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Pety Box Reef

Intermediate 📍 Bali, Indonesia
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# Pety Box Reef, Bali

Dive Conditions

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Depth
12m – 40m
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Level
Intermediate
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Current
🌀 Strong

Pety Box Reef is a popular dive site located in the Bali Sea off the coast of Bali, Indonesia. This Pacific Ocean destination offers an exceptional underwater experience suitable for intermediate divers.

The reef features a dramatic topography with steep walls, coral formations, and rocky outcrops that create an engaging dive environment. Divers typically explore depths ranging from 12 to 40 meters, with excellent visibility during optimal conditions.

Marine life at Pety Box Reef is diverse and abundant. Divers encounter schools of trevally, snappers, and fusiliers, along with reef fish including parrotfish and wrasses. Larger pelagic species such as sharks and rays are frequently spotted, particularly along the deeper wall sections. The reef supports healthy hard and soft coral growth that provides habitat for nudibranchs, crustaceans, and small reef creatures.

The site’s moderate difficulty rating makes it accessible to experienced recreational divers while offering enough complexity to challenge advanced divers. Strong currents can occur, requiring good buoyancy control and awareness. Pety Box Reef delivers vibrant marine biodiversity and spectacular reef scenery, making it a must-visit destination for Bali diving enthusiasts.

🐠 Marine Life at This Dive Site

Thielle's Anemonefish — seen at this dive site
Thielle's Anemonefish Amphiprion thiellei joe_fish
Greater Blue-ringed Octopus — seen at this dive site
Greater Blue-ringed Octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata juanfv
Foxface — seen at this dive site
Foxface Siganus vulpinus ray_turnbull
Boring Giant Clam — seen at this dive site
Boring Giant Clam Tridacna crocea sockrosma
Swarthy Parrotfish — seen at this dive site
Swarthy Parrotfish Scarus niger berniedup
Titan Triggerfish — seen at this dive site
Titan Triggerfish Balistoides viridescens sockrosma

Species data from iNaturalist (CC BY-NC)

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Max Depth 40 m
Min Depth 12 m
Difficulty Intermediate
Current Strong
GPS -8.0908°, 114.5177°