Reefwander
Reefwander
Full calendar

Destinations at their peak each month

  1. Jan167
  2. Feb183
  3. Mar192
  4. Apr216
  5. May186
  6. Jun272
  7. Jul307
  8. Aug313
  9. Sep296
  10. Oct180
  11. Nov119
  12. Dec145

Americas

Europe, Africa & Middle East

Indo-Pacific

A blue nudibranch with black stripes and yellow bumps crawling over grey volcanic sand — Padangbai & Candidasa

Padangbai & Candidasa · Indonesia · Wall · Reef

Baung Penyu Bay / Turtle Neck / The Wall

Long coral and rubble slope that finishes against a wall

Area photo: Bernard Picton · CC BY-SA 4.0

Baung Penyu, also called Turtle Neck or simply The Wall, pairs a long slope of coral and sandy rubble with a wall near Padangbai. The slope fills most of the dive and the wall comes at the end, before the route finishes in the Blue Lagoon bay.

Also known as Baung Penyu, Turtle Neck, The Wall.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Baung Penyu Bay / Turtle Neck / The Wall: typical dive to 25 m (to 82 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit25 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

8.5289° S, 115.5139° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

Coral reef mixed with sandy rubble forms a long slope, and the route follows it until it meets the wall at the end of the dive. The wall rises from 25 m at its base to 3 m below the surface. The dive usually ends in the Blue Lagoon bay among soft coral formations at 5 m.

Marine life and season

The sources we used don't single out particular species here.

Month-by-month season rating for Baung Penyu Bay / Turtle Neck / The Wall
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
FairFairFairGoodGoodGoodPrimePrimePrimePrimeFairFair

Season follows Padangbai & Candidasa: Diveable all year; mola mola are likeliest July to October, while the November to March wet season cuts visibility and makes the islets harder to dive.

Sources

  1. Baung Penyu Bay / Turtle Neck / The Wall — ScubaGo

More dive sites in Padangbai & Candidasa

Reef

Blue Lagoon

Protected bay that serves as both training ground and night dive

to 25 mintermediate

Reef

Ferry Channel

Whitetip reef sharks beside the Lombok ferry lane

to 30 madvanced

Wall

Gili Biaha

Rocky walls around a small island, with Shark Cave and Biaha Slope

to 40 madvanced

Pinnacle

Gili Mimpang

Three large rocks and six smaller ones in a current-swept cluster

to 20 madvanced

Wall

Gili Tepekong

Boulder overhangs and tunnels above a steep wall

5–35 m · max 40 madvanced

Artificial reef

Tanjung Jepun

Blue-spotted stingrays around a small boat scuttled in 2008

to 18 mbeginner

Reef

Tanjung Sari

Volcanic rock reef top on the cape between the Blue Lagoon and the harbour

8–20 m · max 30 mintermediate

Similar dives elsewhere

Wall

Angel Reef

Sumbawa · Indonesia

Black-tip reef sharks hunting along a sheer coral wall

to 30 m · max 40 mintermediate

Wall

Batu Mandi

Bangka Island · Indonesia

Coral slope from 3 m to a wall that drops to 30 m

3–30 madvanced

Wall

Cambaquiz

Cabilao · Philippines

An east-coast wall with a cave, and Cabilao's best night dive

to 30 mintermediate