Top 10 Most Beautiful Dive Sites in Indonesia

Indonesia has a wealth and natural beauty and famous all over the world. Both in land or in water (sea). Ocean is an object tour that never runs out to explore its beauty, especially for divers. Here is most beautiful locations in Indonesia are recommended for diving.

10. Alor

Alor is a small island in the eastern part of Nusa Tenggara. There are 26 beautiful dive spot world-class around the island of Alor. The divers will spoiled with underwater amazing scenery. Here, you can find reef, sharks gray, barracuda fish, various types of octopus, many types of corals, anemones typical inhabitants of the ocean.

9. Banda Sea

Banda Islands, located in the region of Maluku Province has the most beautiful dive sites in Indonesia. There are at least 10 islands are included in the Banda Islands (including Pulau Neira, Pulau Banda Besar and Pulau Gunung Api) which is a paradise of divers who called the Banda Sea. In the Banda Sea there are lots of pelagic fish like tuna. Sea Banda you can find a variety of diversity marine biodiversity such as native Ambon scorpionfish, dolphins, tuna fish, napoleon fish (fish which ancient shells protected) and many more.

8. Bangka Islands

Bangka Islands became famous after the island lifted into a film “Laskar Pelangi”. Bangka Island is located in the province of Bangka Belitung. Bangka Island became the most beautiful dive sites in the Indonesia because it has a wealth of ocean views. There are more than 25 dive sites with amazing corals. You can find redtooth triggerfish blue-striped snapper, frogfish and other.

7. Lembeh Strait

Lembeh Strait is a strait in North Sulawesi. Although only a strait, but the Lembeh Strait has stunning underwater scenery, coral reefs and diverse marine species. Lembeh Strait appeal is the marine biota as one of the locations most beautiful diving in Indonesia. You can find Frogfish, Harlequin shrimp, wonderpush, octopus, squid. In here, you can find at least seven the beautiful species of sea horses, and can meet pegasus, pipefish, cardinalfish and others.

6. Karimunjawa Islands

Karimunjawa Islands located in the Java Sea and into the Jepara regency. Karimunjawa consists of 27 islands, only five islands inhabited by the population. There are 30 dive sites in Karimunjawa Islands with beautiful coral reefs and marine life such as damsel fish, napoleon fish, different kinds of clams with depth of 5 to 40 meters, visibility 5 to 25 meters. Karimunjawa a tourist destination equipped with a variety of accommodation facilities started from homestays to luxury resorts, as there most beautiful dive sites in Indonesia.

5. Raja Ampat

The hidden pearl, so we called Raja Ampat. Raja Ampat is located in the province of West Papua become one of the most beautiful dive sites in Indonesia with the most biodiversity comprehensive in the world. Raja Ampat consists of 1,500 islands scattered in the northwest Papua. The underwater tours lover, backpaker, hobbyists diving, scuba diving, snorkeling definitely will not be skip Raja Ampat as their tourist destination. In here are more 1.500 types of fish species, 700 type molluscs, 500 more species of corals with an area of ​​4.6 million hectares. According to The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International found 75% of marine species world inhabit this island. Papua is in fact are “rich” islands with gold mines (Freeport) and the world amazing underwater, but it is unfortunate the potential is not utilized for the government to welfare of the public, especially community Papuans who live below the poverty line in the top Indonesia amounting to 46.81% or 732 thousand inhabitants.

4. Tulamben

The beauty of the island of Bali has been famous around the world, both natural beauty, culture, craft and the underworld the sea. Tulamben is the most beautiful dive sites in the Indonesia, which became a tourist destination under the sea domestic and foreign tourists. Tulamben offers a variety of marine life, coral reefs beautiful and U.S. Liberty shipwreck the rest World War II.

3. Wakatobi

Wakatobi is the location a must for lovers of diving which is located in Southeast Sulawesi. Aside from being a tourist the most beautiful sea in Indonesia, Wakatobi is also a sanctuary national park. In Wakatobi here are 750 species of coral and marine life from 850 species that already exist in the world. Wakatobi is the acronym of the four major islands of Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia and Binongko.

2. Bunaken

Bunaken is the most beautiful diving locations in Indonesia. Bunaken Island located in Manado, North Sulawesi is a National Marine Park because it has the most biodiversity high in the world and is located in the Coral Triangle. There are 20 diving spots around the island of Bunaken, but only 12 points the most frequently visited by divers and the lovers of underwater tours. Bunaken Island have a new record in the category of most divers (2861 divers) who were named “Sail Bunaken” and won praise from the diver in the world.

1. Komodo Island

This is the island that is being discussed, because entered as a finalist New Seven Wonder Unesco and expected to come out to be one winner of the New Seven Wonder. Komodo Islands is famous for its habitat native animal species in the world famous Komodo dragon that also designated as a National Park area. Komodo Islands is located in Nusa Tenggara have the best diving locations in Indonesia. According to diver testimony who has visited the island of Komodo have the best underwater beauty possessed Indonesia, “Underwater Paradise” they call it. Here there is an abundance of pelagic fish, coral reefs by dazzling colors and biodiversity makes Komodo Island part of the legend that must be maintained.