Manta Point 

Manta Point located at shouthest of Nusa Penida and 45 minute from harbor. 

MANTA POINT AND MANTA BAY (MANTA POINT 1 AMD 2)

There are two manta ray dive sites a the south coast of Nusa Penida wh h provide stunning scenery, rugged u water topographies featuring Sw mthroughs, drop-offs, walls and sl pes crashing waves and, of course, the tunity to dive with one of the most ma tic and graceful marine creatures f ocean planet.

Both sites are located in front f st limestone cliffs and are best dived conditions are flat and calm. Big swe Is or strong winds can cause crashing waves that result in strong surges u water that can move divers back an 10 meters at a time! The bottom accomodation of these sites is mainly rock. with close-cropped corals as the su makes it difficult for upward grow Both sites havewhite sandy and large underwater boulders we have fallen from the cliffs over these makes excellent swim throughs mantas at the cleaning station, pick one and hiding places for lobsters, resting of the sandy channels and follow it away bamboo sharks and small stingrays. from the cliffs. The site slopes down to Manta Point (also known as Manta 1 around 18 meters and then very graduor Batu Lumbung) is situated on the ally continues down to a large sandy southeasterly pointof Nusa Penida.The — patch at 40 meters. On the sand there are scenery here is incredible: staggering freguently large numbers of blue spotted limestone cliffs with waves beating at stingrays. Another option is to drop in on their feet, small white sand coves and the westerly side of the bay where there rock pinnacles. The entry point for the is a drop-off to 30 meters. Manta Point is dive is up against the cliffs in a small home to the larger, more mature mantas, bay, slightly west of the outcropping of and on days when the water is plankt ntwo large rocks, the most southerly lookrich the mantas will be on the surfa e ing like a shoe. Divers enter the water feeding with their cephalic fins rolled close to the cliffs and descend toaround ‘down, making their mouths seem like 8 meters where thereis a huge boulder — enormous caverns swimming towards which forms a natural cleaning station you. These animals are harmless, th ugh, forthe mantas. These amazing creatures and will come incredibly close if you will literally waitin line fortheirturnto — remain still and calm. Chasing them for swim up the rock and then hover above a closer look is counterproductive as they it whilst the cleaner fish go to work. On will leave the area. days when there are many mantas here Manta Bay (Manta II orTelaga Sakti s for cleaning, divers need not venture any also situated in the south coast of Pen a furtherthan this one spot (see guidelines butnotas fareastas Mantal.Thest s on diving with Mantas and Mola, page actually three large bays which get p 59). Fora deeper dive, or if there are no gressively deeper from west to east fnm

The coral coverage here is predominantly hard coral and in the deeper areas there are interesting coral formations, bommies growing upwards and patches of staghorn coral. Navigation is simple as it is just a case of following the cliffs around the bays. The mantas here tend to be smaller juveniles keeping to the shallows and feeding on the surface. Manta sightings here can be sporadic and less reliable than at Manta Point.

Being on the south side of Penida, both of these sites are prone to cooler water temperatures from July to October.