Nusa Penida - drift diving in cristal clear waters


Type:	Bali's sister island about 8 km east. Sloping reefs, canyons and walls
Access:	30 minutes by boat from Padang Bai to the 10 different dive sites on the north coast of Penida and Lembongan
Coral:	Very good variety and number of hard and soft coral
Fish:	Best variety of tropical reef fish in Bali, you probably see most of south east Asia's marine species in only one dive, often seeing pelagic species as tuna, manta ray and oceanic sunfish
Current:	Can be anything from mild to strong depending the moon. Mostly drift diving
Visibility:	25 - 50m even in the rainy season
Note:	The channel between Penida and Lembongan has difficult to predict currents but is diveable on occasion
Highlight:	Large staghorn fields


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Dive Site Nusa Penida