Top Semiyak Dive Sites

1. Jepun (Padang Bai)

Jepun offers an exciting mix of natural and artificial reef structures, home to blue-spotted rays, sea snakes, frogfish, and scorpionfish. This is an easy dive suitable for beginners. It’s primarily a scuba diving site, with mild currents and great visibility. Divers can explore underwater statues and structures that attract abundant marine life.

2. Amed Wall

This scenic wall dive features vibrant sea fans, nudibranchs, and occasional sightings of reef sharks and mola mola. The adventure level is moderate due to some currents and drift. It supports both scuba and freediving thanks to its shallow start and vertical drop. Amed is part of a locally managed marine conservation area with healthy coral growth.

3. Liberty Wreck (Tulamben)

The USAT Liberty wreck is a legendary dive site encrusted with coral and teeming with marine life including bumphead parrotfish, lionfish, and turtles. It’s an easy-to-moderate scuba dive, accessible directly from shore. The wreck spans over 120 meters with swim-throughs and overhangs that make for a captivating underwater exploration.

4. Crystal Bay (Nusa Penida)

Crystal Bay is famous for sightings of oceanic sunfish (mola mola) during season and offers excellent visibility. This advanced scuba site features steep drop-offs, vibrant corals, and strong currents. It is within the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area, supporting diverse pelagic species and healthy reef systems.

5. Pyramids (Amed)

The Pyramids is an artificial reef site built from concrete blocks, now covered in coral and swarming with tropical fish, octopuses, and sometimes turtles. It's an easy site, great for both scuba and freediving. Calm conditions and shallow depths make it accessible, and it's part of a sustainable reef restoration initiative in Amed.