INDO-PACIFIC
Nusa Penida
- Indonesia
- Experienced
- July - October
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Experienced
- Depth guide
- Varies by reef
- When to go
- July - October
- Site type
- Mantas & Sunfish
Featured wildlife
- Reef manta ray
- Bumphead sunfish
About this dive site
Manta rays and seasonal mola mola around one rugged island.
Nusa Penida pairs Manta Bay and Manta Point cleaning stations with cold upwellings at sites like Crystal Bay where ocean sunfish appear in season. Drift dives along the walls bring turtles, sharks and dense reef fish. Current and temperature swing quickly, choose sites daily with a Penida specialist.
Manta cleaning stations need calm positioning - let your guide set the line and keep a respectful distance. Calendar peak is July - October, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Nusa Penida day to day, not just the map pin.