Bali: Tulamben Scuba Diving at USS Liberty Shipwreck Activity - Bali Travel Guide

Overview

Whether you’ve never scuba dived before or have quite a few dives under your belt, the USS Liberty shipwreck at Tulamben is one of Bali’s underwater highlights for you, choice your dive and start to Discover the spectacular marine life that flourishes on this World War II–era wreck on two short dives accompanied by instructor

Get up close to the wreck of the USAT Liberty on a dive experience at Tulamben Bay. Explore some of the best dive sites off the north-east coast of Bali with an experienced instructor and encounter the marine life and coral gardens along the way.

Located just 30 meters from the beach, the wreck measures an impressive 120 meters on a steeply sloping sandy bottom, with its top just 3 meters below the water surface. Sunk by torpedoes on January 11, 1942, the USAT Liberty was carrying rubber and railroad parts for war service across the Lombok Strait. The damage was critical, but 2 destroyers hitched her up and tried to tow her to the port at Singaraja.