Bali Diving - Menjangan
DIVE BALI - MENJANGAN ISLAND
If your diving Bali then this is probably the best place to go diving if you like to see abundant marine life. Lots of reef fish, amazing coral, dramatic walls and drop-offs, it's all there! It’s Blue Season Zen Resort’s top destination, together with diving PJ and it’s easy to know why it’s like that. Menjangan Island is also an excellent place for non divers that would like to do some snorkeling in Bali.
BIG FISH
Is a whale shark big enough for you? It’s possible to spot them at Menjangan Island on sites as Eel Garden and POS II although they’re not as common as spotting an anemone fish but you never know how lucky you can be. Other fish you can see occasionally are:
| - Blacktip Reef Shark | - Green Sea Turtle | - Star Puffer |
| - Whitetip Reef Shark | - Yellowfin Tuna | - Titan Triggerfish |
| - Barracuda | - Napoleon Wrasse | - Trevally |
SMALL & MIDDLE LARGE FISH
Maybe we should let you know what’s not there. The list is endless when it comes up to the fish life you will see while diving Menjangan Island. Below you can find some of the species that you’re likely to see when diving Menjangan Island.
| - Pygmee Seahorse | - Fire Dartfish | - False Clown Anemonefish |
| - Scorpionfish | - Twotone Dartfish | - Spinecheek Anemonefish |
| - Longfin Spadefish | - Spotted Box fish | - (Juveline) Common Lionfish |
| - Pinnate Spadefish | - Groupers | - Golden Trumpet Fish |
| - Butterflyfishes | - Gobies | - Surgeonfishes |
| - Moray Eels | - Puffer Fish | - Angelfishes |
Too many fish and not sure how to recognize them? Why not completing a PADI AWARE Fish identification Specialty Course with Blue Season Zen Resort. Please contact us for more information or go and have a look at the PADI AWARE Fish identification Specialty Course in our PADI Specialty Courses.
RARE BUT THERE
We don’t give you any promises to see them but they’re there!
| - Whale Shark | - Mola Mola or Sunfish | - Spotted Eagle Ray |
DIVE SITES – MENJANGAN ISLAND
Menjangan Island has many sites to discover and it’s easy to do a three day trip. Underneath you will find some information about the dive sites you can explore with Blue Season Zen Resort.
EEL GARDEN
Probably the best dive site on Menjangan Island with a big diversity of hard and soft coral and not to forget the colorful sponges. Normally we start the dive with a great wall dive for about 20 minutes with nice coral and lot’s of small reef fish and occasionally a shark where we then come at the point what it’s all about. Eel garden, the name says it all. Eel’s as far as the eye can see with sometimes a big Yellowfin Tuna cruising above the eels.
We continue the dive with the reef on our right side until a point where we reach 6 meters of depth. In case we have good conditions we can continue between 6 and 12 meters watching the amazing colors from the gorgonians and sponges. According to other guests, Raja Ampat similarities or as we call it here, diving in an aquarium when the conditions are excellent! A must do dive when you’re diving Bali!
Diving Menjangan "Eel Garden" – Fast Facts
Water temperature: At least 28° Celsius
Visibility: 20 – 45 meters
Av. Dive time: 45 minutes
Current: Moderate to Strong
Diver Level: Advanced
Big stuff: White or Black tip, Barracuda, Napoleon Wrasse, Whale Shark!
Others: Fire Dartfish, Lionfish, Scorpionfish, Angelfish, Pygmee Seahorse, Butterflyfish, Nudibranch, …
POS II
This is the place where we have lunch on a white sandy beach during our surface interval when the conditions are good. Pos II is probably the best Bali snorkeling site there is! If you’re lucky you can meet a deer while you’re having lunch!
It’s a shore entry dive where the wall starts almost in front of your nose. You can either go left or right although we like to go left (east) and dive around the corner. The wall here goes straight down to about 45 meters deep. The highlight here are the gigantic gorgonian fans in many colors and sizes. The dive brings us to Bat Cave where you can do a relaxing 5 meter/3 minute safety stop while looking for Ribbon Eels. Hundreds of bats hanging in one of the many caves will welcome you while entering the boat.
Diving Menjangan "POS II" – Fast Facts
Water temperature: At least 28° Celsius
Visibility: 15 – 30 meters
Av. Dive time: 50 minutes
Current: None to Moderate
Diver Level: Open Water Diver
Big stuff: White or Black tip, Napoleon Wrasse, Whale Shark!
Others: Triggerfish, Lionfish, Scorpionfish, Surgeonfish, Parrotfish, Butterflyfish, Pygmee Seahorse, Nudibranch, Dartfish, Anemonefish, Spade fish,…
PASIR PUTIH - SANDY SLOPE
Located on the north side of the Island, Pasir Putih has in general good conditions the whole year round with no waves. Ideal site to do a PADI Discover Scuba Diving Program where you complete your skills on a white sandy bottom at about 1,5 meters depth with a lot of fish around you.
“Sandy Slope” slopes down to 50 meters. Also the coral here is in good shape and very colorful with tons of reef fish. It’s the best dive site to spot Green Sea Turtles at around 12 meters depth. Almost the whole north part of Menjangan Island isn’t wall diving but just slopes down.
Diving Menjangan "Pasir Putih" – Fast Facts
Water temperature: At least 28° Celsius
Visibility: 15 – 40 meters
Av. Dive time: 50 minutes
Current: None to Moderate
Diver Level: Open Water Diver
Big stuff: Whitetip or Blacktip Sharks, Green Sea Turtles, Barracuda
Others: Groupers, Boxfish, Triggerfish, Surgeonfish, Butterflyfish, Nudibranch, Spade fish, Anemonefish, Puffers…
MANGROVE
Based in between Eel Garden and POS II. This site starts at around 100 meters from the mangrove woods. Another boat dive with in general no current. Best to do in the morning as the sun is shining on the right side of the wall to see it in its best shape. The topography of the wall is breathtaking with some overhanging, narrow entries, small caves, crevices and contours. Also quite some marine life although not as much as other sites but the wall is definitely worthwhile looking at during the whole dive!
Diving Menjangan "Mangrove" – Fast Facts
Water temperature: At least 28° Celsius
Visibility: 15 – 30 meters
Av. Dive time: 50 minutes
Current: None to Moderate
Diver Level: Open Water Diver
Big stuff: Whitetip or Blacktip Sharks
Others: Triggerfish, Surgeonfish, Butterflyfish, Nudibranch, Spade fish, Puffers…
CORAL GARDEN
Another beautiful dive site that you can explore. Right next to the jetty on the north part of Menjangan Island. No matter that you either go east or west, both dives are great with a wide variety of reef fish and hard and soft coral. One again wall diving with the chance of seeing large pelagic such as sharks or turtles. If you’re going west you will end up at Bat Cave that we mentioned before. If you’re going east you will do a nice safety stop in between white sand and colorful and healthy coral.
Diving Menjangan "Coral Garden" – Fast Facts
Water temperature: At least 28° Celsius
Visibility: 15 – 40 meters
Av. Dive time: 50 minutes
Current: None to Moderate
Diver Level: Open Water Diver
Big stuff: Whitetip or Blacktip Sharks, Green Sea Turtle
Others: Angelfish, Moray Eel, Triggerfish, Surgeonfish, Butterflyfish, Nudibranch, Spade fish, Gobies, Pygmee Seahorse, Puffers…
Wreck Diving Bali? Go dive Tulamben!
Diving artificial reefs? Go dive Pemuteran!
Muck Diving Bali? Go dive PJ or how about diving Seraya Secrets or why not dive Secret Bay?!
Please contact us in case you need further info about diving Menjangan Island with Blue Season Zen Resort Bali.