapat membeli secara terpisah materi-materi tersebut dengan harga khusus.
PERHATIAN!
Tolong hubungi secepatnya dan berikan Down Payment sebesar 30% dari total biaya.

Untuk memastikan anda dapat mengikuti pendidikan ini, Uang Muka sebesar 30% diperlukan.
Biaya-biaya lain yang mungkin akan anda keluarkan: • Tiket pesawat ke Bali dan/atau tiket kapal ke Nusa Lembongan, Bali • Akomodasi selama IDC + IE • Semua biaya makan malam dan pengeluaran pribadi. JADWAL Special Promo selama Deep IDC location – Lembongan: – May 13 – Jun 4, 2019 dengan IE di Lembongan, Jun 5-6, 2019 – Jun 17 – Jul 9, 2019 dengan IE di Lembongan, Jul 10-11, 2019 Contact Person – Siodin Kho (PADI Course Director) – 0852 1521 1171

Hubungi kami jika ada yang perlu anda tanyakan!

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Price List – All prices are in Indonesian Rupiah
Lunch is included on all 2 tank dives, along with tea, coffee & drinking water

• • Discover Scuba Diving (DSD) 2 OW dives – 1 600,000
• • Open Water Diver Course (OWD) – 4,950,000
• • Scuba Review – 350,000 (Pool) & 500,000 (OW)
• • Advanced Open Water Diver course (AOW) – 4,200,000
• • Emergency First Response (EFR) – 1,800,000
• • Rescue Diver – 4,900,000
• • Divemaster – 9,800,000 + crew pack & certification fees. 4 weeks training course. Additional week charged 1,000,000 / week
• • Specialties – from 1,900,000 (see PADI courses for full details)

Prices quoted above include equipment rental, manual to keep as reference & certification (except Divemaster course)
Payments by Credit Cards are calculated in Indonesian Rupiah and attract a 3% surcharge.

PADI

All PADI courses are taught precisely to PADI guidelines – we don’t cut corners and we don’t believe in rushing people. The students dictate the pace. Training takes place in a pool or in the confined waters of Lembongan Bay, with a maximum ratio of four students to one instructor. Most of our courses are conducted with a ratio of one instructor to one / two students.

1. Discover Scuba Diving (beginner)

Discover Scuba Diving – no experience necessary. Give diving a try and add another dimension to your life. We will take you on a shallow dive in beautiful Lembongan Bay, so that you can experience for yourself the magic of the underwater world. With a maximum of two participants per Instructor, we will ensure that your first diving experience is as safe and comfortable as possible.

Following a short briefing about safe diving techniques and equipment use, we transfer you to our purpose built diving boat. We’ll take you to one of our local sites with ideal conditions, to enjoy your underwater experience! After donning your Scuba gear, you will be ready to take your first breaths underwater. We will then have you complete a couple of skills to make you feel more comfortable. You’re now ready to descend and start your underwater adventure tour!

One dive not enough? No problem, we can take you on a second dive to another of the area’s best dive sites. Or why not become certified and credit this dive towards the PADI Open Water course.

Maximum depth 12m
Dive time approx 45 mins

Capture your dive with under water camera available upon request

2. PADI Open Water Diver

If you’ve always wondered what lies beneath the surface, now’s the time to find out. Start the journey of a lifetime with the PADI Open Water course.

• • Knowledge Development – 5 Sections. Watch the DVD, read the book, answer the questions, complete the quiz. Your PADI Instructor will help clarify any problems during classroom sessions.
• • Confined Water Dives – There are five confined water dives, with each building upon the previous. Over the course of these five dives, you attain the skills you need to dive in open water.
• • Open Water Dives – After your confined water dives, you move to the ocean for 4 exciting dives, where you continue learning with your PADI Instructor. This is where you have fun putting it all together and fully experience the underwater adventure.

Schedules – The PADI Open Water course is incredibly flexible and performance based, which means we can offer the program on a wide variety of schedules, paced according to how fast you progress. It’s possible, with pre-reading to finish the course in as little as 3 days, however usually we opt for a more relaxed approach and most people complete in 4-5 days.

PADI Open Water Course includes the OW Diver Manual, Certification application, and equipment use.

PADI eLearning gives you:

• • Convenient online access to knowledge development course material for one year
• • Unrestricted access to an online version of the PADI Open Water Diver Manual
• • Learning at your own pace and on your own schedule.

After you complete all segments, you can print your eLearning record and come to Lembongan Dive Center to complete your training and start the next phase in your underwater adventure.

3. PADI Advanced Open Water

Move up and experience real adventure with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course. As you step beyond the PADI Open Water Diver level, you make five dives and have the opportunity to try some of diving’s most rewarding and useful specialty activities. The Advanced Open Water Diver course takes you one step closer to becoming a Master Scuba Diver – the ultimate non professional certification in recreational diving.

With your PADI Instructor you complete the deep and underwater navigation Adventure Dives. These dives boost your confidence as you build these foundational skills. Then, you choose three additional dives from:

• • AWARE – fish identification
• • Night diving
• • Boat diving
• • Peak performance buoyancy
• • Deep diving
• • Search and recovery
• • Drift diving
• • Underwater navigation
• • Multilevel and computer diving
• • Underwater Photography

Each Adventure Dive may be credited towards the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver course

4. Emergency First Response (EFR)

Take a step toward emergency preparedness and meet PADI Rescue Diver prerequisites with Emergency First Response. As one of the foremost international CPR and first aid training companies, Emergency First Response gives you the confidence to respond to medical emergencies — not just in the diving world, but in your every day world with your family, friends, neighbours and coworkers too. Emergency First Response courses encompass:

• • CPR for adults, children and infants
• • First aid for adults, children and infants

5. PADI Rescue Diver

Challenging and rewarding best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. This course will expand your knowledge and experience level. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves and consider the safety and well being of other divers. Although this course is challenging, it is a rewarding and fun way to build your confidence. Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. Many divers say this is the best course they’ve ever taken. You’ll cover:

• • Self-rescue and diver stress
• • Emergency management and equipment
• • Panicked diver response
• • In-water rescue breathing protocols
• • Egress (exits)
• • Dive accident scenarios

6. Specialities

We offer a full range of PADI specialities, which enable you to sharpen your skills and also work towards the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating. With the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, you have reached the highest non-professional level in the PADI System of diver education. It means that you have acquired significant training and experience in a variety of dive environments.

List below specialties section:

Mola Mola Awareness Diver Specialty

We are the only dive operator in Nusa Lembongan to offer the Mola Mola Awareness Diver Specialty (in season).

Did you know that the Mola Mola is the heaviest bony fish in the world, weighing up to 1,000 kg and can measure up to 3 meters from fin to fin?

Increase your awareness of this remarkable creature through knowledge development and classroom presentations, as well as 2 open water dives. On completion of this course, divers receive a unique PADI certification card.

This Specialty is supported by Project AWARE.

7. Divemaster

Looking for the first step in working with scuba as a career?

The internship we offer over a 4-6 week period prepares you for a life of adventure and fun!

Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.

PADI Divemaster is the prerequisite certification for both the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water Scubacertifications. During your course you will gain experience in leading dives, with an instructor on hand with the group to support you and offer help if needed. Completing the PADI Divemaster course with us in Nusa Lembongan is a memorable experience and we aim to ensure that it is one you will treasure for years to come.

When you complete your Divemaster training with Lembongan Dive Center, we include the following courses (you only pay the certification fees):

• • Mola Mola Awareness
• • Deep Diver
• • Search & Recovery Diver
• • Project Aware
• • Peak Performance Bouyancy
• • Discover Scuda Dive Leader

Additional costs:
PADI Divemaster Crewpack
On completion of your training you apply direct to PADI for certification as a PADI Pro, which costs approx AUD$144.

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Price List – All prices are in Indonesian Rupiah
Lunch is included on all 2 tank dives, along with tea, coffee & drinking water

• Fun Dive (2 dives a day) – IDR 1,100,000 (low season from January – May IDR 1,000,000)
• Discount when booking 4 to 7 dives – 10%
• Discount when booking 8 to 11 dives – 15%
• Discount when booking more than 12 dives – 20%
• Manta Point surcharge – 100,000
• Snorkeling – 350,000

Prices quoted above include equipment rental
PADI pros (Divemaster & Instructor in active status) with their own equipment will receive a 5% + 5% discount
Payments by Credit Cards are calculated in Indonesian Rupiah and attract a 3% surcharge

Fun Dives

All dives are guided dives with a maximum ratio of four guests to one Instructor / Divemaster.

Our daily trips usually include two dives, along the coasts of either Nusa Lembongan or Nusa Penida. When conditions are favourable, adventures down to Manta Point or Secret Manta and also to the east coast of Nusa Penida are possible.

Lunch is provided on the boat during the surface interval, along with mineral water & hot drinks.

We continue to explore the three islands of Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Ceningan and Nusa Penida, looking for some of the very best dive sites around Bali. Having discovered a new Manta feeding area, we now have 18 different dive sites to which we take guests, and are still finding new spots where we see some incredible creatures. With our professional and highly valued local staff, we offer first class diving in spectacular and exciting environments.

Diving around the three islands has a reputation from guidebooks as being difficult because of the currents. Most of the dives are drift dives, but the advantage that we have being based on Lembongan, is that we can dive around high tides which minimize the current. This means we often have calm waters in which to enjoy the spectacular coral and marine life.

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Most of our diving takes place along the coastline of Nusa Penida, with additional dives sites located in Nusa Lembongan. See below for description of the individual dive sites.   1. LEMBONGAN BAY Required Level : Beginner Depth : 12 meters Location : Lembongan Island Travel to Dive site : 5 Minutes Description : White sandy bottom, large rocks and coral bommies, big table corals, tiger cowries, banded cleaner shrimp, porcelain crabs, clams, snowflake morays, lionfish, juvenile spotted eagle rays, robust ghost pipefish, filefish and a good variety of reef fish, such as angel, parrot and surgeons.

2. BLUE CORNER Required Level : Advanced Depth : 30 meters Location : North-West Lembongan Island Travel to Dive site : 10 Minutes Description : Steep slope with overhangs and outcroppings. There are lots of different shrimps and crabs hiding in the crevices. Regularly seen are schools of spotted eagle rays, big marble rays, reef sharks, schools of snappers and jacks, and if you are lucky the mola mola!

3. MANGROVE POINT Required Level : Open Water Depth : 5 – 30 meters Location : North Lembongan Island Travel to Dive site : 15 Minutes Description : Gentle sloping reef, with lots of branching & table corals, big sponges, nudibranch, mantis shrimps, cowries, cleaner shrimps & moray eels. Shoals of colourful anthias cover the corals, trigger fish, pufferfish, stingrays and keep an eye on the blue for the occasional reef shark, barracuda or giant trevally passing by.

4. CENINGAN WALL Required Level : Advanced Depth : 30 meters Location : East Ceningan Island Travel to Dive site : 15 Minutes Description : The wall is covered in orange soft corals, bluish tube and long whip corals, plenty of shrimps, crabs & nudibranches hiding in the cracks, as you drift along appreciating the richness of this site. Schools of red tooth triggerfish, banner fish and occasional big pelagic fish hang in the current, which can be strong at times. A very nice wall dive, very different from others in the islands.

5. TOYA PAKEH Required Level : Open Water Depth : 5 – 30 meters Location : West Coast of Nusa Penida Travel to Dive site : 20 Minutes Description : Excellent coral cover and variety. The site covers a large shallow area, with the reef plateau at different depth levels. The shallow part of the reef has numerous species of invertebrates. Regularly sighted are nudibranch, ribbon eels, scorpionfish, octopus, puffers, moray eels, mantis shrimp and the hairy squat lobster. Big marble rays, giant trevally and barracuda are also frequently spotted.

6. TOYA PAKEH WALL Required Level : Advanced Depth : 5 – 30 meters Location : West Coast of Nusa Penida Travel to Dive site : 20 Minutes Description : Constant current, very deep towards the Toyapakeh Straight, the current runs along the wall, with a wide variety of tropical fish, which thrive in this current swept environment. Prolific marine life can be found along the wall, along with hard and soft corals and if you are lucky, the mola mola.

7. GAMAT BAY Required Level : Open Water Depth : 5 – 30 meters Location : West Coast of Nusa Penida Travel to Dive site : 20 Minutes Description : Big table corals, coral bommies and on the steep slope sponges and whip corals. This is a good site to discover different invertebrates in the sheltered bay area and if the swell is not too strong, you can spend time between 10-20 meters and look for the macro creatures which inhabit the bay. Another site where the mola mola can be sighted.

8. CRYSTAL BAY Required Level : Open Water Depth : 5 – 30 meters Location : West Coast of Nusa Penida Travel to Dive site : 20 Minutes Description : Big coral bommies and large table corals line the bay. Going towards the slope you will pass over healthy patches of stag horn coral and huge table corals. Check under the rocky overhangs for shrimps and nudibranches. In the right season this probably the best site to see mola molas. Also seen are frogfish, leaf scorpionfish, sand garden eels and cuttlefish. Crystal Bay is a good training site, with a nice beach area.

9. SECRET MANTA Required Level : Open Water Depth : 10 meters Location : West Coast of Nusa Penida Travel to Dive site : 25 Minutes Description : Manta rays frequently sighted feeding on plankton near the rocky shore. Normally a calm dive, but occasionally affected by surge. Also a good spot for snorkelling. The coral life is not as prolific as other sites, but the mantas make up for it! There are many holes, cracks and overhangs where you will find many different shrimps, crabs & octopus. Blue spotted stingrays and marble rays can be found in the sand. Occasional sightings of nurse shark.

10. MANTA POINT   Required Level : Open Water Depth : 10-20 meters Location : South Coast of Nusa Penida Travel to Dive site : 45 Minutes Description : This is a manta cleaning station, with frequent sightings of mantas, often larger in size than at Secret Manta. Another good spot for snorkelling. There is not much in the way of coral here, with mainly limestone rocks and sandy bottoms. Blue spotted stingrays and marble rays can be found in the sand. Occasional sightings of bamboo, wobbygong and nurse sharks. Turtles can also be spotted feeding on the soft corals.

11. SD POINT Required Level : Open Water Depth : 5 – 30 meters Location : North Coast of Nusa Penida Travel to Dive site : 15 Minutes Description : Large coral bommies and massive fields of branching coral. Very healthy reef with normally good visibility. The current can be to strong here and is often changing directions. Enjoy drifting past schooling fish and don’t forget to keep an eye on the blue as sometime giant trevallies, whitetip sharks and barracuda pass by. Lots of macro life here with the orang-utan crab being regularly sighted.

12. PURA PED Required Level : Open Water Depth : 5 – 30 meters Location : North Coast of Nusa Penida Travel to Dive site : 20 Minutes Description : The slope is bit steeper than SD, but with similar coral. The huge  sponges and long whip coral, are good indicators that strong currents are evident. Lots of schooling fish, unicorns, orang-utan crab, snappers, ribbon eels, clouds of triggerfish, anthias and occasional turtle.

13. SENTAL POINT Required Level : Open Water Depth : 5 – 30 meters Location : North Coast of Nusa Penida Travel to Dive site : 20 Minutes Description : Similar site to SD and Pura Ped, with a steeper slope and large coral bommies. Schooling fish,  unicorns, snappers, ribbon eels, triggerfish and anthias. Good site for macro life, with the orang-utan crab hiding in the anemone. Another site where the mola mola can be spotted. We have even had occasional sightings of whalesharks!

14. BUYUK POINT Required Level : Open Water Depth : 5 – 30 meters Location : North Coast of Nusa Penida Travel to Dive site : 25 Minutes Description : Buyuk is a sloping reef at the nort east coast of Nusa Penida. The huge barrel sponges and long whip corals, are good indicators that strong currents are evident. Lots of schooling fish, unicorns, snappers, ribbon eels, moray eels, clouds of triggerfish and anthias. Whitetip reef sharks can sometimes be spotted cruising past in the blue. Another site where the mola mola can be sighted.

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