Guided Diving for Underwater Photographers
What We Offer:
Our dive tours are designed to give maximum flexibility to your diving preferences. Some divers, particularly photographers like to visit the same site over and over - No problem, we can arrange that! Other divers like to see as many sites as possible - No problem, we can arrange that too! We try to keep our customers as happy as possible by being as flexible as possible.
As we are based in Tulamben, we know the weather and sea conditions first hand. Many of the dive operators that visit Tulamben have no idea what conditions are like until they arrive each day. We see the changes on a daily basis. Because of this we don't need to plan our diving itinerary ahead of time. Dive sites for each day can be decided based on customers requests or be guided by the sea conditions on each day. Most of our dive sites are within five minutes drive of Tulamben village, one or two are ten minutes away. But the furthest we drive is to the Banyuning Reef area which is around 45 minutes away.
Nearly all of our dive sites are accessed from the shore. But forget your commando training, these are easy shore entry's off of pebble or sand beaches. At some locations there are local porters that carry heavy equipment to within a few metres of the shore. Where there are no porters we park very close to the entry and have only a few metres to walk with equipment.
As we are based in Tulamben, we know the weather and sea conditions first hand. Many of the dive operators that visit Tulamben have no idea what conditions are like until they arrive each day. We see the changes on a daily basis. Because of this we don't need to plan our diving itinerary ahead of time. Dive sites for each day can be decided based on customers requests or be guided by the sea conditions on each day. Most of our dive sites are within five minutes drive of Tulamben village, one or two are ten minutes away. But the furthest we drive is to the Banyuning Reef area which is around 45 minutes away.
Nearly all of our dive sites are accessed from the shore. But forget your commando training, these are easy shore entry's off of pebble or sand beaches. At some locations there are local porters that carry heavy equipment to within a few metres of the shore. Where there are no porters we park very close to the entry and have only a few metres to walk with equipment.
A few of our dive sites require a short boat journey, we use Jukung's - the Balinese outrigger canoes to access these sites. This a great experience as the boats are very stable and the journey is only a few minutes - not enough time to feel sea-sick if you are that way inclined. Great views of the coastline and the mountains as you approach the dive site. The Jukung is tied off on a mooring buoy and divers drop in, then don their equipment in the water. After the dive the Jukung picks-up divers from the surface and returns back to the shore.
We do not conduct open ocean drift dives - all of our dives are close to shore, safety is our number-one priority. As the ocean is so deep close to the shore in Tulamben, there are no dive sites further from the shore than around 100 metres.
Where We Dive:
We dive on all the dive sites within Tulamben Bay, plus we dive at locations both east and west of Tulamben where very few other dive operators visit. There is so much variation in the type of dive sites that this whole area offers; From muck dives with critters galore to boulders covered in soft corals - From wrecks coated with sea fans to schools of swirling jacks. From shallow coral gardens to shear walls. Each of our dive sites has something to enthral the photographer or critter hunter.
Among our Favourite Dive Sites are:
We do not conduct open ocean drift dives - all of our dives are close to shore, safety is our number-one priority. As the ocean is so deep close to the shore in Tulamben, there are no dive sites further from the shore than around 100 metres.
Where We Dive:
We dive on all the dive sites within Tulamben Bay, plus we dive at locations both east and west of Tulamben where very few other dive operators visit. There is so much variation in the type of dive sites that this whole area offers; From muck dives with critters galore to boulders covered in soft corals - From wrecks coated with sea fans to schools of swirling jacks. From shallow coral gardens to shear walls. Each of our dive sites has something to enthral the photographer or critter hunter.
Among our Favourite Dive Sites are:
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Check out our Tulamben Information Page for information on what to bring to Tulamben and what you don't need to bring.
We offer a broad range of accommodation in various resorts in and around Tulamben - from US$45 per night for a comfortable air conditioned room, through US$110 per night in an upmarket resort and up to US$160 per night for an absolute luxury ocean-view room. We can provide complete details based on your needs. Please contact us for more information. |
See some photos that we have taken in Tulamben at our Flickr Site or click on any of the photos below to view them:
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