Indonesia - Nusa Lembongan - Diving

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I had a wonderful week of holiday in Nusa Lembongan. The reason to get there was a friend I had got to know during shark diving at Fiji in 2011. Evy is on Nusa Lembongan, working as a dive instructor. So it was easy to get diving there. And with a wonderful divebuddy, someone I completely trust and a great crew. What else do you need?

I spend nearly a week on Lembongan and Evy and I had also quite some nice trips above the water, driving around on Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Cenningan and Nusa Penida...

The diving was wonderful. Most of the sites are on the north coast of Nusa Penida. It was wonderful diving, some drift dives in stronger currents. I enjoyed it and I got back to my friends on my way back, after a few days on Gili Air and Bali, before flying out again to germany.

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Photos

Nusa Penida
Nusa Penida in the background, seen from the diveboat

Our Crew
August 28th 2012

absolute devastation after dynamite fishing
absolute devastation after dynamite fishing, years ago, but still everything is completely destroyed, a desert underwater.
Divesite "Sental", August 28th 2012

Turtle at SD-Point
Divesite "SD-Point"

nudibranch
on the move

Evy, my diveguide, divebuddy and friend
I got to know Evy last year in Fiji, and I really liked to see here again.

Marble ray at "Blue corner"
Blue Corner is on of the most famous sites on Nusa Lembongan. But also it can be a very dangerous dive. We had a fine and calm dive.
But 19°C down there. August 29th 2012

Banded sea snake
Sea Snakes belong to the most poisonous animals, but they are nit agressive. this one was so focused on looking under the corals she would not come out.
"Blue Corner", August 29th 2012

Turtle at "Blue Corner"
She was coming directly ahead from us

Turtle at "Blue Corner"
but then swimming by beautiflly.

beautiful nudibranch
Amazing colours

anemone fish and its anemone
anemone fish living in its bubble anemone

Barracuda
Barracuda at "Mangroves" August 29th

Evy at the safety stop
just before surfacing, and this was a beautiful drift dive

Mantis shrimp
This beautiful little guy is peeking out of his hole.
Divesite "Buyuk" at the north coast of Nusa Penida, August 30th

beautiful mantis shrimp
absolutely amazing creature, fantastic to see something like this