Newbie - Bali Diving

I'm looking for suggestions for dive shops/trips/locations/info.

I'm going in August for a month for the first time.

Staying at a friend's condo in Nusa Dua. Free!

I'm a divemaster with too many years experience all over the world; mostly
dive the cold waters along Southern California coast.

I've read about Nusa Penida and Lembongan Islands. There are repetitive
warnings about current. Is the drift diving any more difficult than
Cozumel?

Thanks!

Be well my friends

In article <_MX4e.68332$le4.59477@fed1read04>, troutte@SPAMSUXcox.net
(Michael) wrote:

> *From:* "Michael" <troutte@SPAMSUXcox.net>
> *Date:* Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:37:30 -0700
>
> I'm looking for suggestions for dive shops/trips/locations/info.

Ask for Kristie or Annabel at Aquamarine, www.AquaMarineDiving.com
Very good outfit......

> I'm going in August for a month for the first time.
> Is the drift diving any more
> difficult than Cozumel?

Done both and i would say that Cozumel is nice an easy, and Nusa is fast
and furious.....

http://www.morg.co.uk/malaysia/seaventures/index4.html
Dave Morgan at work in UK

Michael wrote:
> I'm looking for suggestions for dive shops/trips/locations/info.
>

There is a non-profit local diving club in Bali;
http://www.kapalselam.org/. They were very helpful to me when I emailed
them about conditions / advice for diving in Bali. You might be able to
join one of their trips, and if not you can ask them for recommendation
for local dive centre.

Michael

Hi, I'm a new diver, but I just returned last saturday from a week
vacation in Bali and dove both Tulamben and Nusa Penida with my boyfriend
who is an advanced diver. (He also manly dives S.California) so we were
both agast at how beautiful it was. I can't compare it to cozumel as we've
only been to Cancun, but it blew any other hawaii and carribean diving I've
done away for me! The current during Nusa Penida dives WAS extremely strong
compared to any other drift dives I've done, but pleasant at the same time
as we had a small group which was split into 2, one being just me and my
boyfriend with our divemaster so it was easy to stay together. You didn't
even have to swim! You could literally just drift! It gave you the
sensation of flying. The coral and fish were fantastic. Tulamben was great
too but a bit of a drive (approx 2h) but worth it. The US Liberty ship
from 1942 torpedod by the japanese was pushed off shore into the ocean by
the volcano that erupted in 1962 & therefore makes it a spipwreck dive
about 30yrds off shore. Very cool! Went to 90ft on that dive. Again
great coral and fish. We only did 4 dives total but if I stayed longer I
would have taken the even longer drive to Manjangen island as this is
suppost to be another highly recommended site.
Anyway, to end my novel- we chose BIDP (Bali International Diving
Professionals) as it is a Balinese owned company with great reviews on the
internet (regularly serviced equip, etc) that had decent boats and vans
compared to some of the others companies.
Web site is "BIDP-balidiving.com"
They were very friendly as are all the Balanese and divemaster "Rasta man"
was great!

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"Christie via ScubaMonster.com" <forum@ScubaMonster.com> wrote in message
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(snipped for space)> suppost to be another highly recommended site.
> Anyway, to end my novel- we chose BIDP (Bali International Diving
> Professionals) as it is a Balinese owned company with great reviews on the
> internet (regularly serviced equip, etc) that had decent boats and vans
> compared to some of the others companies.
> Web site is "BIDP-balidiving.com"
> They were very friendly as are all the Balanese and divemaster "Rasta man"
> was great!

Glad you had such a great time! And now, off onto your further adventures
in diving.

I hope you loved Bali on shore too. Do you have more to tell?

and speaking of "on land" Bali...did you get to Tirtaganga, the water palace?
Its about as far from Den Passar that one can get -- which is good. Its nice to
get away from or go beyond the tourist traps of Kuta or Ubud or even, God
forbid, Den Passar.

But anyone who has only dived Cozumel and dives in a place like Bali is surely
to be impressed beyond belief, but there's much more to impress when you get to
dive anywhere in the Indo-Pacific region (remote sites far from the reef
pillagers) as opposed to the paltry few corals that one sees in the Caribbean or
the damaged corals of Cozumel.

I don't recall any dive tour operator sending dive tours off to Bali --
yes....the dive tour group might stop there while heading for greater glory
elsewhere on a dive charter -- just to let's its clients rest up or see the
"land" Bali and do the "touristy kind of thing for a few days, but there's much
more out there beyond underwater Bali, accessible only by dive boat charter that
would create an unbelieveable frisson of excitement with a novice diver, such
that would leave Bali diving as a faded memory for the uninitiated or for the
greenhorn.

chilly wrote:

> "Christie via ScubaMonster.com" <forum@ScubaMonster.com> wrote in message
> news:6ae075cd368e4f0bb5fd109bb43e523f@ScubaMonster .com...
> (snipped for space)> suppost to be another highly recommended site.
> > Anyway, to end my novel- we chose BIDP (Bali International Diving
> > Professionals) as it is a Balinese owned company with great reviews on the
> > internet (regularly serviced equip, etc) that had decent boats and vans
> > compared to some of the others companies.
> > Web site is "BIDP-balidiving.com"
> > They were very friendly as are all the Balanese and divemaster "Rasta man"
> > was great!
>
> Glad you had such a great time! And now, off onto your further adventures
> in diving.
>
> I hope you loved Bali on shore too. Do you have more to tell?

"Daniel Kessler" <dkessler@pop.cybernex.net> wrote in message
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(snip)> I don't recall any dive tour operator sending dive tours off to
Bali --

I know these guys go on a fairly regular basis:

http://www.dasilvadive-tours.com/

(snip)

Daniel Kessler <dkessler@pop.cybernex.net> pounded away at his
keyboard resulting in:

:But anyone who has only dived Cozumel and dives in a place like Bali is surely
:to be impressed beyond belief, but there's much more to impress when you get to
:dive anywhere in the Indo-Pacific region (remote sites far from the reef
illagers) as opposed to the paltry few corals that one sees in the Caribbean or
:the damaged corals of Cozumel.

I've dove both regions and think they are both quite nice. The fish
populations are noticeably different, the Indo-Pacific has more soft
coral, but, the quality of the diving is about the same in each
region.

For the record, my Indo Pacific diving consists of two trips to Palau,
two to Fiji, and one to Truk. Don't know how similar or different
these places are to Bali. Ok, Truk is different, I know.

Dan Bracuk
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In article <31mo5193d4aojqtn147jpscplqc19itjq8@4ax.com>,
NOTbracuk@pathcom.com (Dan Bracuk) wrote:

> I've dove both regions and think they are both quite nice. The fish
> populations are noticeably different, the Indo-Pacific has more soft
> coral, but, the quality of the diving is about the same in each
> region.
>
> For the record, my Indo Pacific diving consists of two trips to Palau,
> two to Fiji, and one to Truk. Don't know how similar or different
> these places are to Bali. Ok, Truk is different, I know.

Cozumel was great when i did it, nice corals, clear water, warm water,
nice drifts. Not that much fish life.........

Fiji was disappointing, Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon was awesome (for the wrecks)
fish life......i think we saw a couple of fish during a 10 day stay on
Thorfinn, Bali is much much better for fish, amazing
critters.......amazing drifts.......and the Liberty is a nice dive but not
what i would call "world class" wreck diving.......now
Sipadan....Mabul....Kapalai knock them all into a cocked hat......if its a
varied fish life you are after, big and small you cant beat the Celebs
Sea. The Turtles, Sharks, Barracudas and Herds of Bumpheads on Sipadan
make it a great dive destination, Mabul would be hard to beat for "muck
diving".....the absolutely amazing creatures i have seen there defy
imagination..........and Kapalai for the clear waters and Frogfish,
Ghostpipe fish and much much more.........for me......great diving is
found in the Indo Pacific/Malaysia area.........

Some foto's on the link below.......
http://www.morg.co.uk/malaysia/seaventures/index4.html
Dave Morgan at work in UK

"Christie via ScubaMonster.com" <forum@ScubaMonster.com> wrote in message
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> Hi again!
> Of course- I could go on and on forever about how cool it was in Bali!
> Mostly what made it so enjoyable was the people. They were soooo
> hospitable and gracious to receive any kind of tourism. They love
> Americans and say that we are one of the most generous of people when it
> comes to tipping them. This is important to anybody but especially these
> people who make about 30$ a month or much less if working in the rice
> fields (which were beautiful).
> Anyway, the temples were fantastic.

Did you see Tanah Lot?

http://travel.u.nu/photo-id-30.php
http://en.voyagevirtuel.info/bali/tanah-lot-32.php
http://en.voyagevirtuel.info/bali/tanah-lot-32.php
http://jabenoit74.tripod.com/indo01_bali_tanalot.html
http://www.pbase.com/kage/image/31851494
http://www.tssphoto.com/potd/pd75/pd032300.html
http://www.msphoto.ca/S_E_Asia.htm
http://www.macdesktops.net/showphoto.php/photo/757

(There are about 1000, mostly all
> hindu on the island). We stayed in Ubud and loved to be near the rice
> fields and the center of all the crafts like wood and stone carving. What
> made it even better was having a driver for the week for about 20-45$ a
day
> to take us all over the place. He spoke good english and had
> airconditioning (very important) but also very informative.

You were very fortunate. Our drive spoke English, but I could barely
understand him. My travelling companion spoke Basa Indoinisian and so they
chattered away like magpies. I eventually settled for enjoying the sights.
:^)

Just in case
> anyone is interested- his name is Dewa Parwita and email:
> Dewaparwita@hotmail.com or Baliexplore.com
> The only place that rings a bell related to water was the "spring water
> temple" which was really interesting because it is built around a natural
> spring and the Balanese come to bathe in it to cleanse themselves
> spiritually as well as give offerings. You can actually find "offerings"
> to the gods all over the place in Bali as they are extremely conscientious
> when it comes to their religion. They place these little grass woven
> baskets with flowers and rice, etc out in front of every house, store,
> marketplace, place of business and temple you can find! A very uplifting
> place and very safe. Saw many lone female travelers there.
>
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