Dive Site – Lombok

Lombok offers interesting scuba diving for beginners to experienced divers. The main diving takes place around the Gili islands which lie in the northwest of Lombok in the strait between Lombok and Bali. Around Sanggigi beach in east Lombok there are also a couple of dive sites and some dive operators such as dream divers also offer scuba diving in the southern part of Lombok (Blongas), where there is a lot of currents and swells and large pelagics such as sharks, rays and makerels.

Through the Lombok strait between Bali and Lombok flows the Indonesian Throughflow (Arus Lintas Indonesia), a massive flow of water that passes from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean. The result is a rich underwater life and during certain times of the year also large fish like sharks, eagle rays, turtles and manta rays come and visit the reefs.

The Magnet (Sopia Lawisa) No. 1
Level: Experienced divers

• Hammerhead sharks, whitetip sharks
• Mackerels, barracudas, dog tooth tunas, mobulas, eagle rays
• Large rocky pinnacle jutting up from about 50m below
• 20-30 minutes by boat

Coral garden No. 2
Depth: 25m
Level: Open Water & Advanced divers

• Soft corals, whip corals
• Gorgonians, nemones
• Nudibranchs
• Shrimps
• Barracudas

Wollis Pinnacle No. 4
Depth: 19m
Level: Open Water & Advanced Divers

• A large rock about 7m below the surface
• Giant frogfish
• Sharks
• Ribbon eels
• Nudibranchs
• Gorgonians, table corals and black corals

Gili Sera No. 6
Level: Open Water & Advanced Divers

• Rocks covered with leather corals, sponges and tunicates
• Table corals and black corals
• Nudibranchs, shrimps
• Glass fishes, scorpionfishes
• Sea snakes
• White tip reef sharks

The Cathedral No. 7
Level: Experienced divers

• Large pinnacle rises from about 40m to the surface
• Steep wall covered with soft corals, sponges and tunicates.
• Yellow sea cucumbers
• Banded sea krait, turtlehead sea snake