Bali Water Sport

Sample prices: jet ski for 15 minutes Rp 40,000; parasailing for Rp 20,000 per round; water ski for 15 minutes Rp 20,000; windsurf for one hour Rp 25,000; speedboat for two hours with a minimum of two passengers Rp 100,000, Rp 20,000 per hour with a maximum of four; paddle car Rp 20,000 per hour; banana boat for 15 minuted at Rp 20,000 per passengers.

Windsurfing
Along with ordinary surfing, windsurfing is gaining great popularity, see brightly colored sails leap over waves off Kuta, Sanur and Candidasa. July and August are the best time to windsurf. Ideal wind velocity is 15 km/hour, and you can windsurf from Sanur to Serangan Island. Sanur Wind Surfing Centre is offering the best service, charges Rp 25,000 per hour and gives windsurfing lessons for Ro 30,000 and surfing tours around Bali. They can be contacted at 288976.

Swimming
The safest area to swim are the coral lagoons abutting Sanur, Nusa Dua and Candidasa. Kuta and Legian boast excellent body surfing with crystal-clear water and top-to-bottom tubes. For your own safety, swim only between the red and yellow flags, never after sunset, and do not swim deeper than your body length.

The undertow off Kuta or Legian is extremely treacherous and unpredictable. One of Bali's nicest, least known beaches for swimming is at the airport end of Kuta in Legian. Virtually all of the luxury-class hotels, and a growing number of small, moderately prices hotels, have swimming pools, open to non guests for Rp 2000-3000.

Surfing

Surfing is a water sport using a board as a tool for you to maneuver on the sea wave. This sport is usually must be done on the high wave-tide. More high of the wave, more high you can enjoy this sport.

With the push of the wave the board (we called this a surfboard) will be moved and the surfer driving his surfboard. Your adrenaline will be pumped up. While on the sea, you have to keep the surfboard on the right way and also keeping the balance.

In Bali, one of the coolest beach to do this sport is in Kuta beach. In Kuta, although you can bring your own board, you can borrow the board directly on the beach. There are some Kuta beach boys rented the boards. There are about 500 meters surfboards that is available to be rented.

The price to rent the board is vary, between USD 5 - USD 20. Usually, the price is including for the additional guidance how to surf. If you are an expert, of course you do not need an advise from them.

It is not only Kuta beach as a great place to surf. Some of other beach like the Medewi Beach, Canggu, Seminyak, Legian, Dreamland and Padang - Padang are also good to surf. Once again, the most favorite beach to surf, until now days, is Kuta beach.

Snorkeling

Snorkeling is the easiest way to enjoy the under water heaven. This activity is almost the same with a free-ordinary diving, diving at the some depth of below sea level. The different is if free-diving equipped with the special tools and skills, while snorkeling using the tools which is quiet simple. Furthermore, it does not required a complicated tools also.

As long as you are able to swim, you definitely will master it. The tools is simple. You will have to need a masker, snorkel and fin.

The masker made by a rubber with the function as the window to see into the water and avoid the water flow to the nose. Without the masker, the eyes will be smarting because of the salt.

Snorkel is a tool helping for breathing. This tool is an air pipe with one of the end inserted to the mouth, while another end is on the air, just above the water. Before using the snorkel in the water, be practice first to whiff the air through the mouth.

And the fin is a rubber shoes designed like the foot of the frog which has the function to accelerate your move when you are floating on the water.

The risk of snorkeling is lower than diving. With snorkeling, you can do this water activity much more enjoy. The only dis-advantage of the snorkeling is you cannot enjoy the view of under water at most deep inside, you can only enjoy it from the shallow waters, close to the beach.

The location you can find for snorkeling is in Sanur, Amed, Tulamben, Lovina, Nusa Penida and at Menjangan Island (West Bali). The price to do the activity is vary between USD 15 - USD 25.

Sea Walker

Have you ever been walking at the bottom of the sea, just like walking on the ground? You still can breathe normally, of course. Just please try, Sea Walker. This is one of the best activity you can do while you are in Bali. In Indonesia, this such of adventure is only available in Bali. While you are walking at the bottom of the sea, only your head that will be covered with a special helmet, waterproof. Inside the helmet there is an oxygen interval connected to the base, at up of water, or land.

With Sea Walker, for about 15 minutes forward, you can enjoy playing with the fish or other sea animals. To avoid any possibility of nervous, you will have to listen some short training regarding the activity, from the instructor.

After you registered, sign a from for the insurance, and do the payment, you will be allowed to change your cloth with the swimming cloth. After that an instructor will demo you how to dive, Sea Walker way. Lastly, the under water guide will give you a safety jacket and a pair of special shoes for you to walk at the bottom of the sea.

With the speedboat, you will be taken to a special canal, about 500 meters from the beach. Before you go down to the sea, a special helmet will be given to you, to be used to your head. The helmet is just like for the one that has been used for the astronaut, outer the space.

After set up, with other member of Sea Walker, you will be guided to go down to the sea. At the bottom of the sea, 2 persons of guide will continue guides you. Usually, a long-stainless stick will be given so that every member still in side by side.

The final moment is arrived: you can say hello to the funny fish, at the bottom of the sea. Introduce you to them who you are. Do not forget to bring an under water special digital camera for this moment.

Bali Submarine

Diving is not the only adventure you can try to see the under water beauty of Bali. For those who want to explore the beauty of the under water, but not too dare to dive, you can try the sub marine tour. For about 45 minutes, you can see the beautiful of tropical under water view and its fishes, and any other common under water creatures.

Until today there is not much this such service of activity in Bali. One of the service came from Odyssey Submarine a sub marine with maximum up to 36 passengers, specially designed for the under water tour program. You can find the service in Bali at the Labuhan Amuk, a beach situated between Klungkung and Karangasem regency. You can reach the place in about 45 minutes drive from Kuta.

In the submarine, about 35 meters below the sea surface level, you can see the under water panorama which is may be you never imagine before.

The price for the domestic tourist is USD 50. But, for overseas tourist, the price is charged higher, around USD 70. The price usually including for the hotel transfer (pick up and return), welcome drink, lunch and drink, diving certificate and the insurance.

Usually, you will be picked up at 7.30 in the morning, Bali time.

Scuba Diving

Scuba diving is a walking explore the under water world activity. For the scuba diver (we call this for scuba lover), this activity is very interesting. You must try and do not avoid to try the activity while you are in Bali.

To be a diver is not difficult. You only need to get a training for about 3 days. Guarantee, within those 3 days, you will be an expert. In Bali we can find easily many of the scuba vendors, including for the train for diving. It is also easy to find the tools of diving, with a competitive price offered between vendors.

The most interesting thing about this Bali water sport is when you are there, in the bottom of the sea. Different from the snorkeling which is only enjoy under water from the surface of the sea, diving is enjoy the under water from the bottom of the sea! You will be needed more tools to do this sport. One of them is an oxygen storage, which is on snorkeling it is not used.

International law stated, to be allowed for diving, somebody must be capable to understand the theory and the skill as a scuba driver, and also holding the license of Open Water Divers (OWD) from the authorized council. In Indonesia, the council name is PADI (Professional Association Diving Instructor).

Flying Fish

The name of the water sport is Flying Fish. This water sport is very exciting. We can say that the flying fish is a combination between banana boat and parasailing. This game is combining four banana boat into one connecting structure, switched with a string to the speed boat. The speed boat then taken the flying fish to the sea, on the air.

The speed of the boat must be minimum 100 kilometers per hour, in order for the flying fish can fly to the sky. After successful, the flying fish is now about 10 - 15 meters high. Very excited!

To make the flying fish to be fly in the sky, there are 2 conditions must be applied. First, the speed of the speed boat must be more than 100 kilometers per hour. Second, the wind blow also must be quiet strong. Just one of the condition is not applied, this game cannot be proceed.

The venue of this water sport in Bali can be only founded in Tanjung Benoa beach, about 15 minutes drive from the Ngurah Rai International airport Bali. On the location you will find may of the vendor of this exciting water sport.

How much is the price? It is about IDR 200.000. You will enjoy the sport for about 15 minutes.

Parasailing

The word Parasailing was taken from the word parachute and sailing. So, your body will be bunched on the parachute with two harness. Then, with a string bunched to the speed boat, it will be pulling you in the middle of the sea. The high speed of the speed boat will make your parachute (and also your body) fly to the sky.

On the position on the high sky, you will find that the sensation is awesome. Flying on the parachute at 100 meters above the sea level could not be imagine before. But, it is now true. It works.

Some people advised that the exciting and the horrifying was gathered at the same time. Just like the banana boat, the parasailing can be enjoyed in Tanjung Benoa, Sanur, Lovina and Lake Beratan Bedugul.

The price to get a parasailing in Bedugul is IDR 65.000 per 15 minutes. In Tanjung Benoa and Sanur, you must pay between IDR 100.000 - IDR 125.000. While in Lovina beach, you must pay for USD 20 per 15 minutes.

Banana Boat

This is a popular water sport by riding a rubber boat, banana designed. For every boat, the participant must be limited to maximum up to six persons. After ready for action, this banana boat will be pulled by a speed boat to the sea with high speed. In the middle of the sea, mostly the speed boat will be suddenly turned left, or right, without reducing the speed. The result is all the participant on the banana boat will be fallen to the water. For safety, of course, all participant must be wearing a standard safety cloth, included on their body before they start the action.

The venues of the water sports in Bali can be founded in Tanjung Benoa beach, Sanur, Lovina and Lake Beratan Bedugul. These places of interest has been well-known for the water sports heaven in Bali for many times. Seems that these Bali activities has been enjoyed much not only for local tourist, but also from overseas.

The price to enjoy the banana boat is IDR 50.000 for 15 minutes. This is valid in Tanjung Benoa and Sanur beach. The minimum participant must be at least 2 persons.

If you do this water sport in Lovina, the price is more expensive. The price is IDR 150.000 per person, with minimum participant is 4 persons.