Gili Nanggu
Southwest Lombok, near Sekotong. Clear shallow water, white sand, sea turtles.
Under and on the surface
Diving & Snorkelling in Lombok
Over 25 named sites across three grounds, most of them shallow enough that the people not diving still see everything worth seeing.
Lombok suits a mixed group: the North Gilis and Sekotong are shallow, calm and clear enough to snorkel properly, while Belongas Bay in the south gives certified divers deep water, current and schooling hammerheads.
- Over 25 named sites across three grounds
- Water at 27 to 29°C year round
- Visibility of 15 to 30 metres in the southwest
- Snorkelling gear aboard every charter
The diving
May to October is the dry season - the calmest seas and the best visibility. Currents are manageable across most of the island and the same route works for a newly certified diver and someone with a thousand logged.
The reefs run from coral gardens and macro in the sheltered southwest to turtles and reef sharks around the North Gilis. Gili Trawangan alone has around 25 named sites and has been called the turtle capital of the world for long enough that it is worth testing.
Belongas Bay in the south is the serious dive. The Magnet sits in 20 to 40 metres of moving water and schooling scalloped hammerheads come through between June and October. Advanced Open Water and real current experience, or not at all.
The snorkelling
Most of what makes Lombok worth diving sits in the top ten metres, which means the people who do not dive are not sitting on the boat waiting.
Gili Nanggu and the Sekotong gilis are shallow, white-sand and almost current-free. The underwater sculptures off Gili Meno are in water shallow enough to free-dive. Pink Beach has reef straight off the sand.
Gear is aboard, and the tender will drop you on the shallow end of the same site the divers are working. Nobody has to book anything separately.
Where
Signature sites
Four areas that between them cover the diving and the snorkelling.
Southwest Gilis
The Sekotong coast. Around 19 sites and the best macro on the island.
Pink Beach
Southeast Lombok. Pink sand, shallow reef, and the best snorkelling of the route.
Gili Trawangan
Off the northwest coast. Around 25 sites, and turtles on almost every one.
Diving it responsibly
The reefs here are shallow and heavily visited. The rules are simple and the crew enforces them.
- No contact
- Nothing touched, nothing chased, nothing moved for a photograph.
- Buoyancy first
- A refresher on the first dive if it has been a while. Shallow reef is unforgiving of fins.
- Nothing over the side
- Waste is separated and treated aboard, and reef-safe sunscreen only.
The marine park and eco fee funds reef work locally. It is about IDR 150,000 per person, one time.
Good to know
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Lombok Diving Package
How a private crewed charter works, and what it covers.
Luxury charters
The top of the fleet: suites, spa, water toys and the service with them.
Dive trips
Dives per day, guides, nitrox and certification aboard.
What a package covers
Where the line between included and extra actually sits.
Best dive sites
The sites by area, their conditions, and the level each one needs.
Itineraries
Sample routes over 4 and 7 nights, day by day.
Divers and non-divers, one boat
Tell us how the group splits and what everyone can do. We will pick anchorages that work for both.