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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / May 2005Bali - June
Friends, We are 2 experienced divers going to Bali in early June. Any recommendations on where and with whom to do so outstanding diving? Any advise on whether to bring regs and BCDs? Your advise greatly appreciated. Alex and Jo > We are 2 experienced divers going to Bali in early June. Any > recommendations on where and with whom to do so outstanding diving? Any > advise on whether to bring regs and BCDs? Your advise greatly > appreciated. > Alex and Jo Check out www.aquamarinediving.com Owned and run by british girl, Annabelle we dived with them and found them well organised, There is some good diving, their site will tell you what you want to know, she can organise accomodation too, i had a week in a lovely quiet hotel on Kuta Beach before the bomb for ?125 B+B (for both of us) Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK Take out the "goes diving" bit.... Trip photos on line at www.morg.co.uk > i had a week in a > lovely quiet hotel on Kuta Beach isn't that a contradiction in terms? How can you have a quite hotel in Kuta when the place is filled with noisy Aussies? I took one look at those cheap joints and immediately told my driver to head for Sanur. > > i had a week in a > > lovely quiet hotel on Kuta Beach [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Aussies? I took one look at those cheap joints and immediately told my > driver to head for Sanur. Ah, but there are plenty of noisy Aussies in Sanur too! :-) We'll be diving with THREE of those next week! ALL joints in Bali are cheap, relatively speaking. For $70 USD per night (plus some Hyatt points for upgrade), I'll be staying in a suite in the Hyatt in Sanur. Not only that, the suite has 100 sq meters of floor space, nearly 1,100 sq.ft, the size of a small house. :-) I'll know what the diving is like by April 27, because we'll have done 10 dives at sites considered among the "best" in Bali. -- Bob. Not all us Aussies are yobbos. Anyway If you want something to do after diving Kuta is the place, it has quietened down a bit since the bombing. If you have the money Nusa Dua is very exclusive and quiet. Apart from that anything outside of Kuta isn't that noisy. I always stay in Kuta and travel to the dive sites from there. Nusa Penida/Lembongan is great for Drift dives and good coral formations and big pelagics. Tulamben has a wreck off the shore and a nice wall dive. Great for Macro Life and photography. Menjangan Isl. has lots of wall dive and some great coral formations Tepekong is the place for sharks, but has some wild currents so not always diveable. We go privatly with a guy over there and he is really good organises everything we want , if you want details email me at ( viper_grizspam@hotmail.com remove the word spam from email address) Also off Lombok (a 20min plane flight) are the gili Islands. Coral isn't very good but turtles and reef sharks everywhere and the lifestyle is VERY relaxing. As for stuff to do outside of diving visit the Kitamani Volcano (not on a tour) get a driver to take you there and you won't stop at every point for the locals to mob you, the scenery is beautiful. Also the Waterbom Park (waterslides) in Kuta are great fun. The Quad Bikes (expensive) around the bottom of Mt. Agung are also heaps of fun. And the Waterwater rafting is enjoyable and not to taxing. There's heaps to do. There are heaps of pics (above and below water) and a few trip reports on my web site if you are interested (www.marinedomaindiving.com) Regards Gary www.marinedomaindiving.com > Friends, > We are 2 experienced divers going to Bali in early June. Any > recommendations on where and with whom to do so outstanding diving? Any > advise on whether to bring regs and BCDs? Your advise greatly appreciated. > Alex and Jo Oh yes forgot to add, I always take my own BCD and regs, there are some good and bad lots over there, I just feel better diving with my own stuff. Gary www.marinedomaindiving.com > Not all us Aussies are yobbos. Anyway If you want something to do after > diving Kuta is the place, it has quietened down a bit since the bombing. If [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > appreciated. > > Alex and Jo > Nusa Penida/Lembongan is great for Drift dives and good coral formations We did 10 dives in that area. The current can pick up without warning from slow to hyper-speed that makes the fast drifts in Barracuda (Cozumel) or Blue Corner (Palau) seem like slow kiddy rides. :) That was perhaps one reason why on one day, we had four DMs in our boat of 6 divers of considerable drift diving experience. It's almost as swift as some of the PASS dives in Fakarava of the Tuamotu islands of French Polynesia, where the speeds are known to be capable of reaching 10-12 knots. > and big pelagics. Tabu Aba (Elephant Rock) is known for the frequent appearance of mola molas; and Manta Point for mantas. We were not disappointed that on the two dives on one day, one (or two) mola molas and 5 to 6 mantas showed up on those dives. -- Bob. Griz, Read your reply on Bali. My friend and I are very experienced diver/photographers and I would like to hire the dive master you spoke about to do some customized diving without the crowds. Could you forward his contact info. I would be very grateful. Jeff > Friends, > We are 2 experienced divers going to Bali in early June. Any > recommendations on where and with whom to do so outstanding diving? Any > advise on whether to bring regs and BCDs? Your advise greatly appreciated. > Alex and Jo I went on the live-aboard "M/Y Pelagian" while there. We brought regs, bcs, wetsuits, etc... the usual that you might bring on a live-aboard. You can look at their website at : http://www.diveasiapacific.com/ The diving with them was excellent. > Friends, > We are 2 experienced divers going to Bali in early June. Any > recommendations on where and with whom to do so outstanding diving? From a post in Scuba-SE: >>> BIDP is an exceptionally well-run, excellently equipped shop with >>> very competent and friendly DMs (at least three of whom were PADI [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >accommodating, and an absolute pleasure to work with. I shall be singing >their praises to anyone who is thinking of going diving in Bali! The 3 clipped quotes were by, respectively, Feeesh the ranking amateur, MSD; Bjorn, Master Scuba Diving Instructor; and Strike, not sure of his cert/title, but something like the highest professional rank (IDS Traniner?) in Aus, scuba mag editor, etc., etc. BIDP is Bali International Diving Professional. All three of us dived with BIDP last week. I got back from Bali today. :-) -- Bob. |
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