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Toyapakeh Nusa Penida
Toyapakeh Nusa Penida
Indonesia
Text Marianne Aalders
Photos Juergen Koch
When people ask me what is my favorite dive site, I find it so hard to give just the one answer. I live in Nusa Lembongan, a small island of the coast of Bali. Here the diving is amazing; every spot has its own beauty to offer and changes with every dive.
In the dry season we get cold currents (April through to October) and warm water currents the rest of the year. This also brings in different fish life! Sometimes we have very strong currents, then other times we have no currents at all which makes the way you are diving a dive site very different!
Or you are flying and looking at the general view, or you are turning every stone, looking under all the overhangs to see what little stuff there is to be discovered.
So if I would have to make a decision about the dive sites, it will be Toyapakeh. This dive site is just in the mouth of the channel between the two islands Nusa Penida and Nusa Ceningan. This also makes it sometimes impossible to dive as there can be some very scary, tricky currents. But when it is at its best, I want to have a holiday home there and spend the weekend.
54There are impossible amounts of different corals and just way too many fish, not even to speak of all the small stuff hiding between the stunning coral. The coral is made out of both hard and soft corals; there are schools of small fish, but also the occasional big stuff surprising you!
When I’m diving there and it is at its best, I’m always disappointed when I need to go up because my customers are getting low on air! When you are passionate about diving, you just want to stay down there forever. I’ve dived this site so many times (think 5 years… maybe minimum 2 times a week).
Still my heart skips a little beat when the conditions are good and we get to dive here!
When you want to come and see for yourself! I’ll be happy to guide you to this amazing place and let you have your own opinion about Toyapakeh dive site.
