Salty Finns Diving Bali

The connected pinnacle and the west side have sloping coral that reach sandy bottoms up to more than 20 meters. The dive site has a current tends to be medium to strong. At the last pinnacle, on the other side can be found a wall that sometimes has strong down current.

Gili Mimpang (also known as Batu Tiga) consists of three big rocks and another half dozen smaller ones and is located in Amuk Bay between Padang Bai and Candidasa, 15 minutes by speedboat from our diving resort in Padangbai. The topography of this Bali dive site is diverse with full of craggy rocks covered in hard and soft corals and big gorgonians. The currents here can be strong and tricky depending on the moon phases therefore the dive is for more experienced divers. Diving in Bali and Gili Mimpang is like a true gift to be enjoyed.

This site has large boulders that create overhangs and tunnels in depths of 5 to 12 meters, followed by a slope that meets the sand at 35 meters on one side and a steep wall that reachs more than 40 meters.

This side is on a small island surrounded by rocky walls reaching more than 40 meters deep. On the eastern wall of the island there is a cave. The gate of the cave is at a depth of 12 meters and is a favorite part of this dive site.

The dive site is located under an abandoned dock that was built in 2006. The pillars of the pier are already covered in large sea fans which beautify the dive site. The sandy bottom also has some items dumped there like car tires, cans, and shoes that have made perfect homes for some unique fish.

Blue Lagoon is a small bay just outside Padangbai; it has a very unassuming appearance and is essentially a white sand slope and bottom with small scattered bits of reef and coral. Blue Lagoon has calm conditions and is a protected location. Take a closer look and you’ll find an entrancing variety of marinelife in this area just waiting to be uncovered. This includes a collection of resident Bluespotted rays and a large Napoleon wrasse through to nudibranchs of all shapes, sizes and colours and surprising discoveries of scorpionfish, lionfish and moray eels. It’s great place for amateur macro photographers to learn the ropes as well as those looking for a collection of unusual marinelife to observe. Visibility is usually good (15-20m) and there is rarely a current in the area.