The USAT Liberty is a cargo ship of 120 meters long requisitioned by the American army during World War II. This ship was, then, armed with two canons: a big caliber at the bow and a little caliber at the stern. During its last voyage, the ship was hit by two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine on the 11th of June 1942, whilst it was traversing the Lombok straight. The crew did their best to draw it to Singaraja but taking in too much water, the ship got stranded on the Tulamben beach. The Liberty stayed on the beach from 1942 to 1963, until an earthquake made the wreck slip towards the ocean at less than 40 meters from the shore. Since more than 50 years, Bali and the Liberty wreck are known across the world. This wreck is one of the most renown wrecks for diving.

According to its time spent on the beach, the ship has been hit by waves during more than 20 years and the paint has freed itself and made of the hull the ideal opportunity for abundant colonization of corals and seaweed. It makes this wreck unique for its formation of life. It is, now, lying between 5 and 28 meters deep. It is easy to access from the shore and there is life everywhere on the wreck. You will see hump head parrot fish, schools of trevally, leaf scorpion fish, pygmy’s sea horses, giant barracuda, frog fish, groupers, jack fish, angel fish, black tip and white tip sharks…

Thanks to the diversity of the East coast of Bali, we have a lot of different diving sites to offer. In Tulamben, we offer to explore 2 different shipwrecks, to admire different sites with colorful diversity of corals and to identify smaller rare species that are present on macro dive sites such as Seraya Secrets or Kubu Monkey. Of course, you can also meet some bigger sea animals such as Black Tip sharks, Humphead Parrot fishes or Leaf Scorpion fishes. Tulamben is abundant in diving opportunities, we know every specification for each dive site, we know where some specific species are living and will provide you all the tips needed to enjoy the best of each dive site.