View over the bay at Jungut Batu, Nusa Lembongan, towards Bali

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Lembongan Bay (The Pontoon)

Nusa Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia

  • Beginner
  • No current

Lembongan Bay is a beginner dive site in Nusa Lembongan, Bali, Indonesia. Dives run from 3 to 18 m, with little or no current. Marine life here includes clownfish, nudibranch and moray eel. 10 dive shops on Scubalo run trips here.

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Conditions at Lembongan Bay

Max depth
18 m
Depth range
3–18 m
Current
None
Level
Beginner
Depth profile: dives from 3 m to 18 m.

Safety

Surge
Little or no current, but surge is possible.
Boats
A busy bay, with snorkel pontoons and day-trip boats.

About Lembongan Bay

Lembongan Bay, also called the Pontoon, is the sheltered bay on Nusa Lembongan's north-west coast. A sandy bottom with bommies and statues at 3 to 18 m makes it the island's training and night dive site.

Lembongan Bay is the shallow, sheltered bay on Nusa Lembongan's north-west coast, where the day-trip snorkel pontoons are moored, which is why shops also call it the Pontoon. It is a few minutes by boat from the dive shops on the beach.

The bottom is sand with coral bommies and rocky outcrops, statues in the shallows and very large bommies deeper in the bay. With almost no current, it is where many shops run the first dive of Open Water and buoyancy and fish identification specialties.

At night Scuba Center Asia finds bobtail squid, big crabs, sleeping parrotfish, juvenile octopus and peacock flounder. Several shops hold clean-up dives here, since the pontoon trade leaves litter.

When to dive Lembongan Bay

Season

Year round
Lembongan Bay is dived all year, by day and at night.

Marine life at Lembongan Bay

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Type of diving

Location

Questions about Lembongan Bay

Why is Lembongan Bay called the Pontoon?

Day-trip snorkel pontoons are moored in the bay, so shops call the site the Pontoon.

Is Lembongan Bay a good night dive?

Yes. Shops find bobtail squid, crabs, juvenile octopus and sleeping parrotfish here at night.

Is there current in Lembongan Bay?

Little or none, which is why it is used for training, though there can be some surge.

How deep is Lembongan Bay?

From about 3 to 18 m.

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