Dive Sites
GAWANA
The Jetty - This site is located in front of Gawana Novus Resort and Spa - Diving Centre, where the bay is surrounded by mangrove forest. Here you can experience a different diving experience than elsewhere, especially for macro underwater photography. You can see sea horses, mandarin fish, and many varieties of nudibranch . You can also feel the different sensation where you can enjoy hot spring sparkling from the bottom of the sea in front of our resort.
Reef characteristics: slope
Visibility: 15 to poor
Current: none
Coral growth: no rich coral growths
Marine life: many varieties of small fish, very good
for U/W macro photography objects
Highlights: Sea horses, mandarin fish, many varieties
of nudibranch.
Dark Peninsula Wall - The Wall starts at a depth of 4 m then drops straight to 40m. Having amazing coral growth, this reef also features an unbelievable underwater landscape, sculpted by many overhanging rocks. with angel fish being the species most worth mentioning. Emperor angel fish, yellow-faced angelfish and blue-banded angel fish can be found with the duke fish rounding out the selection as a member of the angel fish family. Quite often, huge schools of jack fish pass the wall, darkening the sun. Although it is a wall, this dive site is also suitable for snorkeling.
Reef characteristics: Drop off
Visibility: 15 - 50 m
Current: none to moderate
Coral growth: absolutely perfect
Marine life: many varieties of small fish, occasionally big fish
Highlights: turtles, coral growth, Napoleon, etc
Mangrove Bay - This site is only about 200 hundred meters away from our dive base Gawana, which is located directly at the white sandy beach in the West of Bali National Park. The coral garden starts at a depth of 2 -10 m and is wonderfully grown featuring both stone and soft coral alike. Besides numerous species of reef fish, the beautiful moray eels have found a home here. This dive site is also a superb snorkelling spot with none to moderate current.
Reef characteristics: slope
Visibility: 10 - 20 m
Current: none to moderate
Coral growth: moderate
Marine life: many varieties of small fish, occasionally big fish
Highlights: Bat fish,scorpion fish, sea horses.
The Tower - In this dive site you can swim either to the west or to the east. If you swim to the west, you will find underwater structures with some small caverns and drop offs. The structure serves excellent natural framing for the underwater photographer and videographer.
Reef characteristics: Drop off
Visibility: 15 - 30 m
Current: none to moderate
Coral growth: absolutely perfect
Marine life: many varieties of small fish, occasionally big fish
Highlights: juvenile of bat fish, porcupine fish, huge sea cucumber. |
