Secret Bay: This dive site is located in front of the docking area of Gilimanuk Harbor.
Be prepared - you are diving on fine black and gray volcanic sand and rubble and not on a coral reef! This place is a great place for the rare and unusual. This so called muck diving is one of macro-photography best sites. You will find frogfish hispidus, A. striatus, A. maculatus and A. nummifer, special nudibranchs, ghostpipefish, the rare picturesque dragonet and gobies, several species of sand eels, stonefish and devilfish, mimic octopus and even the Ambon scorpionfish (Pteroidichthys amboinensis)
Look around the pieces of half rotten wood, among the sponges and specially under the garbage (inside the metal drums for example) and in the metal structures put up in several places. These objects act like a small oasis where animals can hide, so they are a good place to find camouflaged animals such as the frogfish or seahorses. We noticed, that there are seasonal changes at the Secret Bay dive sites. On one visit a place would be just full with certain nudibranchs on the sea grass, an other year only a few could to be found.
Secret bay Dive Muck Diving in Secret bay
You can also charter a small boat and visit one of the dive sites further inside the bay. Ask the boat driver to show you the place for the rare picturesque Mandarinfishes. The night dives are really good too. The dives are very shallow (no more than about 9m) and visibility is not always that good (5 to 15m). The best time to dive is around high tide or on the incoming tide when visibility can sometimes be up to 20m. The water is always very cold (about 23 to 25°C,) so use a 5mm wetsuit, hood and gloves!
Diving Rates for Diving In Secret Bay
2 dives in this area will cost US$ 80 per pax includes transport from your hotels in Lovina to the Dive Sites, Lunch box, Soft drinks, Dive Guide, and Equipment.
