Menjangan Island and Pemuteran 2024

[shokwaav]

Dove 2 days at Menjangan and 2 days at the Pemuteran area in late July/early August with Abyss Ocean World.

 

Menjangan had great dives with large walls of healthy coral. However, larger animals/fish were quite uncommon. We only saw 2 turtles and 3 sharks at a distance over 6 dives, and one or two tuna. 

 

 

 

Pemuteran macro was alright. I heard from another diver that the nudibranch and frogfish concentration was much denser in the Tulamben area. Shaun the sheep nudis were plentiful. We managed to find one mimic octopus and one pygmy seahorse over 8 dives. The mandarin fish at Pemuteran are easy to find, but getting a good shot, especially with the mating was too difficult for me. 

 

Edited August 4 by shokwaav

[Troporobo]

You’ve made some nice images there.  I like the almost minimalist look of the slouching pipefish and the blue-grey shrimp.  Thanks for sharing. 

[Grm]

Nice pics, and fond memories, I’m going back for trip number 5 next year. Always do half of it up this end, I find it is so much quieter than the rest of Bali and always some nice stuff in the bay and corals at Menjangan

[shokwaav]

6 hours ago, Grm said:

Nice pics, and fond memories, I’m going back for trip number 5 next year. Always do half of it up this end, I find it is so much quieter than the rest of Bali and always some nice stuff in the bay and corals at Menjangan

 

I agree, the atmosphere was so much better than the city.