Diving Indonesia: Bali & the Japanese Shipwreck at Amed

The Propellor on the Japanese Wreck

The Japanese wreck at Banyuning near Amed is the “other” shipwreck in north-east Bali. Although it plays second fiddle to the Liberty wreck at nearby Tulamben, the wreck is an excellent dive and well worth making the fairly short journey to Amed if you are staying in the Tulamben area. The Japanese wreck is located [...]

Diving Indonesia: Bali – the Liberty Wreck & George the barracuda

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I managed to get a few dives on the Liberty wreck at Tulamben in Bali when I was there in January and was pleased to see just how healthy the marine life on the wreck is. This was a bit of a surprise because the number of divers visiting the wreck seems to be growing [...]

Bali: Seraya Secrets – Harlequin Shrimps

Harlequin shrimp at Seraya Secrets

Given that they are only about 1″ long, harlequin shrimps are a formidable creature and one that seems to possess almost no fear… They are also incredibly photogenic and for some reason the sloping black sand at Seraya Secrets – the “house reef” at Scuba Seraya near Tulamben in the north-east of Bali, seems to [...]

Puri Jati SportDiving Article: Faces In The Sand

Faces In The Sand

Blog post on Puri Jati (PJ) in Bali, Indonesia providing links to a six page article on the site and to Puri Jati image gallery on www.indopacificimages.com

Puri Jati (PJ), Bali: SportDiving – July 2009

Puri Jati (PJ) Article Link

Puri Jati (PJ) on the north coast of Bali in Indonesia is a must-do for most underwater photographers visiting the island. This 6 page article was published in SportDiving in July 2009 and describes the scuba diving & underwater photography at Puri Jati.

Diver – Feb 2008: The Twilight Zone, Ambon, Indonesia

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The Twilight Zone is a special place and quite unlike anything else I have ever dived. Since writing the original article, which was first published by SportDiving in Australia and then again here with the UK magazine Diver, I discovered that the site was actually first found quite by accident in 1994, when a German diver called [...]

UWP Nov 2007: Bali’s East Coast, Indonesia

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The east coast is the area of Bali most divers seem to drive through to get to get to Tulamben up on the north coast. But after reading David Pickell & Wally Siagian’s excellent book Diving Bali, I decided to spend two weeks there diving the sites off from Padangbai & Candi Dasa and Nusa [...]

SportDiving – April 2007: Bali’s East Coast, Indonesia

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The east coast is the area of Bali most divers seem to drive through to get to get to Tulamben up on the north coast, but after reading David Pickell & Wally Siagian’s excellent book Diving Bali, I decided to spend two weeks there diving the sites off from Padangbai & Candi Dasa and Nusa [...]