Scuba Diving Blog

What can be a more adventurous and fulfilling scuba diving vacation experience than liveaboard luxury yacht cruising and scuba diving in the tropical islands of Bali? Contrary to what many scuba divers think, liveaboard scuba diving may not be as expensive as you think. In fact if planned properly, live on board diving vacations may even save you money and inconveniences. Firstly, you will on transportation time and costs traveling to your dive operator’s boat and then after your dive, returning to your hotel or resort lugging your cumbersome scuba diving gear with you and repeating the same process for the next couple of days during your vacation in Bali.

Next, you save money on hotel or resort accommodation because since that you are living on the dive boats, there will be no need for hotel or resort bookings. Furthermore, you do not need to hunt for expensive meals in your hotel or resort since all liveaboard scuba diving packages will include delicious meals which will also mean that you will be probably having very fresh and delectable sea food caught by the crew while you are enjoying your cruise or are scuba diving.

The highlight of your liveaboard Bali vacation is that you can dive in many exotic dive locations instead of only the dive spots near where you stay. This is because since that you need not return to your resort or hotel to retire for the day, the liveaboard dive yachts will cruise away to far flung scuba diving locations while you are sleeping. This again saves you time and best of all, you get to save more money by diving in more places for the same price.

Visit one of Bali’s most interesting street on the way to Pemuteran & Menjangan North West Bali which will also include a stopover in View Point Restaurant Sanda. You will scuba dive in Pemuteran House Reef & Reef Project or Secret Bay in Gilimanuk. Your liveaboard boat will cruise to Menjangan Island. You will be diving at the National Park, Walls, Anker Wreck, Coral Garden, buffet lunch on the white powdery sandy beach of the island. The boat will then land and send you to the north coast and visit a well kept secret Waterfall and a hot spring.

Scuba diving activities will be at Amed Tulamben or Secret Spot, Drop Off, Liberty Wreck Dive (American battle ship sunk during WW2) & some wall diving. Some land excursion to enjoy the view of Bali’s world famous terraced rice fields in the morning. Then your liveaboard yatcht will take you diving at the Blue Lagoon & White Beach. There will also be a night dive at the Blue Lagoon. Continue your Bali vacation by cruising to Gili Mimpang & Gili Tepekong or Gili Biaha for fantastic dive sites.

More scuba diving activities at Gili Biaha or Nusa Penida or Nusa Lembongan. The sea at these diving locations could be rough at times, so the dives would very much be dependant on the weather. However, if the weather allow, you will be scuba diving in one of the most breath taking underwater scenery in the world. More scuba diving at the Blue Lagoon, White Beach and the Channel and then off to Bali airport to your next scuba diving adventure.

In the recent years more and more tourists are thinking to learn and practice scuba diving. This outdoor activity gained a big popularity because it allow to people who practice it to explore an alien world and to enjoy the wonders of the kingdom of waters : colorful tropical fish species, impressive coral colonies, huge mammals such as whales, dangerous fish like sharks or almost human intelligent creatures such as dolphins. Due to the increasing popularity scuba diving deals are more and more requested by holiday makers of all ages. There are many great scuba diving resorts spread out everywhere in the world. Most of them are located in exotic places such as Hawaii, especially island Maui, Caribbean spots like Bahamas (with Nassau as main dive destination), Jamaica, Curacao and Grand Cayman, exotic destinations in Central America like Mexico, Belize and Costa Rica, classical scuba diving resorts such as Malta, Cyprus and Greece, or far away dive spots like Seychelles Islands, Thailand and Australia.

All destinations mentioned above are beautiful vacation spots, where scuba dive can be or not the main outdoor activity. This places offer to holiday makers splendid white sand beaches, luxurious resorts which offer accommodations in 4 and 5 star hotels, interesting peoples and rich cultural experiences, exotic dishes and amazing archaeological remains. Some tourists think that scuba diving is not for everybody and diving deals should be purchased only by experienced divers. This preconception, as any preconception, is false, of course! It is true that diving request specialized skills and equipment, but there is nothing that can not be learned or bought! In most scuba diving resorts can be found diving schools with professional instructors which teach tourists the basic skills to dive in no time!

When it comes to vacationing, nothing equals the ability to customize a trip to your very personal ideas of fun and relaxation. For scuba enthusiasts, visiting a scuba diving resort can be the epitome of a vacation, where they can relax, enjoy themselves, and participate in as many scuba related activities as they want. A scuba diving resort offers a chance for divers to focus exclusively on what they love to do and there’s no greater vacation than that.

Scuba diving is popular worldwide; the experiences differ depending on the region you visit. Choosing a scuba diving resort begins with your regional preference. If it’s winter where you live and you’re craving the warmth of the sun, then head to any of the multitude of places that are conducive to scuba year round; the Florida Keys, South America, and the Caribbean.