Lombok Dive Sites

Blongas Bay

Blongas Bay or also known as the “Bay of Tranquility” as well as Belongas is known as the protected bay that has exquisite calm and flat waters within the southern region of Lombok. At this dive site, there can be found wonderful beaches and quite appealing fishing neighborhoods. Getting at the Blongas Bay isn’t as simple as it appears. Your easiest way is to begin at Lembar, a bigger metropolis at the northern part where the ferryboat from Bali also docks, and initiate an hour trip to Belongas.

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Boulder City Starting

The best of Indonesia can be found at the exquisite islands of Lombok. Towards the southern part of Lombok, you will find stunning dive sites which are perfect for diving, snorkeling and other water sport activities. One of the best dive site but not yet so known to divers is Boulder City Starting.

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Coral Garden

From the name itself, the coral garden is a haven of corals in variety of species and colors. The Coral Garden is also one of the most famous diving spots in Lombok, besides the other sites like the Magnet or Cathedral.

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Gili Sera

Not everyone knows that Lombok comes with a wide array of types of all scuba divers both the newbie divers who have just adopted a desire to this particular grand adventure activity as well as the experts to whom scuba dive is a lot more of a desire as well as an endeavor to unravel the countless secrets of mother nature.

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Hammerhead Sharks

You would think that people would be afraid, but one of Lombok’s most famous attractions is the hammerhead sharks. In one of its most famous dive sites called the Magnet, a diver would be able to witness not only hammerhead sharks but other marine animals in great packs and varieties swimming afloat the vast entirety of the West Indonesian coast.

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The Cathedral

Next to the Magnet, the Cathedral or Gili Anak Elok as it is popularly called in Indonesia is one of the most attractive diving sites in Lombok. Like the Magnet, it also popular for being an exciting diving spot. Strong currents also flow in this part of the island. The marine life is also pretty much abundant and the same of that as Magnet, although there are no recorded sightings of Hammerhead Sharks in the area. There are however, plenty of pelagic animals like eagle rays, sea snakes and sharks. Besides these fishes, the Cathedral is also home to many yellow sea cucumbers. These are scattered across the diving spot. There are also beautiful and breathtaking corals, sponges and tunicates clinging on a steep wall. It is simply a beautiful sight.

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The Magnet

One of the most famous diving sites in Lombok is the Magnet. It is very famous for its hammerhead shark sightings, which features both the small hammerhead sharks and the Great Hammerhead sharks.

The Magnet is said to be the highest point of Lombok, with deep-set water down to around sixty meters. The marine biodiversity in this part of Lombok is very vast – countless of fishes coming in large schools.
If it is your first time diving in Magnet, it is suggested that you use a wet suit of 5 mm because it can be a pretty cold dive, with the temperature ranging from 20 to 28oC all year-round. It is also advised that only experienced or expert divers (with a minimum of at least fifty dives) dive at the Magnet because the surges of the currents are pretty strong especially at the initial drop point of five to fifteen meters.

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The Skull

Least famous than its sister dive spots, but the nevertheless a famous in itself, the skull is another dive site from Lombok, Indonesia. There is nothing very special about the Skull. In fact, there is little information about what it looks like. The popularity of the diving site is due to the abundance of marine life found in the place. Divers who experienced a dive from the skull claim to have seen numerous big fishes. There is a lot of action in this part of Lombok. This is probably also one of the reasons why it is one of the least visited sites – there’s too many big fishes swimming around, there’s not much space to breathe (or swim).

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Wollis Pinnacle

Wollis Pinnacle is one of the most well-known dive destinations among Lombok islands. This dive site is a huge rock of which the top is approximately 7 meters down below the surface and a few more rocks plunged with each other and resting on pristine sand. This dive site houses of a large number of giant frogfish, ribbon eels, sharks and lots of varieties of nudibranchs. There may be protected area with table corals, black corals as well as gorgonians..

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