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

Padangbai & Candidasa · Indonesia · Reef

Tanjung Sari

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

Area photo: Bernard Picton · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tanjung Sari runs along the cape that separates the Blue Lagoon from the Padangbai harbour, at the southern end of the lagoon. A protruding reef top of volcanic rock gives way to a broad slope that levels out far from shore before reaching a sandy bottom.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Tanjung Sari: typical dive 8–20 m (26–66 ft), deepest point 30 m (100 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit8 m20 m30 m maxtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

8.5325° S, 115.5145° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

The site begins where the Blue Lagoon slope ends, on the left-hand side. The reef top lies at 8 m and is built of volcanic rock formations, and from there the bottom slopes down to 18 to 20 m and stays fairly flat a long way out. Farther out the slope continues to about 30 m, where it ends on sand. Following the slope towards the channel leads to canyon-like rock formations, and the local whitetip reef sharks move back and forth between this site and the Ferry Channel.

Marine life and season

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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.

Dive videos

Diving "Tanjung Sari" in Padang Bai · Rems Production on YouTube

Sources

  1. Padangbai — Wikipedia
  2. Tanjung Sari dive site — ScubaGo
  3. The Channel dive site — Divezone

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