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Welcome to North West Bali and

The Pirates who Dive

Your personal scuba adventure awaits!

Sea Rovers - The experience

Menjangan Island, north west baliJust imagine you are on the deck of the dive boat, just a small group of divers and snorkelers, skipping across the sheltered waters of North West Bali towards Menjangan Island, with the volcanoes of East Java like sentinels in the distance.

As you get closer, the colour of the water changes from deep blue, to crystal clear turquoise as the diveboat slows and stops you start to see the colours of the coral, you can see the myriad of different fish.

Your heart beat increases with anticipation as you gear up and check. The dive master says remember, just take your time, relax and enjoy.

You step over the side into that water as it closes over you it feels almost luxurious, warm. As you drop down the colours really start to appear and the corals come into focus. Maybe you look up to see your family snorkeling above you and you wave as you descend.Flatworm, Close Encounters, Pemuteran

Drifting along a wall stopping to watch and photograph a bright nudibranch. The Divemaster asks you to check your air, because the pace is so easy, you have plenty, you carry on exploring, the divemaster points out a ghost pipe fish, how did he see that? Remember he has been diving here for years.

Something flashing blue in a crevice catches your eye. What is it? You take a photo.

As you move up movement catches your eye, children wave frantically at you pointing along the reef. Looking up the colours become even brighter and you see a turtle resting in the coral gardens that open up before your eyes. Different colonies all living in harmony in this fantastic almost magical world - just part of the Sea Rovers experience

So if you're someone looking for a bit of high adventure and undersea treasures, then sign yourself aboard Matey, cos there's diving & snorkeling to be done!

What we offer you is.
Premium service for all things water.

We cater to only small groups, Six divers to a group absolute max, anymore and we'd be working for a living and our Sea Rovers Code would never allow that. -so if you're looking to meet 40 other like minded people on one boat, then you're with the wrong vessel!

The Diving  is in the rich waters around Northwest Bali where the Captain and crew have spent over ten years exploring the depths to bring you the locations that thrill.

We are based in Pemuteran Northwest Bali, which means we can offer you a safe haven away from all the hustle, bustle and above all hassle of the South of Bali. - NO HAWKERS!

To find out more about Pemuteran follow this link; Hotel Adi Assri. Which is where we're based or learn about ongoing environmental efforts here; Save our Reefs

Learn more of what the reefs have to offer;
Menjangan Island, with its walls and drop offs.
Pemuteran Bay, with is wide variety of reefs, wrecks, Award winning coral projects and Underwater Temple
Plus Secret Bay, famous for its critters and macro delights.
Also we're constantly on a quest for new reefs, looking to find new treasures.

PADI: 'Put Another Dollar In' Scuba Courses
Chose your Weapons

PADI courses or SDI courses
Need to learn to dive, freshen your skills or take the next level. Then talk to our Captain, years of experience, thousands of dives and if he was anymore layed back he'd be horizontal. Catering again only to individuals or groups no greater than 4. We can offer you the best in personal service and quality in training

TDI/SDI
Close Encounters, Pemuteran, School of Jackfish The Captain's favourite
Critter hunting with small camera digital cameras.
Nothing fancy, just an old Sony T1, with an underwater housing, produced all the images in the Galleries. So if you need tips, take a course with the Captain.
Close Encounters, Pemuteran, Clam
Want to Scuba Dive? SDI Online training with The Pemuteran Sea Rovers

Family activities, with snorkel rental* & lessons, Kayak hire, daytrips to the National Park, talks, slide shows & movie evenings

So whether it be scuba diving, scuba courses, snorkeling, kayaking or just plain lazing on a boat, it'll all be fun, safe and taken care of so you don't have to worry, just enjoy.

Address:
PT. Sea Rovers
Hotel Adi Assri,
Pemuteran, Gergokgak,
Singaraja, 81155,
Bali,
Indonesia

Tel: Currently N/A
Fax: Currently N/A
Mobile: +62-811-3857118

For all enquiries, please email us at dive@searovers.net

Remember the Golden Rules of SCUBA Diving
Swim, Breath and Look at Fish!


Our Captain Loves Macro.
sea rovers photo gallery

And so does the crew.
Its the little things that make life interesting and as far as we're concerned the same goes for scuba diving. Though the big stuff is still thrilling and definitely in the vicinity. The Captain has however been known to miss whaleshark for the sake of a pretty young nudibranch :-)

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The Photo that went Global
the now famous underwater temple garden of pemuteran

Captain Paul's photo causes international controversy as people debate the lost temple of Pemuteran. See full stories here.

Indonesian archeologists to investigate potentially phenomenal discovery

Mystery of underwater hindu temple in bali solved

Where it all started

Even if many of the stories written are a bit off, the fact that this helps to highlight all the good social and environmental work being done here is good news for the future of our projects.

Thank You Mr. Twitter hoaxer whoever you are.
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News & Updates
Menjangan Update
Taman National Bali Barat or TNBB will finally be implementing new "Activity fees" as of the 1st of February 2012. These fees represent a 350% increase on the original entry fee. (which stays in place).

Original Entry Fee: Tourist Price - 20,000Rps, Local Price - 2,500Rps (unchanged)

New additional costs (previously no charge)
Divers: Tourist Price - 75,000Rps, Local Price - 50,000Rps
Snorkelers: Tourist Price - 60,000Rps, Local Price - 40,000Rps

Other amusing additions
Using a Video Camera: Tourist Price - 150,000Rps, Local Price - 15,000Rps
Taking Photo's: Tourist Price - 50,000Rps, Local Price - 5,000Rps

These are amongst the 36 new tickets for various activities professional and tourist, introduced to TNBB. (36 new ticket books printed on paper, just an environmental observation
As a business its going to be interesting, where before we had 2 ticket books, we now have to carry 10. We also now have new and additional  boat entrance/parking fees on top of our original costs.

Sea Rovers has always supported the TNBB and will continue to run trips into the national park, plus support those in the park who care about it. Having worked with the guys at the TNBB for many years I know that some feel the system was already flawed. According to the wardens, of the substantial revenue already generated by TNBB only a small amount (30%) returns to TNBB to cover operational costs the rest goes to Jakarta.

From our point of view we of course understand concepts like increased running costs, maintenance, inflation etc, and at the same time feel that a 350% increase in price is substantial and would like to think that it will lead to an improvement in facilities or conditions in the park such as removal of rubbish from the beaches around the park (there is no indication this will be the case). Many of the wardens in the national park feel that the new system is wrong and will have a detrimental effect for TNBB. Such a substantial increase will actually discourage people from going to the Park, especially tour operators.
And we will wait and see, it may lead to a better diving experience for those that choose to go, not that the Island is crowded by any means. 

BTW Our suggestion  in consultation meetings was to increase the basic entry fee say to:- Tourist Price - 50,000Rps, Local Price - 25,000Rps, and not charge people for taking photo's on holiday.

If you feel you would like to comment then please feel free to write to the National Park at tnbb09@gmail.com

As for Sea Rovers guests, well most of you already knew that this was coming, if you followed the blog & facebook that is :-). Its been on the cards for a year now (though the figures were not known) and every email that went out with packages or info had this in it all last year

"*as of 1st January 2011 due to changes at the National Park (Menjangan Island), additional activity fees maybe required. These additional fees will be payable on-site and have yet to be finalized by TNBB."

Well its finally happened, so if you wish to go to Menjangan Island after the 1st of February 2012 expect to pay an additional 95,000rps per diver and 80,000Rps per snorkeler.
Low Low Season Specials
Check out the specials page for more details
Nov 2011: SSI & Sea Rovers have an Accord, We are now Sea Rovers SSI dive centre No: 741067
June 2011: Amazing Nudibranch found in Mucky Pirates Bay check out the Ships Blog
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