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Thresher Sharks in Lembongan

By Conservation, Underwater Life, Updates
Thresher Sharks

Thresher Shark

The high season (July to October) is normally highlighted by the chance to see the Mola (Sunfish). Though this has been true for this high season, we have also had increased sightings of thresher sharks; another amazing and rare creature!

Thresher sharks have been seen around Lembongan before, but it was a rare occasion and often deep (30 – 40 meters). Through the months of September and October, the chance of seeing a thresher has jumped up dramatically.

These thresher sharks have been spotted shallower than normal, around 20 – 30 meters, cursing by our divers on the north coast of Nusa Penida. Not all the thresher sharks have been spotted that deep. One was spotted during a PADI Discover Scuba Dive and another was spotted during dive 4 of the PADI Open Water course.

Lets take a look at some interesting facts about Threshers

  • How to identity a thresher shark
  • How do thresher sharks hunt
  • Threats to thresher sharks
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Premium Diving with Personalized Service

By PADI, Underwater Life

Premium Diving Service

Personalized Diving Service

A big part of what makes Twin Island Dive Lembongan special and different from others, is our premium diving service that caters for a personalised diving experience. Whether you have never dived before or dived thousands of times, Twin Island Dive Lembongan is able to adjust our service to fit your personal needs.

To ensure our premium diving service, we offer small groups. Having small diving groups allows us to more easily provide a custom and personal experience for you.

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Wobbegong Sharks in Lembongan

By Underwater Life

The Lazy Wobbegong Shark

Among the many creatures that can be spotted around Lembongan and Penida, one interesting one is the Wobbegong Shark. As of late, we have been seeing more and more of these strange creatures.

This got Kipp thinking;

  • Are these sharks seasonal?
  • Do they migrate?
  • Where does their name came from?
  • How do they move around and hunt?

Let’s dive in and help Kipp answer these questions!

Wobbegong Shark

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Drift Diving in Lembongan

By PADI, Underwater Life

Drift Diving

Lembongan is known for its drift diving. There are some ‘horror’ stories on the internet, from people that had an unfortunate dive in current. With the correct information, a knowledgeable dive centre and correct procedures, drift diving can be a lot of fun!

Some of the best coral reefs around the islands of Lembongan, Penida and Ceningan is on the north coast or in the channel between Ceningan and Penida. It is common off these parts of the islands, to find current. This current can range from close to no current at all, to a brisk push along the dive site.

The current is one of the main reasons that the coral reef is so healthy. This current brings nutrient rich waters to the area, which allows the coral reef to feed. Having a healthy coral reef provides homes for reef fish and juvenile fish. Having a coral reef that is full of fish, provides food for bigger predator fish. And all this together, creates our underwater ecosystem.

Coral Reefs while drift diving in Lembongan

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When to Visit Lembongan (Jan – July)

By Underwater Life, Updates

When to Visit Lembongan this New Year!

Planing on making a trip to visit Lembongan for diving in 2019?

With talks of low / high season and rainy / dry season, it is hard to know when the best time is to come and visit Lembongan.

Here, we are going to break things down, month by month for the first 6 months of 2019 to help give you an idea of how things are. Looking at the conditions, weather, wind, waves, fish life, tourism and island life, we hope to help you pick the correct month for your needs to visit Lembongan

Visit Lembongan - Main Beach

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Rays in Lembongan

By Underwater Life

Manta Rays are not the only type of rays that we get in Lembongan!


Blue Spotted Stingrays in Lembongan

Rays in Lembongan!


Lembongan area is known as a great spot to see manta rays. These beautiful creatures can be seen all year round on the south coast of Nusa Penida. The southern coastline of Penida provides and amazing environment for the manta ray cleaning stations and feeding stations.

As amazing as the manta rays are, mantas are not the only type of ray that we get to see underwater!

Let’s take a look at three different types of rays that are possible to see, while diving in Lembongan, besides manta rays.

These three are:

  • Blue Spotted Stingray
  • Eagle Ray
  • Marble Ray

Manta rays in Lembongan

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PADI Deep Certification and Molas

By PADI, Underwater Life

Mola in the blue

Molas / Mola Mola / Sunfish!

Molas are the one creature that all divers hope to see while diving Lembongan during this time of the year! We often get asked, how to increase the chance of seeing these amazingly strange creatures? One bit of advice we give people is to take the PADI Deep Diver certification course. We are going to look at a few points about why doing the PADI Deep Diver certification course helps increase your chance to see a mola.

These points are:

  • Where molas spend most of there time
  • Dive sites where we often see the molas
  • Prerequisites for the PADI Deep certification
  • What you will learn in the PADI Deep certification
  • How we link the Deep course and the hunt for molas

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Lembongan – Diving Environments and Dive Training

By Conservation, Underwater Life

Diving Nusa LembonganDiving Nusa Lembongan – Environments and Dive Training

Nusa Lembongan is found in the heart of Indonesia which arguably has the richest biodiversity found in South East Asia. With the open Indian Ocean below and the Bali Sea above, there are thousands of different species of the sea to be discovered. From the big Kings of the Ocean to the tiny critters which require an eagle eye to be found, diving Nusa Lembongan is a hidden gem.

Being open to the elements, the conditions at sea can get moderate, which makes diving Nusa Lembongan a top destination to further your diving education. Water temperatures have stayed slightly lower around Bali and its surrounding islands, and with medium to strong currents of nutrient rich waters. Lembongan is also home to a reasonable size mangrove area.

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2017: Diving in Lembongan Year in Review – Underwater Creatures

By Underwater Life, Updates

What a year 2017 has been for diving Lembongan and Twin Island Dive.

2017 marks a large landmark for Twin Island Dive. 2017 was our 2nd full year of running and our 1st high season, diving Lembongan, with our new team team. With the exciting new team, an amazingly busy high season and wonderful underwater sights, 2017 has brought joy to so many, while diving Lembongan. Over the next few weeks, we are going to be looking at the highlights of the year.

This first blog will be looking at the underwater creatures we found while diving Lembongan in 2017. Read More

Little Creatures of Lembongan

By Underwater Life

Little Creatures of Lembongan

Little Creatures in Lembongan

Lembongan is very much know for it’s large creatures. A lot of divers come to the area to dive with the manta rays and the molas. As the mola season comes to a close, let us have a look at the cool little creatures that we find around the Lembongan and Penida dive sites.

When the currents are calm on the north coast of Nusa Penida, this offer an amazing opportunity to have a good look around the soft corals for some crazy nudibranchs, shrimps and crabs.

Some of our favorite creatures that we like to point out to our guests are; orangutan crabs, hairy squat lobsters, ‘sexy’ shrimps and whip coral shrimp.

Although these small creatures seem hard to find at first, once you know where to look, they are quiet common here.

Below you will found some information about each of these creatures, what they look like and where to find them. We hope with this information, you will be able to find some of these creatures on your next dive in Lembongan. Read More