Dive Review of Bali/Matahari and Puri Gopa in
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Bali/Matahari and Puri Gopa, Aug, 2005, by Rick Tuss, DE, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 2720.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	We dived two diffent areas of Bali and stayed in two different resorts - Matahari in Tulamben and Puri Gopa in Sanur. The Matahari is your basic, Southeast Asia dive resort while the Puri Gopa was a very nice, well above average resort. Let me start out with the bad... suprise, the water was much cooler than expected. I only brought a .5mm wetsuit with me which I find is plenty at 80 F or better. Water temps were as low as 72 F! Talk about freeze you XXlls off! Come prepared with at least a 3mm. Now for the good... the diving, it was great. Tulamben is shore diving, including the USS Liberty. The beach is rough as it is made up of 4 inch diameter volcanic rock, but once in the water, look out. Healthy corals, plentiful tropicals, but the best is the macro action. There are critters everywhere. I've dived Lembeh Straits, and this is at least as good (without the trash). Out of Sanur, we took a speedy dive boat over to Nusa Penida. Our first dive was Manta Point. Any guess what we saw? 3 Mantas. Vis was down for a couple reasons.. it's fairly shallow and open to ocean rollers (lot's of surge) and cold as hell at 72 F (remember the .5 mm I wore?). Of course, this is from the upwelling bringing up the nutrient wich water that brings in the Mantas. Other dives on Nusa Penida were slightly warmer but we never saw 80F. The vis was also better, reaching 80 feet. The corals were spectacular along with the number and variety of tropicals. We went to one site known for it's Mola Mola sightings, but none were home that day. Bali is extremely affordable and great value for money. The people are extremely friendly and helpful. For you techies out there, BIDP specialty is tech diving, so if you want to do deep and stay longer, they can accommodate you.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Just about everywhere in the Caribbean, Thailand, Malasia, Indonesia, Maldives, and all over the East Coast of USA.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, surge, currents, noCurrents
Water Temp	72-80°F / 22-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	depth and time... stay with guide
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Bali/Matahari and Puri Gopa in Indonesia

Bali/Matahari and Puri Gopa, Aug, 2005,

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Dive Review of Bali/Matahari and Puri Gopa in
Indonesia