- Type
- Wreck
- Typical depth
- 20 m
- Level
- Beginner
- Visibility
- 15–30 m
- Water temp
- 26–30 °C
- Current
- Mild
- Access
- Open access
- Min cert
- Open Water
- Wreck
- Shore Entry
- Very Accessible
- Penetration
- Intact Sections
- Macro And Wide-Angle
When to dive
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Easy shore dive at Tulamben — beach entry over loose volcanic cobbles. Divable year-round; rainy season (Jan–Mar) brings runoff that drops viz briefly. Crowded mid-morning; dawn and dusk are calmer and best for photography.
8.2767° S, 115.5933° E
Notes
WWII US Army cargo ship beached after a torpedo strike.
Marine life
- Macro
- pygmy seahorse, ghost pipefish, leaf scorpionfish, frogfish
- Turtles
- hawksbill, green
- Reef fish
- schooling jacks, batfish, sweetlips, barracuda, bumphead parrotfish (dawn)
- Cephalopods
- reef squid, octopus
- Invertebrates
- coral and sponge growth on hull
Wreck
- Vessel
- USAT Liberty
- Class
- US Army cargo ship (ex-Navy animal transport USS Liberty ID-3461)
- Origin
- United States
- Sunk
- 1963 — torpedoed by Japanese sub I-166 on 11 Jan 1942 and beached at Tulamben; pushed offshore by 1963 Mt Agung eruption tremors
- Length
- 125 m
- Penetration
- Possible — with training
Dive clubs that visit this site
- AquaMarine Diving Balisource
Bali, Indonesia · Dive centre
- Atlantis Bali Divingsource
Sanur, Bali, Indonesia · Dive centre
- Liberty Dive Resortsource
Tulamben, East Bali, Indonesia · Dive centre
- Tauch Terminal Resort Tulambensource
Tulamben, East Bali, Indonesia · Dive centre
- Tulamben Wreck Diverssource
Tulamben, East Bali, Indonesia · Dive centre
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