Nusa Penida Diving — Crystal Bay, Manta Point and Night Dive

Three dives off Nusa Penida, in the Badung Strait south-east of Bali, on 24 August 2026: Crystal Bay, Manta Point, and a night dive on the north coast. The first two were family dives with my wife (Tascha) and daughter (Mira); the night dive I made on my own. DIVE SITES Dive 1 – Crystal Bay (west coast), 8:46 local time. Dive 2 – Manta Point (south coast), 10:56 local time. Night dive – Ped (north coast), 21:07 local time. Lots of current, and hardly any light: night diving isn't usually done here, so the guides had no spare lights. Every bit of manta ray footage we shot has been kept in this film, which is why that part runs a little longer. It took me 171 dives to finally see these gentle giants gliding gracefully through the water, so more than memorable. The murky, greenish water is not bad visibility by chance: it comes from dense concentrations of plankton, the very food the mantas come here to feed on. Dived with Temple Divers (https://templediving.com/) @templedivingnusapenida-bal6466 CHAPTERS 0:00 Dive 1 - Crystal Bay 2:52 Hawksbill turtle 4:37 Reef octopus 8:31 Boat ride to Manta Point 10:02 Dive 2 - Manta Point 11:23 Mantas overhead 16:09 Cleaning station 19:24 Clown triggerfish 20:19 Night dive - Ped 22:16 Giant basket star SPECIES (first appearance) 0:10 Oval Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus) 0:10 Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) 0:22 Hookjaw Moray (Enchelycore bayeri) 0:31 Pustulose Nudibranch (Phyllidiella pustulosa) 0:37 Klein's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) 0:44 Clark's Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) 0:50 Painted Spiny Lobster (Panulirus status) 1:00 Yellowsaddle Goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) 1:00 Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) 1:14 Spotted Boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) 1:23 Oriental Sweetlips, juvenile (Plectorhinchus vittatus) 1:24 Two-spot Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus binotatus) 1:31 Orange-band Surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus) 1:51 Blue Parrotfish (Chlorurus spilurus) 1:56 Crowned Toby (Canthigaster coronata) 2:52 Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) 3:36 Yellowtail Coris (Coris gaimard) 3:43 Raccoon Butterflyfish (Chaetedon fasciatus) 3:47 White-tail Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus flavicauda) 3:55 Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) 4:29 Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) 4:37 Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) 6:24 Elisabeth's Chromodoris (Chromodoris elisabethina) 7:13 Yellowmask Surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata) 7:13 Map Puffer (Arothron mappa) 7:32 Bluespine Unicornfish (Naso unicornis) 7:43 Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) 10:11 Oceanic Manta Ray (Mobula birostris) 11:07 Whitecheek Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans) 11:12 Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus acuminatus) 11:19 Chevron Butterflyfish (Chaetodon triphascialis) 19:24 Clown Triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum) 20:19 Long-spined Sea Urchin (Diadema setosum) 20:24 Yellow Boxfish (Ostracion cubicus) 21:08 Bluestriped Fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) 21:12 Pinkfish Sea Cucumber (Holothuria edulis) 21:29 Tiger Snake Eel (Myrichthys maculosus) 21:45 White-spotted Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus taeniophorus) 21:45 Valentini Puffer (Canthigaster valentini) 21:45 Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) 21:50 Brushytoothed Butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys polylepis) 22:02 Striped Surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus) 22:11 Gorgonian (Annella reticulata) 22:16 Giant Basket Star (Astroboa nuda) 22:46 Neon Goby (Elacatinus oceanops) 22:56 Blue Parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus) 23:03 Pizza Anemone (Cryptodendrum adhesivum) 23:18 Striped Squirrelfish (Sargocentron diadema) MUSIC Frédéric Chopin – Nocturnes Op. 15 no. 2 · Op. 27 no. 2 · Op. 62 no. 1 · Op. 37 no. 2 · Berceuse Op. 57 Performed by Olga Gurevich · Musopen · CC0 1.0 (public domain) https://archive.org/details/musopen-c... Filmed 24 August 2026, Nusa Penida, Bali. Runtime 23:32, 4K60. Camera: Samsung Galaxy (SM-S948B) with the UWACAM app in a dive housing, 4K60 HLG, dive lights on the rig - Insta360 X5 in dive housing (Tascha)