Amed has some good snorkelling within metres of the shore. A reef follows the majority of the coastline and is quite close in. Due to the limited number of visitors to the area, the sea life is healthy and abundant. There is a small wreck in quite shallow water off Lipah Beach. This is not the World War II "Japanese Wreck". David Pickels' book on diving in Bali described this dive site for the first time back in 1999 as the Lipah Bay Wreck, and he admitted his mistake in the meantime. Matter of the fact is that this little wreck is not located in Lipah Bay at all, but some villages further east along the coast, namely in the village of Banyuning. The dive site is locally known among the dive operators as the "Japanese Wreck". Lipah Bay is a nice snorkel spot and has a small wooden wreck in only 1.5 m of water.
Best places for snorkelling are:
Japanese Shipwreck in Banyuning, small ship at 20m from the beach, awesome corals with tons of fish
Jemeluk, an absolute highlight with beautiful coral formations and loads of fish.
in front of Pondok Vienna Beach in Lipah. Waters can be very rough here.
small wooden shipwreck at Lipah beach
Bunutan (beautiful coral, not so many fish)
Selang beach, in front of Good Karma Bungalows (visibility isn't always good because of strong currents)
in front of Amed Cafe
Liberty shipwreck at Tulamben, some of which is in water shallow enough to allow snorkelling.
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