Wicked Expedition - Tulamben and beyond....

The last few days have seen the Jaya do some amazing travels - crossing the Java Sea, heading into Probolinggo and then climbing Mount Bromo....an active volcano!


No - our expeditions are not just diving!

Then they headed over to Bali and spent the last day diving around Tulamben - with a great wreck and some amazing reefs.


Here are some pictures from last year and Amanda's entry about the wreck.

A whole boat load of Jacks at the wreck

…and woke up to stunning panorama, volcanoes & so much green! Welcome to the north coast of Bali! The Liberty Wreck, off the coast of Tulamben, is so close to the beach that it’s possible to do most dives as shore dives. 

Unless you’ve got your own pirate ship that can moor up off the site and dinghy you in to drop on top of the wreck! 

pulling into Bali

Descending into and through a swirling shoal of jacks onto the top of the wreck, it’s like entering a different world. Swim-throughs and overhangs created by sections of the ship, and the whole thing is home to an immense variety of marine flora and fauna - electric clams, giant barracuda, banded pipefish, juvenile batfish and so much more. 

The Wreck and corals

We did 2 dives on the wreck (and could have stayed for many more!) then moved to a dive site aptly named Drop-Off. Just along from the wreck, it’s a deep wall drop-off, then the sand shallows up into a bit more of a muck dive. 

Leafy Scorpionfish

Scott holding on....

We stayed shallow to explore the macros - cone shells feeding on pipefish, leafy scorpionfish, octopus, and more vibrant blue ribbon eels than we could count!

Here is some video footage from last year when we visited the Tulamben wreck





If you would like to read some of the entries from the expedition last year....http://www.slideshare.net/wickeddiving/wicked-expedition-singapore-to-komodo

Remember to follow their progress, real-time here...http://ow.ly/aIZh6

If you would like to join our adventures in Komodo, you can join our 3 or 6 day Komodo Liveaboards.


-Wicked Diving