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Lembongan or Nusa Penida with Bali Hai Cruises, Bali's premiere day cruise operator.
Diving in Nusa
Lembongan (Indonesia)... with MANTAS!!
This week in
Lembongan... Kit has now left after 2 weeks of diving and exploring the Nusa
Lembongan area, but he did leave with us some of his amazing photos.
That's right, the new PADI Open Water course is only days away from its Two Fish
Lembongan launch.
This week in
Lembongan... Office staff Ludwig, the one who meets and greets all our guests in
Lembongan when they arrive, the one who takes care of payments and helps around the resort, had the chance to get out of the office and into the ocean.
An ideal base for diving all along the east coast of Bali, or even take a day trip to Padang Bai or Nusa
Lembongan / Nusa Penida to dive with Manta rays
After 2 weeks of my Divemaster Internship at Two Fish in Nusa
Lembongan I have already experienced a lot.
This week in
Lembongan... Generally speaking the titan trigger fish in
Lembongan are not an issue, and on the odd occasions where a diver gets a nip on the fin, it is only just a nip and away swims the diver and away swims the trigger fish.
Here in
Lembongan, there is a manta research team that often joins us for our trips to the manta sites to gather research information.
This means it is equipment servicing time in
Lembongan!
Gili Trawangan is connected to Bali (Padang Bai and Benoa harbour) and Nusa
Lembongan by fast boat, to Lombok via fastboat and slowboat (latter to Bangsal town) and to neighbouring Gili Meno and Gili Air by both public boat and chartered boat.
After some thorough research and comparison against 3 - 4 different dive centers around the world, I've decided to do this with Two Fish, Nusa
Lembongan.
This week in
Lembongan... We were able to find a tiny flatworm drifting in the soft current at the Mangrove dive site.
I'm Chelsea, the newest DMT at Two Fish Divers
Lembongan and I am all the way from England.
This week in
Lembongan... We been seeing lots of manta rays at Manta Point and the water is getting a wee bit cooler.
This site is situated off the northern tip of Nusa
Lembongan and is made up of a sloping reef starting at twelve meters and dropping to well over thirty meters.
This week in Nusa
Lembongan... It is meant to be the wet season and in the past, January and February are months when the rains come, but not this year.
Sidemount will be starting very soon in
Lembongan.
This week in
Lembongan... With the condition that we have had, we have tried our best to get out to the manta locations as much as possible.
This week in
Lembongan... The mola season may officially be over and it was not what we were all expecting but we have had a surprise turn of events this week, with our divers spotting 2 molas on 2 different dives through and another dive centre spotting 4 molas together on 1 dive.
On Nusa
Lembongan, 19th of April, was the beginning of another great IDC program along with Platinum course director Marie.
This week in
Lembongan... We have had some amazingly clear dives on the south side of Nusa Penida.
But just 3 days before I depart, I changed my plan to
Lembongan.
There are a combined 21 sailings available per week on the Nusa
Lembongan Gili Trawangan crossing between Indonesia and Gili Islands and with 3 ferry companies on offer it is advisable to compare all to make sure you get the best fare at the time that you want to travel.
It's been just over two weeks since I first arrived in Nusa
Lembongan and began my Divemater Internship and I can't quiet believe how fast the time has gone!
This week in
Lembongan....
I've now been on Nusa
Lembongan for 11 days and had a mix of fun diving and working through the requirements for the PADI Divemaster program.
we spotted three Tiger cowry shells together, just like our three dive centers in Bunaken, Lembeh &
Lembongan!
Mikko did his Instructor Course last month with Two Fish Divers in
Lembongan, he wanted to develop new teaching methods and improve his experience and we decided his best choice would be in Amed.
After a long trip from china, I was super exhausted, but when my little fast boat arrived in
Lembongan, the beautiful beach view washed away all my tiredness.
This week in
Lembongan... Some of our guests decided to finish their stay with a night dive in
Lembongan Bay and had the chance to see a blue - ringed octopus!
This week in
Lembongan... Our dive guides have been spotting a lot of giant moray eels along the reef dive sites of Nusa Penida.
One day can be filled with the magnificent Oceanic Sunfish, or Mola Mola, around the waters of Nusa
Lembongan and Nusa Penida, whilst the next you can be searching for pygmy seahorses in the northern area of Bali.
In Lembeh we are still enjoying no crowds on the boats and dive sites packed with Flamboyant Cuttlefish, and some returning guests got to see lots of Manta's in
Lembongan!
After spending three wonderful, still very, very busy weeks in Nusa
Lembongan, I finally transfered over here to the beautiful island of Bunaken.
Pristine coral reefs cover the slopes of the current swept Nusa
Lembongan and Nusa Penida, whilst spectacular wall diving is available in Menjangan.
This week in
Lembongan... Our divers have been flying with the eagles.
More than a week has passed since I started my 4 - week divemaster internship with Two Fish Divers in
Lembongan.
This week in
Lembongan... The adventure continues for new dive sites.
On September 29th in support of Project Aware's Debris Month of Action Two Fish Divers Bunaken, Lembeh and Nusa
Lembongan all organised a Dive Against Debris triple whammy clean up!
This week in
Lembongan... The common goatfish is often overlooked by experienced divers as they glide their eyes over the reef and through the coral looking for a crazy small creatures or that next colourful nudibranch.
The Nusa
Lembongan Gili Trawangan ferry route connects Indonesia with Gili Islands and is currently operated by 3 ferry companies.
This week in
Lembongan... Yayan, Bryce and Kiko spotted a Thresher shark swimming in the blue, a rare visitor to the waters of Nusa Penida and Nusa
Lembongan.
There are also regular fast boat services between the Gili Islands on the northwest coast of Lombok with Amed, Padang Bai and Sanur (via Nusa
Lembongan) in Bali.
This week in
Lembongan... The strange green waters of the past weeks has finally cleared and we are back to the standard, 20 meters visibility that
Lembongan is common for.
With adherence to this voluntary Code of Conduct and Best Practices, the future divers of Nusa
Lembongan / Nusa Penida can avoid the necessity for legislation and enforcements involving unwanted punitive fines.
This week in
Lembongan... The north coast conditions have been spot on this week and to mix things up with the manta sites, we have been spending a lot of time this week, diving the north coast of Penida and
Lembongan.
So that's a combined 14 sailings on offer per week on the Serangan Nusa
Lembongan route between Bali and Indonesia.
We have had mola madness in
Lembongan and some night diving wonders in Bunaken!
What a week it's been over here on Nusa
Lembongan!!!