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!
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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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