Off the north-west of Gili Trawangan, next to Shark Point
The Shipwreck (Glenn Nusa rest)
Twenty-eight metres down, and already claimed by sharks, rays and morays.
Off the north-west of Gili Trawangan, next to Shark Point
Twenty-eight metres down, and already claimed by sharks, rays and morays.
The Shipwreck sits on the bottom at twenty-eight metres, with the top of the structure at twenty-one. It was put there deliberately, as an artificial reef, and the sea has done the rest: the frame is reef now, and reef means residents.
Black-tip and white-tip reef sharks work around the hull. Eagle rays and spotted stingrays cross the sand beside it. Morays large and small have taken the openings, and there is usually an octopus somewhere in the structure for anyone looking properly.
It is an atmospheric dive rather than a complicated one — a big dark shape at depth in blue water, circled slowly while the sharks decide whether to care.
What you come for
Advanced only, and unavoidably so: the shallowest part of the wreck is at twenty-one metres, already past the eighteen-metre Open Water limit, and the sand around it is at twenty-eight.
The Shipwreck sits between Shark Point and the Ridges, and the three are treated as one decision. If the current is too strong to drop cleanly onto the wreck, the crew takes the group to the Ridges instead — same boat ride, same briefing, still a very good dive.
That is not a downgrade. It is the whole reason the trio exists: three sites next to each other means there is always a right answer for the day's conditions.
If the current is too strong to drop on the wreck, the crew drops on the neighbouring Ridges instead: still a great dive.
The same for every site on this list.
Diving works all year here. April to October is the dry season and gives the clearest water, with September, October, May and June the sweet spot; July and August are the busiest. November to March brings plankton and less visibility, and with it a better chance of something big passing through.
Small groups, four divers to a guide, and a crew that picks the site by the conditions rather than the timetable. Message us on WhatsApp and we will tell you what the water is doing today.
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