Deep Reef
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About this site
Deep Reef is a submerged plateau in Pemuteran Bay on the north west coast of Bali, found in 1996 and one of the bay's signature advanced dives. Its steep sides rise from 38 metres to a top at 12 metres, and it is a five to ten minute boat ride from the beach.
The plateau carries some of the largest table corals in the bay, and giant leather corals fold across the steep sides, along with big plate sponges and barrel sponges. Red flaming scallops sit tucked under overhangs. Eagle rays cruise the deeper edge in the colder months, from June to September, which are the best time for rays and schooling pelagics, and schools of fusiliers and jacks pass through reliably.
The depth and the colder, current-touched water keep the reef in unusually good health. Surface conditions in the bay are sheltered most of the year, but visibility here varies more than at the shallower sites.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
Eagle rayEagle rayReported here · unconfirmed
Ocellaris AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellarisReported here · unconfirmed
Blue LinckiaLinckia laevigataReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate GhostpipefishSolenostomus paradoxusReported here · unconfirmed
Orangestripe TriggerfishBalistapus undulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Vagabond ButterflyfishChaetodon vagabundusReported here · unconfirmed
Eastern Triangle ButterflyfishChaetodon baronessaReported here · unconfirmed
Doublebar RabbitfishSiganus virgatusReported here · unconfirmed
Geometric GoniobranchusGoniobranchus geometricusReported here · unconfirmed
Lagoon DamselHemiglyphidodon plagiometoponReported here · unconfirmed
FusilierFusilierReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
SweetlipsSweetlipsReported here · unconfirmed
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