Underwater Photo Location: BioRock, Pemuteran Bay, NW Bali

In 1998, El Nino killed almost all the coral garden in this bay. Since 2001 a coral reef restoration project started in order to save the corals with the help of the local community. The Biodoversity is amazing, around 75% of all the Acropora species can be found there (for information Acropora is the widest familly of corals). Now the reef has recovered and is again a rich nursery of fishes.

The Biorock project consists of now 52 metallic structures (between 1m to 6m in diameter) which needs a low electrical supply in order to help the corals to grow. This is the third generation of artificial reef. The best results has shown that corals can grow to 6 time faster than in normal conditions (www.biorock.net) and is a promising system for the climate change issues for the future.

We have seen different kinds of artificial reef, like the ones made of tires, concrete blocks, reefballs and ecoreef and for us this is the most efficient way to help a coral reef to recover. After 10 years the biggest table coral you can see at this dive site is on one of these strucutres and is around 2.5m in diameter.
Facts about BioRock, Pemuteran Bay, NW Bali

• It is in Indonesia
• BioRock, Pemuteran Bay, NW Bali is in the Java Sea.
• The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
• The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.