Underwater Photo Location: Tulamben Bay

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Tulamben Bay, Bali, Indonesia.
Several resorts in Tulamben, Bali, Famous for the wall/drop off and the Liberty wreck.
Approx 2 to 2.5 hrs by road from Denpasar airport, there are several local restaurants in Tulamben and they are inexpensive. Mimpi resort is friendly and the diving from there is well organised and right on the beach.
The beach is made up of large and small pebbles which makes walking uncomfortable and over many day's, your feet can become sore. There are porters available who carry your equipment if you dive at the wreck or the drop off.
The sea can be flat calm, and also quite rough, entry and exit over some large rocks below the surface can make things difficult, when getting in and out watch for the waves.
The bay in front of Mimpi Resort is black sand and not a lot to look at unless you are into macro, if you are then the diving is very interesting and there are lots of different and new species of Nudibranch to be found.

Facts about Tulamben Bay

It is in Indonesia
Tulamben Bay is in the Bali Sea.
The typical depth is 0-40 Metres 0-130 Feet.
The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.

Dive Operators - Indonesia

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5* PADI Center Thalassa
Lotus Hotels
Wakatobi Dive Resort
Borneo Divers & Sea Sports
IndoPromo
Misool Eco Resort
Dive Damai
Bali Diving - Bali PADI Scuba Dive Resort with Diving Bali
Eco Dive
Aquamarine Diving - Bali
Bali Blue Diving
Wakatobi Dive Resort
Bali Sunfish Dive Safari’s
Archipelago Resorts & Fleet
Absolute Scuba Bali
Bali Scuba
IndonesiaDive.com
NAD Lembeh
Two Fish Divers
Planet Diving Indonesia

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Images taken on this dive site

by Marco Waagmeester
Very small Nembrotha yonowae on a sea squirt in Tulamben (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Blue-Stripe Blenny aka Ewa Blenny (Plagiotremus ewaensis) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, D2000w, 2xUCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Chromodoris kuniei nudibranch - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Colorful Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) checking me out - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Chromodoris geometrica Nudibranch - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165 stacked)

by Marco Waagmeester
Starry Chelidonura Slug (Chelidonura amoena) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Fresh marshmallow delivery! (Phyllidia ocellata) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000, 2xUCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
"Anemone and Shrimp" - Tulamben bay, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)

by Marco Waagmeester
"Framed" (Chromodoris magnifica) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Plastic surgery needed! (Risbecia apolegma) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Chromodorididae Nudibranch (Chromodoris hintuanensis) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Huge Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9 no UCL165 this time ;-)

by Marco Waagmeester
Squat Anemone Shrimp (Thor amboinensis) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Up Close.. (Sphyraena barracuda) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)

by Marco Waagmeester
'Wall of Jacks' - Big Eyed Trevally's (Caranx sexfasciatus) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)

by Marco Waagmeester
Porcelain Crab (Neopetrolisthes maculata) in Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000)

by Marco Waagmeester
Pygmy seahorse (Hypocampus bargibanti) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) getting cleaned by shrimps and wrasse - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)

by Marco Waagmeester
Swimming cleaner shrimp (Urocaridella antonbruunii) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Blue Ribbon Eel portrait (Rhinomuraena quaesita) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Little Filefish (Monacanthidae sp.) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Jewel Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)

by Marco Waagmeester
Yellow-black Striped Cardinalfish (Apogon nigrofasciatus) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Small shrimp - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Tiger striped garden eel (Heteroconger polyzona) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)

by Marco Waagmeester
Grouper at cleaning station - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)

by Marco Waagmeester
Hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagiani) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Saron or Marbled Shrimp (Saron marmoratus) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Whip Coral Goby (Bryaninops yongei) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
"Looking The Other Way" - 2 Spotted Garden Eels (Heteroconger hassi) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)

by Marco Waagmeester
3 Ghost Pipefishes (Solenostomus paradoxus) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)

by Marco Waagmeester
"On a ledge" - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Smasher Mantis (Odontodactylus scyllarus) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)

by Marco Waagmeester
Ghost-Pipefish (Solenostomus sp.), Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Doug Anderson
Nudibranch, Tulamben

by Marco Waagmeester
Hermit Crab - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Shrimp (Vir philippinensis) on Bubble Coral (Entacmaea quadricolor) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Shrimp Eye (Periclimenes tenuipes) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165x2)

by Marco Waagmeester
Girdled Glossodoris (Glossodoris cincta) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Xeno crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) with whip coral shrimp on it's top - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Small Soft Coral Crab - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Little Blenny in a hole - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, D2000, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Moray Eel with Cleaner Shrimp, Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)

by Marco Waagmeester
Eyes of a Spearing Mantis Shrimp, considered to be the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. It is said that those eyes have "hyperspectral colour vision" and can even register Ultra-violet and Infra-red light.. (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)