AMED SCUBA OFFERS DIVING IN BALI

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SCUBA DIVING IN BALI

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Our team is leaded by Christina a German biologist with special interest in history. We organise for you day trips with FUN DIVES, overnights, and extended stays in SCUBA DIVE SAFARIS and multi location programs in wonderful and well organized inexpensive DIVE TOUR’s around Bali. You can choose all PADI DIVE COURSES from Introductory up to Divemaster. Our multi lingual team is under PADI Professional Management.
If you close your eyes and relax for a moment from your stressful day and imagine yourself on a beautiful tropical Island with silky sand and crystal clear azure water. You see secret beaches and mystic temples in the centre of a tropical rainforest and amidst green rice fields. You can feel balmy breezes from the ocean and smell the flavourful and colourful scents of tropical nights. From the distance you can hear soft gamelan music. Balinese woman will present you there interesting Hindu Religion and Ceremonies when they prepare their offerings for the gods and walk beautifully dressed and laughing to the temples. All of this will show you the character of this wonderful paradise Bali.
It is our pleasure to invite you and show you our little tropical paradise! AMED SCUBA would like to welcome you and make your dreams come true in Bali. Enjoy your holidays with AMED SCUBA Dive Centre Travel Services! With us you will find the real Bali which is the perfect place to combine travelling with diving. AMED SCUBA wants to show you interesting places to stay and other attractions that you can enjoy your holidays with us. Time has come to discover this peace of heaven on earth under and over the water wants to help you to arrange trips to all this secret places, temples, gemstone blue waters and high mountains and show you the beauty of our little Paradise.
AMED SCUBA Dive Centre in Bali wants to make all our guests satisfied therefore we offer a variety of different dive packages. You can choose which one you prefer.
Let us help you to organize your holidays in Bali for an unforgettable vacation!
AMED SCUBA Dive Centre is located in one of the most beautiful dive sites in the northeast of Bali. For thousands of years the thriving marine life around Bali has remained virtually untouched. Now this underwater world offers a rich array of fish and coral which you will find nowhere else in the world.
With diving we can explore Bali’s wonderful underwater world together. We are sure you will gain unforgettable memories at all of our diving sites around Bali like Amed, Tulamben, Menjangan, Padang Bai, Candi Dasa or Nusa Penida.
You can choose Snorkelling Tours, Introductory, Fun Dives, Dive Safaris, Dive Tours all over Bali. Many more to do in Bali is available upon request. For dive trips or courses it will be the best to book in advance. The price includes complete equipment set as good as new, soft drinks, snacks, fruits and transfer to the dive sites and assistance for any questions by your personal dive guide.
AMED SCUBA is leaded by the English and German speaking biologist Christine Sbick. AMED SCUBA wants to satisfy all of our guests. Therefore our multi lingual Divemasters guide only small groups with maximum three people. We choose the members of the group depending on there knowledge and there experiences under the water. Safety is the most important reason in our planning! Our professional team guarantee a maximum of safety because of there good knowledge, long year diving experiences and all time further education in medical first aid.
AMED SCUBA Dive Centre dives with Aqua Lung and Mares Dive equipment. We offer our new BCD´s and Wetsuits in the sizes from extra small until extra large. For your personal safety our equipment is in very good condition. Feel free to inspect our high quality equipment!
We want to satisfy all divers from beginners until divemaster. After a comprehensive briefing and an agreement in detail we choose together the possible dive sites depending on your interests. In advance we can do this over the internet:
halloscuba@yahoo.com
After the diving you can relax during the debriefing in our Restaurant with fresh fruit juice, soft drinks, Bali-coffee or an ice cold Bintang beer. Or you have dinner with a wonderful sea view. It is also possible to have a traditional Balinese massage for relaxation.
We suggest you to do your medical check up in your home country because it will have a better standard. If you come without your medical check to Bali AMED SCUBA dive school can help you to organize all you need in Bali.

CONTACT ADRESS AMED SCUBA BALI

AMED SCUBA DIVE CENTRE is located in the Amed - Bunutan in the North-East of Bali.

To Amed it is a two hours drive from Denpasar. Our transfer service from the airport or from the Kuta area is available upon request for 30 Euro per car (one way). We can also help you to find accommodation in the area of Amed, Tulamben, Kuta area or in Permuteran. Accommodation is available from budget bungalows starts from 9 Euro per night until comfortable boutique hotels for 130 Euro per night. You can also rent a private villa in the area for long or short term rental.

AMED SCUBA Dive Centre (in English, German and in Bahasa Indonesia)
Amed Beach
Karangasem
Bali 80852
halloscuba@yahoo.com
Or sent a mail to
sbick@gmx.de

Tel: +62(0)87762746327

AMED SCUBA OFFERS IN BALI

AMED SCUBA OFFERS IN BALI

DIVE TOUR
FUN DIVE
DIVE SAFARI
DIVE COURSE

AMED SCUBA DIVE CENTRE wants to show you a fascinating word under the water – welcome by our home by the sea. The sea covers over 71% of our wonderful blue planet - most of it unexplored until now. In one single dive you will see more wildlife than a lifetime in a forest. AMED SCUBA wants to make your holidays more beautiful with our FUN DIVES at all the different diving sites in Bali. Have a look in Amed Scuba’s description of all this different and interesting and best Dive Sites around Bali and choose to dive into this deep blue for a day or more! Our team leaded by a biologist love what we do. It is a pleasure for us to introduce you in the wonders of the ocean! We dive only in small groups with a maximum of tree divers per dive guide according to your level and personal requirements.
AMED SCUBA’s DIVE SAFARI is a dive package. You can choose your diving site in our area around Amed, Tulamben or Kubu. You will see all the different diving sites and you will not go twice to the same dive spot. The price for boat dives are in the package the same like shore dives. AMED SCUBA Dive Centre is located in the area of Amed and Tulamben which offers the most beautiful dive sites in Bali. In this underwater world lives a rich array of fish, coral and marine life you will find nowhere else in the world. We are sure you will gain unforgettable memories at all or our diving sites around Amed and Tulamben and Kubu.
AMED SCUBA’s DIVE TOUR guides us to different dive sites all over Bali and to magical unique and wonderful places to find the real Bali. From the north to the south we will travel together to the most spectacular and wonderful dive sites all over this beautiful island. With our sightseeing program, together with our natural warm, tranquil and friendly staff and with diving we can explore this wonderful underwater world around Bali. In one or two weeks we will not only show you the most spectacular dive sites of the island; we will also show you the charm of Bali and of the Balinese people and there culture and religion.
Our dive school offers the full range of PADI DIVE-COURSES ranging from introductory in diving for beginners until Divemaster the professional level in diving. PADI is the world’s largest diving association and gives great concern to the safety of diving.

SYMBIOSIS IN A CORAL REEF IN BALI

Symbiosis in the Coral Reef

The tropical Indo-Pacific is the world’s richest marine bio geographical area. The centre of this biologically rich area is an underwater triangle between Australia, the Philippines and Indonesia. If you want to identify all of the animals you will find here in the untouched pristine coral gardens you will need a lot of time and lots of good field guides but even than so many species are unknown by now. The pristine coral reefs combine the discrepancies of the species richest communities in our biosphere but in the same time the poorness of nutrients and space for this huge marine life. These conditions necessarily affect the sensitive and complex developed ecosystem to find a balance between the rare resources and the biodiversity richness which have to work together in a very sensitive way.
Therefore the concurrence for the rare resources inside the coral garden brings a fight between the fittest of the different species for there survival. In this case the animals had to develop complex mechanism of communication and adaptability between each other. The most conmen form to live together -you can find in the reef - is the symbiosis (sym [gr.] = together and bios [gr.] = life). A symbiosis is a shared life between different species which brings everybody of the partners more success and benefit.
But also if these symbioses between the different species are well developed it is still a concurrence between each of them for the available rescores.
We can divide three different types of symbiosis:

Comensalism

The benefit is here not given for both of the different species. One of the species have the profit of this relationship but the other have no detriment.
For example the Slender Suckerfish (Echeneis naucrates) suck himself with his back fins on a bigger fish,
The back fin is from the morphology formed like a suching plate based on vacuum.
With this organ he can suck on bigger fishes.

Here they find a society working together for food and protection which seem to be more comfortable for the Slender Suckerfish than for the other fish.
Who reaps the benefit of the symbiosis association is difficult to classify specially under the water because of the complex interrelation. Later they find out that also the landlord profit from the symbiosis too because he gets cleaned from the parasites. In this case we call it a facultative symbiosis.
Apart from the reason that it is difficult to categorise complex phenomena especially under the water never the less to classify the kind of interacting is depending on the topical results of research.


Facultative Symbioses

In facultative symbioses both of the partners have a benefit from the interaction but they can still live without each other.
For example the Cleaner fish (Labroides dimiatus)
In a cleaner station the little cleaner fish clean other species from there parasites.
Also if the area for cleaning is every time the same the fishes which want to be cleaned are changing all the time.

Obligate Symbiosis
An example for an obligate symbiosis is the cooperation between the zooxanthella algae and its coral polyp.
For both of the partners it became impossible to survive for a longer period by there own without the other one.

DIVE SAFARI IN BALI: AMED, TULAMBEN, KUBU

DIVE SAFARI IN BALI

AMED SCUBA’s Dive Safaris discover the area around Amed, Tulamben and Kubu with diving which offers richness of species and all the beauty of one of the best dive sites in Bali. If you want to be able to count and identify all of these animals you will see on your diving trip, you will need lots of time and guide books. The variety of sites will show you different kind of fishes, corals and marine life, you will never forget. We suggest booking a dive safari because the package is much cheaper if you want to make more than two dives. During the dive safari you will stay in your hotel where we will pick you up. When you choose to dive with us you will be guided by our professional dive guides for minimum two dives a day.
During nine dives you discover – including one night dive – the dive sites: Amed, Jemeluk, Tulamben Drop off, Tulamben Shipwreck, Tulamben Coral Garden, Kubu, Bunutan, Japanese Shipwreck. The price for nine dives is 180 Euro.
If you buy ten dives in your dive safari package you discover – including two night dives – the dive sites: Amed, Jemeluk, Tulamben Drop off, Tulamben Shipwreck, Tulamben Coral Garden, Kubu, Monkey Reef, Bunutan, Japanese Shipwreck. The price for ten dives is 200 Euro.
The price for eleven dives is 210 Euro.
This special safari will bring you to other dive sites in Bali. You will discover the dive sites: Amed, Jemeluk, Monkey Reef, Tulamben drop off, Tulamben Shipwreck, Batu Kelebit, Seraya, Gili Selang, Japanese Shipwreck, Blue Lagoon, White Beach, Kubu and Coral Garden. The price for 12 dives is 225 Euro.
The prices including equipment as good as new, professional dive guide, transportation by car and boot to the dive sides, snacks, fruits and water after diving.
The pick up from any accommodation in the area of Amed, Tulamben or Kubu is free. We charge for transfers from any hotel out site this area 30 Euro extra.
After the diving you can relax during the debriefing in our garden with fresh fruit juices, free tea and coffee, soft drinks, or an ice cold Bintang beer. Or you can have dinner with a wonderful sea few. It is also possible to have a traditional Balinese massage for relaxation.

DIVE TOUR AROUND BALI

DIVE TOUR AROUND BALI
WITH AMED SCUBA

Welcome, Selamat Datang to our diving and traveling tour program around Bali!
For thousands of years the thriving marine life around Bali has remained virtually untouched. This underwater world now offers a rich array of fish and coral which you find nowhere else in the world. With diving we can explore this new underwater world. We are sure you’ll gain unforgettable memories at all of our diving sites in Bali. But Bali offers more! The combination of beautiful, varied diving and plenty to do onshore makes Bali one of the world’s best destinations for a long dive holiday.
Bali belongs one of the best dive sites in the world. The Balinese people will welcome you with there patience and natural hospitality and you will come in touch with there physical, cultural and religious life as well. In this beautiful area you can visit temples; you can go tracking or fishing.
Bali is the perfect place to combine travelling with diving. The island is one of the most beautiful places on earth: white secret beaches, blue sea, and mystic temple in lonely places, rice fields and colourful smell in tropic nights. If you come in contact with the wonderful friendly Balinese People you will agree with them that there island is a present of god, a peace of heaven fallen from the sky. This apply to the area over and under the water which are famous for there variety of species and different dive sides.
In Bali you can dive the whole year through but the best time is outside the rainy season from March until November.
You will have a visibility from over 30 meter. The most interesting dive sides are located from the northwest until the southeast of Bali. We have arranged a tour which offers our guests to see all the beauty of Bali and the religion and culture life of the Balinese People. In one or in two weeks you can do 10 / 20 dives and you can discover all the beauty of this wonderful island.
Have a look on Amed Scuba´s diving tour program in Bali!

ONE WEEK TOUR: BALI with AMED SCUBA

ONE WEEK BALI SCUBA DIVE TOUR

(Seven days, six nights and 10 dives, price only 499. -Euro)
Bali offers some absolutely stunning diving with beautiful coral gardens and rocky Drop Offs, shipwrecks, big schools of Jackfish, Imperator fish, interesting muck diving places for photographers. Everybody will be satisfied by the offers of this magnificent Bali Sea. In Amed Scuba’s small dive tour around Bali we will guide you in only seven days to some of the best dive sites of our wonderful island and we will show you the beauty of nature over and under the sea. On the way to our dive sites we pass scenic rice terraces, nice and remote temples and of course we will see some Balinese ceremonies and the real life in Bali.

1. Day
We will pick you up from the airport or from your hotel. Our journey will bring us along some of the most beautiful rice terrace of Bali and lead us along the blue coastline to the base of Amed Scuba in Amed Bunutan.
Here you will stay for a few nights in a bungalow near by the sea with fan and mosquito net. AC bungalows are available for a higher price.
If your plane arrives in the morning we have the chance to do our first relaxed dive after the arrival and the equipment check in Amed. In a secure bay you can check your skills before we go into a colourful coral garden and wall.

2. Day
Directly after the breakfast we start early to dive from the beach into the U.S.A.T. Liberty. You will find the shipwreck near the beach wonderful encrusted with corals and you can see lots of colourful reef fishes like Imperator Fish, Ghost Pipe Fish, Sweet lips, a huge solitary Barracuda, a huge Jackfish group, a Pygmy Seahorse, Nudibranches…. The American ship was torpedoed by the Japanese in the Second World War in the Street of Lombok and sank at the beach in Tulamben.
The second dive will guide us to a beautiful Drop Off falling down to 69 meters. We start also from the shore and we will dive against a smooth current which will bring us back to the place from where we started.
After a pause and the dinner we can show you a traditional Balinese village living from the Arak production. Here you can see the process of burning the strong alcohol made by palm trees and you can taste the differences of the high proof schnapps.
You will stay in the same bungalow in Amed like the night before.
(Another specialty of the area is Babi Guling (suckling pig) or Bebec Toto (duck made with special Balinese herbals). Ask us if you want to know more!

3. Day
After the breakfast we dive in Amed which is a little quiet fishing village. The people of Amed live from tourism, fishing and salt panning which you can see here at the beach.
Our first dive will be in the bay of Jemeluk. Here we find a wonderful Drop Off covered with variety of corals and huge sponges. This wall is full of different species and with colourful fish.
With a traditional Balinese fishing boot we sail to our second dive spot at Bunutan and go into an interesting drift dive or we go muck diving in Amed Ghost Bay. Here you can see the reef-rebuilding and photographer will find lots of interesting muck at this diving site like Harlequin Ghostpipefish, Morays, Pygmy Seahorse…. After the dives and a break you have the possibility to see the beautiful water palace Tirta Gangga. Here you can swim in the sweet water pools or relax.
We will stay in our accommodation.
It is possible to do our night dive in Jemeluk or in Tulamben.

4. Day
After the breakfast we drive in the little fishing village Kubu a few kilometres away from Tulamben. Here we will dive directly from the beach in two very pretty dive places with rich variety of coral formation. Kubu and monkey reef offers next to the corals a lot of small animals and marine life. With a little luck you can see also reef sharks and turtles.
After the diving we can drive along a scenic coast road and visit Ujung the summer palace of the last king of Karangasem. The water palace was built in 1920 and shows an interesting architecture mix in European, Chinese and Balinese stile. A big part was destroyed from the lava of the Gunung Agung from 1963. The palace was rebuilt with the money from the World Bank and you will get an impression of the life of the old Balinese king and his hundreds of wife.
In Amlapura we will find a big shopping centre with ATM and a traditional local market where we can stop if you need something to buy.

5. Day
With our luggage we move to Padang Bai. Padang Bai is located between Singaraja and Candi Dasa and a perfect location for relaxation on pristine white sand beaches.
After we check in into our bungalows with mosquito net and fan in front of and the white beach we will start our boat dives at the dive sites at Blue Lagoon and White Beach. Here you will find beautiful walls and coral gardens with a variety of different species. You will see a lot of “critters” and in the depth of 20 meters you can meet sleeping reef sharks. In the time from august to September sometimes moon fishes appear.
Blue Lagoon is a wonderful beach for snorkelling, it has white sand but it is much smaller than White Beach. White Beach offers pristine white sand and a couple of small warungs for a nice snack and cold drinks. But here can be sometimes bigger waves. For families we recommend the main beach where no waves are and there for it will be safer for your small children. The black sand beach is a pretty location for a walk. The black sand between the gemstone crystal-clear water and the lush green areas is very scenic. Padang Bai is also a cultural destination with one of the oldest temples in Bali.
We stay one night in our bungalow in Padang Bai.

6. Day
From Padang Bai we will drive to Menjangan Island. If the time is right we can make a pause in Klungkung to visit the old Judge hall with interesting frescos. We will visit Besakih the mother temple of the Balinese and see the nice view of the mystic water temple of Ulu Danu and we can visit the local herbal marked in Bedugul or the botanical garden of Bali. Overnight we stay in a nice bungalow with fan and mosquito net directly at the beach near Permuteran. The area has a swimming pool directly at the beach. In the small restaurant at the beach they offer fresh seafood for fair prices. The accommodation includes breakfast. You can have a bungalow with air-condition for a little bit more money.
Directly after the breakfast we go to the office of the Bali Barat national park. Here start our boat to the Island Menjangan which belongs to the national park. Fishing is forbidden and therefore we have a good chance to see also big fish. On the island you find the oldest temple in Bali where the Balinese people are celebrating there full-moon ceremonies.
The first dive will be in Pos Dua along a drop off with caves in it. We can see a lot of coral formation and huge fish.
After the dinner on the beach you can go snorkelling, relax or visit the oldest temple of Bali on Menjangan Island.
Depending on the current and your interest we will decide where we will go for the next dive around the island.
We recommend you the restaurants at the beach side where you can enjoy the fresh seafood which comes directly from the fisherman on your plate for very fair prices. (Fresh barracuda, tuna with rice for app. two Euro. Or try the tasty Sate Lilith- spicy fish skewer - or Pepes Ikan, spicy fish in banana leave)
7. Day
Depending on the conditions of the dive sites and your personal interest you can choose your dive site after the breakfast. We can make a boat dive in Gilli Mimpang, Gilli Tepekong or Gili Biaha.
We will organize a little dinner with soft drinks and bring you afterwards to your new hotel or to the airport. If you should leave this day or the next with the plane you can do the dive at another day.
This dive holiday is planed that you will find your time for diving, relaxing and feeling good.
With this package you will book nine day dives and one night dive, which you can also dive in the day if you want. Therefore you can miss one of the 14 offered dives or you can buy more to your package. We will be flexible for you!
The price includes: Transfer from and to the airport or another destination on Bali, ten dives, all equipment as good as new, the English or German speaking divemaster, lots of information about biology and history of Bali from your personal guide who will guide you during the dives and the tour, six nights in bungalows with fan and breakfast, soft drinks, fruits and snacks.
The price for this one week tour is only 499,-Euro per person!
For this tour we need minimum two divers! If you are non diver you are welcome to accompany us and you will pay only 50 percent of the price.
For air-condition you have to add 55, - Euro more per person.