Amed · Indonesia · Reef
Lipah Bay
A nursery for baby white-tip reef sharks
Photo: Bernard Picton · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lipah Bay is a shore dive from a sandy beach and a nursery for young white-tip reef sharks, which rest beneath table corals. The reef slope runs from 3 to 30 m, turtles are frequently seen, and the coral is most vibrant in the shallows.
Also known as Lipah.
Where it is and how deep
8.3502° S, 115.6834° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
From the sandy beach divers swim out to the slope and start the dive there. Guides know where the baby white-tips shelter beneath the table corals and show them without harming the coral. Current ranges from none to moderate.
Marine life and season
- Reef sharks
- Sea turtles
| 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 Lipah Bay
Bernard Picton · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dive videos
Lipah Bay, Amed. Scuba Diving Bali. · Reef Nomad on YouTube
One dive with sea turtles [Lipah Bay, Amed, Bali] · baliste olivatre on YouTube
Sources
- Lipah Bay (ScubaGo) — ScubaGo
- Lipah — Bali Fab Dive
- Dive sites — Diving With Jim
Photo credits
- One black nudibranch covered in pink-ringed bumps crawling over brown sand and rubble. by Bernard Picton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- A small cream and brown nudibranch on a patch of orange and pink sponge. by Bernard Picton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
More dive sites in Amed
Drift
Barracuda, reef sharks and giant trevally on the promontory
Muck & macro
Ghost pipefish and mimic octopus on volcanic sand
Drift
A drift along a coral slope where the current can turn mid-dive
Wreck
A small wreck in the shallows off a pebble beach
A gentle bay slope that ends at a sheer wall
A pinnacle splits the wall into a canyon divers swim through
A wall reached straight off the beach at Jemeluk
Wall
A sandy approach that ends at a series of walls
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