Underwater photographers will appreciate the diversity of Bali's dive sites with both macro and wide angle photographic opportunities, and
some great muck sites.
Bunaken offers
some great muck sites, and some incredible macro along its fabulous walls.
Not exact matches
You find some
great coral gardens teeming with marine life such as anemone fish, octopus and occasionally sharks and turtles, as well as some
great muck diving
sites with special critters such as frog fish, seahorses and once in a while the blue - ringed octopus.
But there are other attractive dive
sites such as pinnacles with enormous groups of schooling pyramid butterflyfish, triggerfish and pelagic fishes such as tunas passing through, spectacular hard coral reefs next to the volcano, and
great muck dives with lots of mandarinfish in the local jetty.
Muck diving is increasing in popularity and it seems that everywhere in Indonesia lays claim to having
great macro dive
sites.
Yet another
great muck diving
site in Indonesia, Ambon's Laha consists of a slope from 6 to 39 feet (2 to 12 meters).
The famous
muck diving
sites of the Lembeh Strait are also a
great place for observing nudibranch behavior including mating, hatching and feeding.
Hundreds of dive
sites to explore, including some of the most pristine reefs on earth,
great Muck diving, remote islands as well as touristy spots... Malaysia has it all!
The volcanic islands of Sangeang and Satonda have several good
sites and provide a
great diversion from Komodo since they have ideal
muck diving conditions.
Some top
sites at Padang Bai and Candidasa that we highly recommend the Jetty and Jepun at Padang Bai for
great Muck diving, and also Gili Tepekong and Gili Mimpang which are the Two islands off Candidasa for a chance to spot the larger oceanic life.
This
site is easily the best
muck diving
site in Bali today, a
great variety of marine critters can be found here, from the mimic octopus to the Indian walkman devilfish and several species of shrimps, nudibranchs and manti shrimps: a photographer's heaven.