Batu Kelebit Dive Site

Batu Kelebit Dive Site of Tulamben, Bali.

Diving Batu Kelebit in Tulamben, Bali

By Erwin Kodiat

Batu Kelebit Dive Site

Deep diving is a must here to diving and explore the beauty of colorful abundant pristine coral reef in Batu Kelebit. The good one starts at 25 meters. From the surface, you will find a lot of cobbles, I guess it’s because of El Nino warming on 1998, which made the coral bleached. Big group of sweetlips (Plectorhinchus sp) and midnight snapper (Macolor macularis) are often found here. Pelagic are also common here. You will see variety of anthias (family Serranidae; subfamily: Anthiinae) swimming close to the coral reef as shown in the picture. On several occasions, diving kelebit in the morning (07.30) a chance you will see a group of bumphead parrotfishes. They crack the dead rock and you can hear the voice of their strong teeth break the rock.

Always watching your depth gauge since this site will provide you beautiful coral to the depth. Hengky Dotulong with single tank and Knut E. Hoff with his double tanks broke their own record, actually our club record, too, by diving to 70.5 meters and still he saw the beauty coral reef going along (narced?).

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2 Responses to “Batu Kelebit Dive Site”

  1. B.R. Jerry Says:
    October 17th, 2005 at 23:07

    This site… is like this song: “killing me softly…”
    Long slope, some pack who like deep dive do the discovery here…
    Nitrogen narcosis is expected here since it takes quiet a while before you can go deeper. Even if you plan to dive up to 60m… your computer already beeping on 45m (hmm… personal experience there) urging you to go up for a decompression stop.

    If you want to go deep in this site:
    1. Make sure you use fresh O ring.
    2. Make sure you order jukung nearby. Sometimes jukung driver left the diver immediately after the diver enter the water. If you notice, the jukung driver who take you to batu kelebit is different than the one who pick you up.
    3. I don’t want to tell you about the air source… be wise on your air consumption.

    Best regards,
    B.R. Jerry

  2. Dotulong.net » Blog Archive » Diving Tulamben, Bali Says:
    October 18th, 2005 at 22:10

    […] The main dive sites in Tulamben are USS Liberty shipwreck, Drop Off, Paradise Coral Garden and Batu Kelebit. […]

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