What Scuba Diving Nusa Penida ACTUALLY Looks Like 🇮🇩

What Scuba Diving Nusa Penida ACTUALLY Looks Like 🇮🇩

Hey everyone, wanted to share one of my latest scuba diving travel guides on Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia. This was easily some of the best dives of my life, encountering insane reefs, trains of manta rays, and mola molas.

Who's dove here before? What were some of your favorite sites and things about it?

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u/divemasteraustin — 2 months ago

Sunrise Scuba Diving Bali's Best Shipwreck (USAT Liberty)

Hey all, wanted to share a compilation of two dives I did at the USAT Liberty in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. I thought this was the best wreck dive I've done in my life, even better than the Thistlegorm. This site gets extremely crowded, so our group decided to dive it at sunrise.

Natural sounds were lost somehow during editing, so I put some music over the footage.

Have you dove here before?

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u/divemasteraustin — 2 months ago

Scuba Diving Chumphon Pinnacle in Koh Tao, Thailand 🇹🇭

Hey everyone, wanted to share my dive at Chumphon Pinnacle out of Koh Tao this week.

It was raining with cloud cover but underwater visibility remained clear. If it were sunny out, the colors would be much richer.

Not much I can do 🤷‍♂️

Let me know what you thought about this dive!

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u/divemasteraustin — 2 months ago

Diving Egypt's Remote Shipwreck Graveyard | Big Brother Island (El Ikwha) 🇪🇬

Hey all, wanted to share a video I put together of my dives at Big Brother Island (El Ikwha) while onboard an Egyptian Red Sea liveaboard. This dive was really unique as you hit two massive shipwrecks in one (Numidia and the Aida) and have a very high chance of running into thresher, hammerhead, silky, or reef sharks.

Let me know if you've dove this site before!

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u/divemasteraustin — 3 months ago

Diving a Greek Sea Cave Full of Elephant Fossils | Elephant Cave, Crete

Hey everyone, wanted to share my latest video covering my dive in Elephant Cave in Crete, Greece.

What makes this site unique is that, first off, it is a sea cave that is only accessible via scuba diving gear.

Once you're inside, you can take your regulators out and speak as normal.

There was a large collection of elephant fossils that are over 50,000 years old that were discovered inside of this cave in 1999.

Also, the views of the stalagmites and stalagmites are pretty insane. Let me know what you guys think and if you've dove this site before.

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u/divemasteraustin — 3 months ago
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Diving with Two Mola Molas at Crystal Bay Nusa Penida 🇮🇩

Hey all, here's a clip of my dive yesterday with two Mola Mola's at Crystal Bay in Nusa Penida. Shoutout to Fabio from Scuba Center Asia for helping us find them. These were around 110 ft deep, so I had to cross a pretty cold thermocline in order to get close enough for this shot!

u/divemasteraustin — 3 months ago
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6 Manta Ray Train Diving Manta Point 🇮🇩

Just encountered these six mantas diving Manta Point near Nusa Penida, Indonesia!

u/divemasteraustin — 3 months ago

What Scuba Diving the Dominican Republic ACTUALLY Looks Like

Hey everyone, wanted to share a video I made showing what it's like to scuba dive in the Dominican Republic from my trip there earlier this year.

In the video I explain where the best dive sites are according to local knowledge, as well as where to stay when you come here.

Even some beginner cave diving in here.

Hope you enjoy! Let me know if there's any sites that I missed.

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u/divemasteraustin — 3 months ago
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Snake Eel Burrowing Backwards at the USAT Liberty

Here's a cool shot of two snake eels I ran into at the USAT Liberty last week. My dive guide had initially pointed these out as Sea Kraits, but I did some research and it seems Sea Kraits head look a little different, and they're unable to burrow backwards like we see here. Still cool to see!

u/divemasteraustin — 3 months ago
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Two Mating Nudibranchs at the USAT Liberty

Hey all, here's some footage of two nudibranchs that looked to be mating while diving the USAT Liberty in Tulamben Bali, Indonesia, this past weekend.

u/divemasteraustin — 3 months ago

What Scuba Diving Türkiye ACTUALLY Looks Like

Just dropped my latest video, covering scuba diving in Türkiye.

I spent three weeks solo diving my way across the southwestern coast of Turkey, hitting the diving hotspots Antalya, Kemer, Tekirova, and Kaş.

Turkey has over 200 World War shipwrecks scattered across its waters, and I dove two of the most famous ones.

You also get to dive sunken tanks, plane wrecks, caves, canyons, and more.

Let me know what you think!

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u/divemasteraustin — 4 months ago
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Diving with an Endangered Mediterranean Monk Seal (Cleobulus Tomb 🇬🇷)

I went diving at the site Cleobulus Tomb in Rhodes, Lindos, Greece this week and encountered a critically endangered Mediterranean Monk seal inside of the cavern!

This was definitely a surprise as according to Wikipedia, as of 2015, there's less than 700 remaining in the wild. Definitely a peak diving experience for me. I made a short montage highlighting the dive.

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u/divemasteraustin — 4 months ago

Diving Egypt's Most Iconic Toilet Reef | Shark and Yolanda, Ras Mohamed

Released another video diving Shark and Yolanda Reef in Ras Mohamed National Park, Egypt.

Between the Yolanda wreck, 100ft+ visibility, thriving coral, giant barracudas, titan triggerfish, and more, this was easily one of the best dives of my life.

Who here has dove the site? Is it the best in Ras Mohamed?

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u/divemasteraustin — 4 months ago

Diving the Saint Didier a WW2 Shipwreck in Antalya, Turkey 🇹🇷

Hey all, just released a new video diving the Saint-Didier shipwreck in Antalya, Turkey.

I tell the story of the WWII Vichy French supply ship that the British sank twice in 1941. It still has cannon cartridges, cars, rifles, and bombs inside the hull. Sits at 102 ft off the Antalya yacht harbor.

Easily one of the more historical wrecks I've dove so far.

Curious what those who have been here thought of diving in Antalya!

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u/divemasteraustin — 4 months ago

How to Scuba Shore Dive (REEFLINE) South Beach's Underwater Highway

I made a guide on how to scuba shore dive REEFLINE Miami Beach.

You definitely do not need to pay a scuba dive charter to reach this site.

Has anyone dove this site recently? I shot this 5 months ago, curious how the coral growth and aquatic life has come along.

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u/divemasteraustin — 5 months ago
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Shaab El Erg: One of the Best Dives of My Life | (Dolphin House)

Here's the highlights from diving Shaab El Erg, also known as Dolphin House from a liveaboard. The corals here were some of the most stunning I've ever seen in my life. The dolphins surrounding me were during my snorkel an hour prior to diving.

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u/divemasteraustin — 5 months ago
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Scorpionfish Hanging Out Near Pulsing Xenia

Spotted this baby scorpionfish in front of some pulsing xenia at Gubal Island, Egypt 🇪🇬

u/divemasteraustin — 5 months ago
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Facing off with a Great Barracuda

The wide camera lens doesn't do this guy justice. This is the largest barracuda I've seen by far! BRO was just chilling. Spotted in Ras Mohammed National Park.

u/divemasteraustin — 5 months ago
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Titan Triggerfish Coral Chomping

Saw this in Egypt at the Ras Mohamed Nature Reserve. Can't tell if it's ASMR or makes me want to go to the dentist.

u/divemasteraustin — 5 months ago

What Scuba Diving in Israel ACTUALLY Looks Like

Just got done a week of diving in Eilat, Israel.

Most people don't know that Israel touches the Red Sea via the Gulf of Aqaba, with Jordan to its east and Egypt to the west.

I was pleasantly surprised on just how good diving in Israel and the Gulf of Aqaba is.

My five favorite dive sites here were:

  1. The Satil Shipwreck

  2. Japanese Gardens

  3. The Yatush Shipwreck

  4. The Nature Reserve

  5. Sunboat Shipwreck

If you'd like to see what these dives looked like, as well as Israel's diving conditions, check the linked video!

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u/divemasteraustin — 5 months ago