Mantas and Stingrays in Bali

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Danie is the co-owner (with his wife Esme) of the Diving World PADI Dive Centre in Benoni and has been scuba diving since 1976. Dive safety has always been a passion in his life. Danie is also a PADI Master Scuba Dive Instructor and also a qualified EFR Instructor. Danie has been doing underwater photography since 1977 and is currently concentrating on Underwater Videography. He has a Ocean Yacht Skippers ticket as well as a DOL skippers ticket for ski and dive boats. He is a DMAC/EDTC grade IIa Diving medicine physician and registered with the Department of Labour (DOL #293) At the Healthy Eye Clinic he is an Eye Specialist (HPCSA #MP 0182311) doing mainly cataract & refractive surgery :- "Glasses and contact lenses don't go well with watersports". Membership of dive medical societies: Committee member of South African Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Association (SAUHMA) Committee member of DAN South Africa. South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society (SPUMS) European Underwater & Baromedical Society (EUBS) Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) A rundown of his other diving related interests: Instructor Certificate of the South African Life Saving Society. Silver Cross Certificate of the South African Life Saving Society. South African Underwater Union (CIMAS) 3rd Class Scuba Diver Certificate 1976. Did a BASM course in Sports Medicine in Glasgow Scotland. Member of the British Association of Sport and Medicine. Member of the Federation Internationale de Medicine Sportive. Has Skippers Certificates for Ski Boats and Ocean Yachts. Course in Sports Medicine at the University of Bath, England 1993 -1995 He has a Turbine Helicopter Pilot license.

Many dive venues have Manta Points and Bali is no exception.Many dive venues have Manta Points.
The one in Bali is really excellent.

Huge, friendly peaceful giants just gently floating overhead like space motherships, make for all the ingredients of an excellent dive site. point is at Nusa Penida, a small island on the south eastern side of Bali.

It is a bit of a long boat ride to the site from Bali, about one hour, but well worth it.

The huge mantas keep on passing over your head like giant space motherships.

The hour that you spend in one spot watching them from the bottom passes so quickly. It’s just wonderful watching these large gracious creatures glide past overhead in the water.

There are also many rays in the area.

Bali Wreck Diving.

There are a few great wrecks to dive on the eastern side of Bali.

These are easy shore entry dives in clear, warm water.

The USAT Liberty wreck was an armed cargo steamship that was torpedoed by the Japanese in 1942. It lies in Tulamben Bay, which has a great drop off dive as well.

The Amed area also has Japanese wrecks to dive on.

Spaghetti Tube Worm Catching Live Fish

You often see these spaghetti tube worms lying over the rocks and on the sand.

This Spaghetti Tube Worm was recently filmed in Bali.
Caught in action whilst catching a live fish. So, they don’t only feed on drifting scraps.
The Spaghetti Tube Worm caught the fish and swallowed it.
You seldom see them catching a live fish for lunch!

What a good meal!
One of the other tentacles became very excited after this meal.