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Gili Selang

Amed, Bali, Indonesia

Expert
Very strong current
Best Apr to Oct

Gili Selang is an expert dive site in Amed, Bali, Indonesia. The current is very strong. The best months are April to October. Marine life here includes black-tip reef shark, white-tip reef shark and tuna. 5 dive shops on Scubalo run trips here.

Updated 29 October 2026

Conditions at Gili Selang

Current: Very strong
Level: Expert

Safety

Current: Strong, unpredictable currents, including down currents; experienced divers only.
Conditions: Can turn rough quickly; carry a surface marker buoy and follow your guide's plan.

About Gili Selang

Gili Selang is a small island at Bali's easternmost point, beyond Amed, with untouched hard and soft corals and some of Bali's strongest and least predictable currents. Jacks, tuna and reef sharks make it a drift for experienced divers only.

Gili Selang is a small island just off Bali's easternmost point, past Amed. Few operators go there, so the reef is untouched and there are rarely other divers.

Boats drop divers in the bay on the north side, where a gentle slope is covered in hard and soft corals and reef fish. When the current allows, the dive follows the island's edge, where the slope turns into a wall, past the cape and into a sheltered cove on the south side, where reef sharks rest under coral boulders.

The current is strong and unpredictable, sometimes downward, and conditions can turn from calm to rough in minutes. Jacks, tuna and sharks come with it, and the water is colder than at Amed's other sites. Shops take only experienced divers, some asking for at least 100 logged dives.