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USS Liberty in Bali - Highly Wreck-ommended!

12/3/2017

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I love wreck dives, it’s as simple as that. If I hear of a shipwreck which can be dived when I am visiting a country, then sign me up, I’m there baby!
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If you love your scuba diving then the USS Liberty Wreck off the north coast of Bali is somewhere you should add to your diving bucket list. It regularly charts in the World’s Top 10 Wreck Dives and it’s easy to see why. On the day we dived her; a hot February Monday morning, the sea temperature was 29 degrees, the visibility easily 25 metres and the conditions were calm and relaxing – what more can you ask for in a dive?

Giant Napoleon (Maori) Wrasse? Triggerfish? Sweetlips and Grouper? Nudibranch, Orangutan Crab, Leaf Scorpion Fish? How about beautiful coral formations and hauntingly stunning visuals of a vertical wreck? If this whets your appetite, get yourself over to Tulamben in Bali and you will experience all of this… and more!

The USAT Liberty (to quote its correct name) is a 120-meter long cargo ship first launched in June 1918. During World War II on 11 January 1942 en route from Australia to the Philippines with a cargo of railway parts and rubber, she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Lombok Strait. She was able to limp back to shore but, unable to quite make port, its captain steered the ship onto the beach at Tulamben so the cargo and fittings could be salvaged. She remained here until 1963, when lava flow from nearby Mount Agung’s last great volcanic eruption pushed her back into the water where she now rests.
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When we were staying in Amed, north Bali, we used Bintang Divers due to their 5* reviews on Trip Advisor (including our own) and they were top notch! We could not have asked for a better dive master than Brata who has been guiding the USS Liberty for over 21 years. He catered to our every needs – I wanted to see the big stuff and Sy loves the macro world, so he pointed out both and took as around at such a cool, relaxed pace, we were able to really get a feel for how much this fascinating ship has to offer. 
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The USS Liberty sits on a slopping bed of black volcanic sand and, due to her part-vertical sunken position and only 30 metres from the stone beach, she is accessible not just by Advanced Divers but by snorkelers (the top is 3 metres below the surface), newbies wanting to do a DSD (Discover Scuba Diver) as well as free divers.

I will talk no more though, I could wax lyrical about this amazing dive site, the fabulous dive company we used, the dive guide who helped make our day so special and how I personally felt that both our dives were a 10/10, but a picture paints a 1,000 words – and so here are my 1,000 words!
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Have you dived the USAT Liberty? Did you enjoy it as much as we did? If you haven't dived it, is it now on your list? Let us know in the comments below, we would be delighted to hear from you!

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20 Comments
Margit Linnebjerg
12/3/2017 06:57:21 pm

We did this dive (Liberty) several times with Brata - it is spectacular and he is the best divemaster in Bali! Will never dive with anyone else there. So relaxed and skilled. We will be back 😘

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Simon link
22/3/2017 05:00:38 am

Brilliant, we loved Brata as well! Great guy and a great dive site, what else do you need?

Thanks for your comment :-)

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Shona @ paraphernalia.co link
17/3/2017 06:37:35 am

Wow, what an incredible opportunity. The colours, sea life and the fact the water was so clear produced some awesome photos. This really made me want to take up diving!

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Simon link
22/3/2017 05:01:26 am

Thank you very much - you should give diving a go, you never know you may end up loving it as much as we do!

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Rob+Ann @TravelLatte(.net) link
17/3/2017 10:41:46 pm

Wow, Angie - Great photos! It does look like a fun dive, and how accessible! You guys had a great day for finding critters, eh? That water is super clear. As always, thanks for sharing your adventures!

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Simon link
22/3/2017 05:02:57 am

Thank you very much! We would highly recommend this dive site for all diving levels, defo one for the bucket list.

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tracy collins link
18/3/2017 10:11:27 pm

This is the closest I will ever get - freaks me out a bit but I do enjoy the pictures are reading about your dives. Just don't tell me how big any of those fish were!!!!!#feetdotravel

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Simon link
22/3/2017 05:56:30 am

I laugh every time I read your comments Tracy! :-)

Glad you enjoy reading about our dive adventures, I hope one day you can jump in and have a look for yourself :-)

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Paul and Carole link
19/3/2017 09:15:58 am

This looks amazing. It is incredible the world that lives in the deep, kind of spooky too! Your photos are superb! #feetdotravel

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Simon link
22/3/2017 05:58:14 am

Yes it is always kind of eerie when you see man made structures underwater I have to say but that is part of the attraction I think. So pleased you like our photos, thank you very much :-)

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Travel Lexx link
19/3/2017 04:46:08 pm

Absolutely fantastic diving site and your photos are incredible. I have only done 4 dives so I am not even sure I can dive at shipwrecks with my basic Open Water license but I would love to explore somewhere like USS Liberty one day! Thanks for sharing

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Simon link
22/3/2017 06:00:07 am

The beauty of this site is that all dive levels can access this wreck as it is only 30m deep at the deepest edge and 5m at the shallowest and the conditions here are almost always good. We did see Discover Scuba divers there who are not even Open Water qualified so you can do this wreck :-)

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Scarlett Begonias link
22/3/2017 01:11:38 am

Highly wreck-ommended. I'm dying, that's hilarious! It is another world down there, so amazing. The fish that was in the sand was very interesting, do you know what type of fish that was? Great post, now we want to try diving. :)

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Simon link
22/3/2017 04:59:34 am

Glad you like the post title - I love cheesy title :-)

Yes I do, the fish in the sand is an Ocellated Flounder - one of the many types of sandy bottom dwellers. Good luck with diving, I'm sure you will love it as much as we do :-)

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Oana link
24/3/2017 07:08:04 am

Angie, the photos are absolutely stunning. I would love to dive there and see all the fish you saw. The water is super clear and the view down there is great. Love the name of the post. Thanks for sharing.

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wayfaringsarah link
24/3/2017 10:38:55 am

I've never done Scuba but wreck dives are the number reason I wanna try! So spectacularly beautiful yet eerie at the same time!

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Stephanie (1AdventureTraveler) link
24/3/2017 03:59:25 pm

Wow, what a great wreck to dive. Love the macro and wide angel photos and information on which dive company you recommend plus history information. I missed this dive when I was diving Indonesia and sorry I did. All the photos are my favorite but the one I like is where the blue tang is following you Angie. lol...so cute. Thanks for sharing :-)

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Sandy N Vyjay link
25/3/2017 06:24:29 am

Your 1000 words have made me speechless! The underwater life, the flora and fauna are stunning. I was glued to all those pictures and took my own sweet time to look at them and make plans about visiting this once!

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Siddharth and Shruti link
26/3/2017 08:28:07 am

Thank you for Wreck-ommending! Looks beautiful. Would love to try it. So beautiful. How much did it cost?

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David link
2/4/2017 08:41:42 pm

Looks great and so cool to get to swim up close to a wreck like that. As always, stunned by your underwater photos. What camera do you use to shoot underwater?

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