Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida

Located on the west-side of Nusa Penida Island, Crystal Bay has two coral reef formations separated by sand slopes. The combination of slopes and walls that form the topography at this dive site goes down to more than 50 meters and meets with large rock which is an ideal place for a cleaning station for sunfish.

Critters at this site

Crystal Bay plays host to many different marine species. There is much hard and soft coral, which sustains healthy populations of turtles, fish, and macro marine life.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata12 obs.

Boring Giant Clam

Tridacna crocea4 obs.

Sky Blue Phyllidia

Phyllidia coelestis2 obs.

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi2 obs.

Tiled Sea Star

Fromia monilis2 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Doriprismatica balut2 obs.

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus1 obs.

Bullock's Hypselodoris

Hypselodoris bullockii1 obs.

Magnificent Chromodoris

Chromodoris magnifica1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops aduncus1 obs.

Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus1 obs.

Mourning Dorid

Jorunna funebris1 obs.

シボリイロウミウシ

Chromodoris strigata1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Echinopora lamellosa1 obs.

Hydroide

Distichopora1 obs.

Desirable Flabellina

Coryphellina exoptata1 obs.

Green Barrel Sea Squirt

Didemnum molle1 obs.

Indian Sea Star

Fromia indica1 obs.

Needle-spined Urchin

Echinostrephus aciculatus1 obs.

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas1 obs.

Day Octopus

Octopus cyanea1 obs.

Pearl Bubble Coral

Physogyra lichtensteini1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Goniopora de Blainville, 18302 obs.

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Svamp

Axinella badungensis2 obs.