Discover the best scuba diving in Gili Islands with Terumbu Divers. There are more than 20 dive sites for you to explore, from shallow to deep dives, slopes, steep wall, drifts, night or wreck dives.
Turtles are everywhere.
Hans reef
All level
Gili Air
Coral bommies and a shallow coral garden and artificial reefs.
Cowfish, big pufferfish, sole are usual with sometimes nudibranchs, hermit crabs, stonefish or frogfish
Good spot for turtles.
Air corner
All level
Gili Air
A chain of bommies. Spot the scorpionfish, lionfish and shrimps around them.
The deepest bommie has a great abundance of fish of very varied sizes.
Secret garden
All level / Advanced
Gili Air
A hidden dive site with a shallow coral garden. For Advanced divers nice big pinnacles with many fish, turtles.
Often a school of Batfish.
Air slope
All level
Gili Air
A slope with nice corals. At the bottom some small bommies, sometimes with a Leaf scorpionfish.
Many green turtles.
Air wall
All level
Gili Air
Max depth 30m
A drop off with many soft corals
The dive begins on a slope with coral bommies and finish with the wall.
The current could be strong
Whitetip reef sharks could be spotted at the bottom.
Sire reef
All level
Pantai Sire
Beautiful coral reef with many juvenile fishes.
No current.
A very good spot to try dive and for the first dives of a PADI Open water course.
Mirko reef
All level / Advanced
Gili Meno
Max depth +30m
A plateau and a series of ridges. Beautiful and preserved reef off the coast of Gili Meno.
Many seafan, huge table of corals. School of fish, sometimes reef sharks
We dive there only if the current is not to strong.
Turtle city
All level
Gili Meno
Hidden underwater hill. The summit is about 8 m deep and the base of the hill is 30 meters deep. On top of the hill or around the hill, it is common to find many green turtles. It’s a turtle paradise. School of fusiliers, jacks, damsel fish, mackerel.
Nice coral reef on 2 sides of the hill.
Sometimes, the current can be very strong.
Meno utara
All level
Gili Meno
Slope of the island, many turtles, schools of fusiliers, sergeant major fish are usually spotted.
Some nice anemones with clowfish.
Juvenile whitetip reef sharks in some small cavities
A drift dive.
Meno wall
All level
Gili Meno
2 small walls. The first wall is 18 meters deep and the second wall goes down to 24 meters. You will dive along a wall of hanging corals, anemones with clownfish, school of snappers, sweetlips, sea fans, angel fish, scorpion fish, turtles and nudibranchs. Occasionally, an eagle ray or some Humphead Parrotfish will surprise you.
Meno slope
All level
Gili Meno
Gentle slope starting from 5 meters to 30 meters. Sandy slope with coral blocks. Usually both green turtles and hawksbill turtles can be seen easily.
It is common to see some scorpion fish, moray eel, nudibranchs. Sometimes, it’s a surprise to see rhinopias, frogfish, leaf scorpionfish, stonefish or eagle ray.
Bounty wreck
All level
Gili Meno
A large sunken floating pontoon that sank in a storm in 2002, on which the Bounty cruise ship used to dock on.
This shallow wreck is a great introduction to wreck diving.
At the start of the dive a huge seafan. A nice bommie is near the wreck at 15m deep.
Halik
All level
Gili Trawangan
The reef is shallow, starts from 6m to 15m. Usually, mild drift along the small wall of 2m to 3m of coral, enjoying the rich marine life and sea fan.
Juvenile white tip reef sharks in cavities.
Surgeon fish, turtles, shrimps, snappers, damsel fish, anemone fish, fairy basslets, lion fish, scorpion fish, grouper, trigger fish are commonly seen there.
Shark point
All level
Gili Trawangan
Name of the dive site implies that it is possibly to come across sharks on this site. It is a slope covered with soft and hard corals starting from 6m to 18m. Followed by underwater hills with coral blocks till 30m deep.
Besides sharks, you can almost be sure to see numerous green and hawksbill turtles, especially the impressive large green turtles. Sometimes, school of humphead parrot fish, snappers, jackfish or batfish will surround you and become part of their own specie.
Glenn Nusa
Advanced
Gili Trawangan
Our newest dive sites. The wreck is a tug boat named “Glenn Nusa II”, she was sunk to create an artificial reef for marine life on a sandy bottom where there are no coral reefs. The wreck is sitting at 30m deep, measuring 18 meters long. Due to the flat sandy bottom, the ship wreck is exposed to strong currents, therefore, may not be accessible when the current is very strong.
It is possible to penetrate the wreck with a Wreck Specialty certification.
Deep Halik
Advanced
Gili Trawangan
Deep underwater hills parallel to the coast. The hills are covered with corals and sea whips, wide varieties of fishes, sting ray and possible sighting of reef shark.
The top of the hill starts from 25m and slopping down to more than 30m.
Due to the depth of the site, the reef is very well preserved. Often you can spot enormous green turtle hanging out around the hills.
Sunset point
All level
Gili Trawangan
This is a gentle sloping plateau, covered with hard and soft coral, including the famous beautiful blue coral. Turtles, sharks (Blacktip and whitetip), cuttlefish, sting ray, bat fish, moray eel, barracuda and many other species make this dive site one of the most sought dive site in the Gili islands.
From October to March, sometimes surprise sighting of manta ray or mobulas will make you feel unbelievable lucky.
Biorocks
All level
Gili Trawangan
Slope with steel structures (called biorocks) placed to encourage coral regeneration. A small electrical current passes through some structures to allow the coral to grow faster than normal.
