Welcome to Diving Nusa Penida!

We are a PADI 5 Star Dive Center on Nusa Penida offering dive trips, PADI courses and snorkeling trips to the best sites of Nusa Penida/ Nusa Lembongan.

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Welcome to Diving Nusa Penida

Two Fish Divers Penida is an award winning PADI 5 Star Center located near the main village of Sampalan right on the beach, with plenty of nearby accommodation and restaurant options.

Diving Nusa Lembongan dive & stay packages

Dive & Stay Packages Available

2dives from Rp1,700,000

Accommodation options from Rp550,000-Rp2,000,000 per night incl BF

Nusa Penida/ Nusa Lembongan are part of a group of islands about 30-45min off the SE coast of Bali that have reefs full of vibrant corals and teeming with underwater life. It is also home to the famous Manta’s of Bali, and during the season of July to October divers will also encounter the strange Mola Mola, the gentle sunfish that can reach 1,000kg and 2m+ wide!

Diving price includes:

  • Dive guide & boat;
  • Tanks & weights;
  • Snacks & refreshments on the boat;
  • Unlimited coffee & tea at the dive center.
  • Free flow refillable drinking water – bring a refillable water bottle so that you stay hydrated AND help to keep the island plastic-free.

Equipment rental:
Rp250,000 per person for Full set – reg, BCD, long wetsuit, mask, booties, fins. Add dive computer for only Rp100,000.

Diving Nusa Lembongan customer quote
Just left my second stop with two fish. 6 great days of diving with the Nusa Penida/ Nusa Lembongan staff. Mantas or macro…. Why choose? Have em both! Thanks all!

Gannon Murphy
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Diving Nusa Penida Schedule

  • Transfers

    We can organise airport transfers (45mins from airport to fast-boat harbour) and/or fast-boat transfers to Nusa Penida (30mins boat ride).

  • Accommodation

    We can also organise your accommodation if you wish with our recommended resorts ranging from budget to luxury, all AC with pool and breakfast.

  • Diving Schedule

    Our daily diving schedule is to depart about 8am for 2 dives, and return for lunch. Snacks, water & coffee/tea are provided during the surface interval.

  • 3rd dive or Night dive

    Depending in the tides, we can organise afternoon and night dives.

    Note: these need to be arranged/booked on-site with the Dive Manager.

  • finish your diving day

    We finish off your day by logging your dives with our dive guide, reviewing the sightings in our fish-id books, and confirming if you wish to do more diving tomorrow!

    Beers and cocktails are also readily available after your diving!

Why Choose Two Fish for diving Nusa Penida?

Our Two Fish dive service includes:
  • Small groups of no more than four guests per dive guide
  • Dive groups are organised according to air consumption and dive experience
  • Expert dive guides who have done thousands of dives, and are PADI Rescue Diver trained
  • Oxygen and first aid on every dive boat
  • English speaking friendly crew and dive guides
  • Long dives – we just ask you to surface after 75mins or on 40bar
  • All our dive guides are trained to assist photographers, spot amazing critters and help carry accessories
  • Wash and store service – all dive gear is loaded onto boats in the morning, and removed and washed after your diving, so all you need to do is DIVE
  • Commitment to Quality Courses by having full-time instructors at each dive center who teach according to our principles, and who follow the PADI guidelines for providing a safe courses.

We pride ourselves on being committed to a first-class dive service, having excellent dive staff & managers, having great Aqualung dive equipment and providing safe, top quality PADI courses.

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Highlights of Diving Nusa Penida

Nusa Penida is an island about 30mins off the south-east of Bali, and so is really easy to get to. It is part of a group of three islands that offer some great diving, the other two islands being Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan.

Many divers dive Nusa Penida for the Manta Rays that inhabit the waters all year round. The large plateaus in the south provide the cleaning and feeding stations for the Manta Rays and this where the two manta dive sites are located, offering the chance to see the Manta feeding in the shallows or being cleaned by the reef fish.

A large majority of the dive sites in the area are drift dives. This means we check to see which way the current is going and we just gently go with the flow, and we ask that guests listen to the dive guide briefing and follow the dive guide underwater.

During the season between the months of July to October, Mola Mola are quite a common sight at the dive sites around Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan. These gently creatures love currents but the currents can be very tricky and unpredictable, and strong down currents can occur suddenly. However we manage this with a low divers-to-dive guide ratio, experienced dive guides, dive groups according to ability, and a good dive brief.

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Diving Nusa Penida - Favourite Dive Sites

Toyapakeh (Nusa Penida)

The ‘jewel’ of Penida, Toyapakeh means salt water in Balinese and is the richest site in Penida. It is a divers’ favourite as you often find yourself swimming through school after school of colourful fish of every variety, including the red tooth triggerfish, giant trevallies and batfish. It has a steep wall to the south, terraces with huge hard coral formations in the bay and a shelving reef in the north that drops off gently all the way to 190m! The density of coral, sponge and fish life is incredible, even the infamous pygmy seahorse is occasionally spotted here. All this plus occasional larger pelagics such as hammerhead sharks, mantas and sunfish.

Manta Bay (Nusa Penida)

Manta Bay is a shallow bay with a stunning backdrop. Being rich in plankton it attracts manta rays all year round. The dive has a maximum depth of 12m and the coral bottom, with its gullies and swim-throughs, is an interesting distraction from the manta action going on above. Similar to Manta Point, we cannot get to this site every day, but it is closer and more protected than Manta Point, so is fast becoming a very popular dive.

Gamat Bay (Nusa Penida)

Gamat Bay is a very small yet memorable site off Toyapakeh Strait. The steep, rugged reef slope is rich in hard and soft corals and is colourful down to more than 50m. Gamat is a dive where you don’t want to cover much territory and once you have navigated the slope, there are plenty of bommies, overhangs and small caves to explore as you head back into the shallows.

Dive sites for nusa penida and nusa lembongan

Manta Point (Nusa Penida)

The site that made Penida famous! The plankton rich waters here attract the mantas all year round, sometimes seven or eight at a time, though even one is a fantastic sight. We rarely dive more than 15m deep at this site as along with the main attract of the mantas, turtles, nurse sharks, bamboo sharks and blue-spotted rays are regularly sighted at this depth, when the sea conditions are calm and favourable, it’s a dive to be savoured.

Mangroves (Nusa Lembongan)

This site is so-called due to its location, right by the mangrove area to the north east Nusa Lembongan. Mangroves offer a healthy sloping coral reef, with small bommies and table corals waiting to be explored for the smaller stuff but often marble rays and other larger species swim past in the deeper water. Sharks are occasionally seen here too. It’s a great site for all levels of diver.

Crystal Bay (Nusa Penida)

Also known as Penida Bay, the ‘Crystal’ in Crystal Bay refers to the fantastic visibility normally experienced here, which can reach over 40m on a good day. Crystal Bay is certainly one of the area’s most popular dive sites and is a favourite of the visiting mola mola (ocean sunfish) from August-October. The rock in the middle of the bay has very steep drop offs to the south and west and an amazing shelf in the north that is carpeted with wrinkled soft corals in the shallows. A healthy reef, an interesting cave, huge table coral and hundreds of fish of all shapes and sizes – there is not much that this dive site cannot offer!

Sekolah Desa (SD) (Nusa Penida)

Sekolah Dasar means ‘primary school’, but when the currents are running, this site is not for beginners. Although less steep than Blue Corner it has large coral heads and currents that drift you past green and hawksbill turtles, marble rays, sea snakes, octopus, white tip reef sharks and the most diverse collection of corals and sponges in Bali. Not forgetting the resident school of batfish at SD that are almost always a certainty.

Ceningan Wall (Nusa Ceningan)

This impressive coral wall begins at the foot of the sea cliffs to the north of Ceningan and drops down vertically to a depth of 180m. Currents can be strong here and this site is reserved for experienced divers only. The wall is colourful with dense collections of multi-coloured soft corals and sponges making it fun to explore with plenty of nudibranchs to find. Sweeping out into the current along the wall are inquisitive eagle rays which occasionally join the dive groups for the tour, which winds through schools of oriental sweetlips and sleek unicornfish.

Blue Corner (Nusa Lembongan)

This is an exciting site for experienced divers only. The huge expanse of current-swept slopes at Blue Corner provides some dramatic topography. Dropping away to 50m, a series of overhanging terraces hide white tips and large black marbled rays and, as you approach the corner, schools of snapper and jacks regularly pass by. A great site for mola mola (ocean sunfish) during the season and other visitors include eagle rays, wobbegong, tuna and even the occasional shark.

Lembongan Bay (Nusa Lembongan)

Lembongan Bay offers the perfect introduction to diving. Due to its maximum depth of 10m and calmer conditions, it is an ideal site for less experienced divers, those wanting a refresher or for avid photographers. The sandy bottom is dotted with coral bommies which are home to frog fish, moral eels, schools of silversides, unicornfish and many more of the smaller species.

Pura Ped, Pura Mas Gading & Buyuk (Nusa Penida)

These three sites are found side by side on Nusa Penida and share similar sloping reef topography. The colourful reef is made even more interesting with big, randomly placed barrel sponges and coral bommies. Schools of redtooth triggerfish, fusiliers, butterflyfish and drummers compete for passing food that rides the ocean currents. Turtles, rays, sea snakes and the occasional mola mola distract divers from the multitude of smaller creatures hiding amongst the corals, such as scorpionfish and frogfish.

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