Some places, like the tourist hot spot of Bali, are easily reached and have full service dive centers. From Bali you can dive in cool fast currents to see Mola Molas or you can swim from the shore at Tulamben to dive the world famous Liberty Wreck. Close by the Gili Islands and Lombok offer great diving and beautiful surroundings.
Other areas require somewhat more dedication and time to get to, such as the Togian Islands, Sangalaki or Pulau Weh to give just a few examples. Moving from place to place is not always easy but the rewards are worth it when you reach an untouched tropical paradise that few have dived before you.
Many destinations require long liveaboard trips to reach. Komodo and Flores are best dived by liveaboard as is the Banda Sea. Irian Jaya has few resorts and, being such a large area, can only really be covered on a long liveaboard trip.
However Indonesia also has some fantastic shore diving. Just a short flight from Singapore, Manado is the jumping off spot to the wonders of the Lembeh Strait and Bunaken Marine Park where world class diving is on the doorstep of the dive resort. Lembeh has arguably the best macro diving in the world and attracts underwater photographers keen to capture images of critters that are more abundant there than anywhere else.
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