Dive Review of
Scuba Seraya in
Indonesia/Bali

 California, Bonaire, Curacao, Bahamas, Hawaii, Palau, Indonesia,
Philippines, Florida Keys, Cayman Islands 

Dive Conditions

None  

No special accomodations.  Neither of their boats were working during the
week we were there.  

Overall Rating

Unfortunately, neither of the dive boats were working during the week we
were there, so almost all of our dives were shore dives.  In the Tulamben
area, the dive helpers club members carry your gear in and out of the
water, and they assist you in and out of the water,  which is very helpful
since the beach is loose cobbles.  The resort is brand new and very nice. 
The menu is limited, but the food was very good.  The resort is a kilometer
or two outside of Tulamben, but they will provide transportation into town
(such as it is) for a price.

The house reef was surprisingly good muck diving.  We ended up doing most
of our dives on the house reef.  We saw numerous nudibranchs, cuttlefish,
scorpionfish, octopus, frogfish, an ornate ghost pipefish,common pipefish,
a seahorse, harlequine shrimp, white eyed morays, lionfish, devilfish, and
many more.  The diving on the house reef was remiscent of the Lembeh
strait, but on a much smaller scale.  It was very good for
macrophotography.

The resort imposed no limits on the diving.  Ninety-plus minute dives were
the norm.  Depth was limited mainly by the bottom and the rating of my
camera housing (30 meters).  The Liberty wreck was very nice.  On a night
dive we saw an immense grouper hunting, along with a Spanish Dancer, Tiger
Cowries, large soft corals, and a crown of thorns seastar.  We also enjoyed
the Paradise Reef.  We saw lots of anemones and anemone fish, blue ribbon
eels, giant clams, many species of angelfish and butterfly fish,cuttlefish,
nudibranchs and schools of anthias.  We found the reef at Amed to not be in
as good of shape as others in the area.  Overall, we really enjoyed the
diving, even though we didn't see any sharks or large pelagics. (We heard
that a couple of weeks after we left, they dove with Orcas in front of the
resort!  Right place, wrong time!)

The resort is new, very clean and well kept.  The grounds are well
maintained, and the rooms have air conditioning.  Of the dive guides, Oka
was the best at finding the tiniest nudibranchs and crabs. Nyoman was very
helpful, and found a couple of octopus for us on a dive at the Tulamben
drop-off. 

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