2 Dives at Gili Selang

The small island of Gili Selang lies on Bali’s furthest eastern tip. Your dive generally starts on the black sand slope which is dotted with nudibranchs and an abundance of other macro critters including gobies. The slope becomes a healthy, sheltered reef at a mere 4m and is a rich mixture of many, multi-coloured soft and hard corals. Here we expect visibility of 20-25 m, although there can be thermoclines meaning water temp can be between 20-30°C, and that you will see Yellow margin morays, schooling Big-eyed trevally, cuttlefish, and Pygmy seahorses on the Gorgonian sea fans. The interesting and rich sand slope to the north of the island has some stands of hard branching corals and occasional bommies, the deeper areas of the slope are more protected and therefore home to sea fans, soft corals, barrel sponges and coral bushes. As you follow the reef downwards, the sand slope on your left becomes a wall which is known for occasional ‘spinning’ currents, strong down current combined with a horizontal current from the other side of the channel. Here, and at the other less protected areas of Gili Selang, you may well see Black-tip and White-tip reef sharks, Eagle rays, turtles, Bluefin trevally, barracudas, Napoleon wrasse, Bumphead parrotfish and schooling batfish. If you have any questions, we can answer those through GetMyBoat’s messaging platform before you pay. Just hit, “Request to Book” and send us an inquiry for a custom offer.