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Pemuteran and Menjangan Island Pemuteran and Menjangan Island

“Sandy Slope”, also located on Menjangan marine life here includes an impressive list Snorkeling and Freediving Highlights
Island, offers diverse corals including of frogfishes, ghost pipefish, dragonets,
sponges, leather corals, plate and stone nudibranchs, stonefish and even mimic Snorkeling and freediving is extremely accessible in Pemuteran where
corals – there are also a number of small octopus and Ambon scorpionfish. the Bio Rock lays in shallow water just a step off the beach. The Bio Rock
fans and whips. Reef fish are equally varied structures are easily visible to snorkelers and freedivers of all levels and
and Moorish idols, damsels, lionfish, The ‘Bio Rock’ or ‘The Project’ is a shore they attract an abundance of marine life.
angelfish and parrotfish swim around the dive from the beach in Pemuteran. The
reef and anemones are worth checking for Bio Rock structures are made from iron Snorkeling and freediving around Menjangan Island offers a more colorful and varied
commensal shrimps and porcelain crabs. and use Electrolytic Mineral Accretion experience than that found in Pemuteran and you can expect to see small schools of
Highlights here include moray eels hiding Technology (low voltage DC current is damselfish and snappers, angelfish, butterflyfish, surgeonfish, anemonefish and look out
amongst the corals, blue spotted sting passed through the structures) and this is for lazing turtles among the corals.
rays on the sandy areas, and from July to thought to increase growth rate, allow the
October when temperatures tend to be a corals to support dense fish populations, Secret Bay’s low visibility and minimal coral presence does not lend itself to snorkeling
little lower, black tip reef sharks and eagle and to become more resilient to and freediving experiences.
rays are seen along with numerous turtles environmental stresses. The site and the
which nest on the north coast beach of structures are very shallow ranging from
Menjangan Island. 3 meters to 7 meters. The project attracts
large numbers of chromis and damselfish,
Secret Bay is a shallow black sand muck batfish are frequently seen and schools of
diving site situated close to Gilimanuk yellow snapper often gather around the
Harbour. The site reaches little over 9 structures as well as occasional passing
meters and because of the fine sandy barracuda and an assortment of other reef
bottom visibility here can be low. This is fish.
one of Bali’s best muck diving sites and

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