Yes,it is very imporant to be a good swimmer. You just have to feel confortable in the water and you also need some skills as taking off the mask or floating the mask, so if you are not a good swimmer you just feel insecure.

Sorry, I just saw this. Apparently it is still safe, hope you have a good dive. Prem

Go online and book now for the best availability and price using TripAdvisor as your guide. Try and book so that you can cancel at the last minute for free in case something better opens up last minute. Good luck!!

All three above have answered about the year round thing- thermal protection is a personal thing. I wore a 3mm shortie but then I get cold and was fine whereas others were diving in shorts and rash vest. What I would echo though is the site is no longer as stunning as you may imagine. It’s good, but can be massively crowded and viz can be degraded by the surf. As far as gear, I brought my own, but in hindsight would have been better to rent. I don’t have a fancy rig so could have saved weight and had an easier trip for not much extra - gear rental is cheap and gear where we dives (Bali Reef Divers) was good. My only other worry about your trip is the time it will take to get to and from Tulamben. You say your arriving on the 30th and leaving on the 2nd, which only gives a two day window to dive. Assuming you are flying in the airport is probably 4 hours+ from Tulamben, longer if traffic is bad. If you’re staying in the south lots of dive shops offer Liberty trips but leave early doors and get back late so you’ll spend the best part on the day on the road for two dives. Might be worth looking into diving of Lembongan - given you are AOW and it’s much closer - 40 minutes by boat from Sanur

Hi Nadine, Yes you can dive it without a guide...we do it often. My only reservation would be you will miss so much if you are only there for a short time...how long spending there?? My advice would be use a guide on your first dive for orientation and finding where most sea life is and then go back in on your own. Are you underwater photographers and what do you usually like to photograph?? We use Matahari Dive Resort at Tulamben and they will arrange for the porters to carry your cylinder to the site for you. The wreck varies from about 5M deep to 30M. The eel garden on the top of the wreck is worth seeing.

Yes/No. If not certified then you will have to do a "Try dive/Discover Scuba" course. This is an all day affair and involves some theory and pool work before diving. You will then dive with an instructor to a max 12m. The instructor will be controlling you. The wreck is only at 9m at closest point to the beach. Much also depends on where you are staying. If staying in Tulamben then easy. If trying to do this as a day trip from the "south" then it takes 3hrs just to drive to Tulamben so you will need to allocate more time/check with dive centre in the south.

Tulamben was completely evacuated when the first activity started. All diving activities ceased. People I know (regular visitors to Tulamben) had to leave. The dive centre I dive with in Amed do night dives on the Liberty and these ceased. As said no dive centre will stop without reason.

I dove with a lady who learned to dive at the Liberty Wreck. It is very much a Scuba Diver's park and has all the facilities for obtaining your PADI card. The open water work would be diving on the U.S.A.T. Liberty Wreck. So, you would probably get to dive on it within a day's pool work if you did the on-line book work prior to arriving. The Liberty is a very shallow dive for vibrant coral and diverse marine life. Many people are learning to dive there at once. I would contact All 4 Diving Indonesia about obtaining your PADI card while there and doing your checkout dives at the Liberty Wreck. A very easy and calm place to dive with world class coral and marine life.

Do NOT try scuba diving if you can not swim! You will put other people life at risk if you do so This said, DO take swimming lessons and start by snorkeling Regards Eric