Travel and diving to USAT Liberty wreckship in Tulamben Bali

What do you need from a wreckship which more than 70 years old sink over the sea floor ? If you want to find the answer, please visit Tulamben village in the east coast of Bali Island. The wreckship is still a needs for certain people, even every day, lot of people come to visit, to meet their needs in this wreckship. Is USAT Liberty glo, cargo ship, made in United States, that sank due torpedo kiss from his young lover, Japan's submarine army.

73 year old this ship was already a carrion, but its existence came up to all over the world. And more over, discovering an old decades wreckship through diving activities is very valueable as it the wreckship is becoming the best wreck diving sites in Bali and all over the world.

You will be the one person who witnessed the scarcity of history USAT Liberty wreckship at Tulamben Bali diving site.

Diving in USAT Liberty wreckship in Tulamben Bali

Beside all of it, you can see the diverses of beauty underwater marine life, such a collection of large and small fish, wonderful coral reef were lined up at vessel wall and another marine animals with unique colors and shapes.

Incredible experience will come to you during diving activities in USAT Liberty wreckship. Located on the seabed of Tulamben village, Bali, with 120 meters length , the USAT Liberty wreckship becoming a home for every marine life which is some of them was very rare to see.

History of USAT Liberty wreckship diving site

On January 11, 1942, a ship with 6.211 tons weights of, sailed from Australia to Philippines, bringing a cargo of railways train and rubber, were used for the war at that time. Approximately 19 km north-west of Lombok Strait, the ship - cargo ships USAT Liberty , shot by torpedo were launched by the Japanese army submarine .

US warship, USS Paul Jones and the Dutch warship HNLMS Van Ghent, pulling USAT Liberty heading to the Dutch possessions port in Singaraja, in the northern part of Bali island. Causes by several damage on USAT Liberty, the ship was impossible to reach to the Dutch port in Singaraja.

To protect and saving all goods carried, the ship anchored in the east coast of Bali, Tulamben village. The ship eventually stranded and remain in Tulamben beach for up to 21 years later.

In 1963, eruption and lava from Mount Agung, causing the ship pushed towards to the shore and drown. Until now, the ship was at a depth of 30 meters or 100 feet (9 to 30 meters) from the water surface

Diving activities in Tulamben

Tulamben beach is rather different from other beaches in Bali. The beach is gently sloping without any sands at the coastline, along the beach it's all covered with varies rounded shapes stones, looks alike black volcanic rocks and cobbles spread along the beach ranging with small and mid sizes. These stones are not slippery and not sharp, hence remains comfortable for your feet. After 20 feet (6 m) in depth the seafloor changes to sand.

Access from the beach to the USAT Liberty wreck just 30 meters from the coast line, with a maximum depth of about 30 meters.

This wreckship diving sites is a dive shore typically of and it's needs little effort to walk from the shallows on the beach, up to the dive site. You can find the bow of the ship at 10 meters depth, and this was the top part of USAT Liberty wreck diving site.

For middle part, the hull, it's ranging between 16-20 meters depth. Then the rear part of the ship, touching depths up to 20 -28 meters.

It is estimated that over 300 species of fish live in this area. There is a variety of coral, gorgonians, sponges, frogfish, boxer crab, and ghostpipe fish.

Reef and larger fish like Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) are spotted regularly. It is rare, but possible to spot white-tip reef sharks, barracudas,whale sharks and hammerhead sharks.

One thing that makes it special for Tulamben dive site is the sea currents were always tend to be quiet throughout the year. A major reasonable if this diving site is became a very convenient location for diving activities even though for novice divers

The wealth of marine life as well as the convenience path of accessing the USAT Liberty wreckship, make this diving site became very popular among domestic and foreign divers.

Tulamben Beach Bali

Tulamben travel route

Tulamben, is a small village located in the east coast of Bali island, facing to the Lombok Strait which have more richness on marine life habitat. Tulamben village was included in Kubu district territory, the northern part of Karangasem regency, Bali.

From the south of Bali, such as Kuta, Sanur, Seminyak, Ubud, Jimbaran, Nusa Dua, or Denpasar, the best way to reach Tulamben diving site is hire a car.

Travel time needs around 2-4 hours. This travel destination will passing through another travel spot were you can stop by during the trip such as Candi Dasa beach, Goa Lawa temple, Padang Bai, and Amed beach.

Tulamben travel tips

1. The best time to visit this USAT Liberty wreckship diving sites is in the dry season, which is between July to September. Avoid visiting in rainy season due snoring and lack visibility around dive site. It's also avoid to traveling or diving in current national holidays, the number of visitors will increase wich is mean diving activity becomes very crowded at the time.
2. Even in Tulamben have many of hotel room services, it's recommend to book in advance before your upcoming travel.
3. Do bargain and Negotiate free snorkel gear or discounted dives with your accommodations.
4. For novice diver, should use dive guide services , in addition to avoiding the risk of dangerous while diving around the wreckship, as you can immediately enjoying the beauty of marine life with more satisfied and comfortable.
5. It is a really good idea to invest in travel insurance on your upcoming dive trip or travelling to Tulamben, because you never know what could happen and when you might need it.