Amed · Indonesia · Wall · Reef
Jemeluk Bay
A gentle bay slope that ends at a sheer wall
Photo: Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jemeluk Bay is a shore dive on a bay of hard and soft corals whose gentle slope ends at a wall. The normal dive stays between 10 and 25 m in little or no current, so the same entry suits first dives and experienced ones, while the wall beyond drops to 40 m.
Also known as Jemeluk.
Where it is and how deep
8.3379° S, 115.6610° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
The dive starts from the beach with a gentle slope out from shore across the bay, where hard and soft corals are richest towards the corner with Bunutan. The normal dive stays between 10 and 25 m; at the edge the wall drops off steeply to 40 m. Current is absent or very light, and the bay is a macro and night-dive spot where the rare ghost pipefish and the mimic octopus turn up.
Marine life and season
- Pristine corals
- Macro critters
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Fair |
Season follows Amed: June to September is Bali's dry season, with hardly any rain on the coast; December to March brings west-monsoon showers.
Photos from Jemeluk Bay
(c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 2.0
Dive videos
Best Of Amed - Jemeluk Reef (East coast of Bali) · Val Derbaudrenghien on YouTube
Sources
- Jemeluk Bay (ScubaGo) — ScubaGo
- Wikivoyage: Amed — Wikivoyage
- Jemeluk dive site — Divezone
Photo credits
- Close-up of an orange anemone packed with bulb-tipped tentacles. by Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Openverse
- One pale green razorfish with small dark spots swimming low over grey sand. by (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- One pale green fish with a yellow tail swimming over a sandy bottom. by Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Openverse
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