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Lombok, the Indonesian island has loads of fun and frolic to offer regarding diving spots, scuba diving and snorkeling ventures. Shark Point in Lombok offers its guests with the ultimate pleasure of experiencing the enigma of scuba diving. Lombok being the island of variety and diversity has a variety of diving spots to offer while featuring twin Shark Point diving spots, one in the arena of the Gili Islands and the other in the territory of Senggigi. Lombok in the last few decades has attained popularity among tourists due to its variety of diving spots and the magnificent view of a variety of sharks like hammerhead sharks and gigantic rocky pinnacle protruding out from approximately 50m beneath. While enjoying your hard boat dive among the reefs you may come in close contact with the white tip reef sharks which is a common sight for divers out there. Shark Point to the east of the Gili Islands, Trawangan is a famed diving spot in the early hours of the mornings and it consists of supposedly 3 different diving levels like 24m, 20m, and 18m. This diving spot introduces itself with a hard and soft coral slope accompanied by the green and hawksbill turtles. While diving in Shark Point, Gili islands you will come across the different levels of sandy and small blocks of corals offering a huge variety of species like trevally, napoleon fish on white tip reef sharks, black tip sharks, ribbon eels, leaf fishes, and mantas, shoals of jacks and batfish, triggers, sweetlips, and puffers etc. While diving in Shark Point one should not forget to notice the white tip reef sharks which swim at a very close proximity with the divers and seem to be really comfortable with human presence. Shark point near Senggigi is a gigantic plateau starting at 10m and going down to approximately 30 or 40m. This diving point provides you with the pleasures of viewing sharks, turtles and wide diversity of reef fishes. Big gorgonian corals and sponges are available on the northern front of the plateau. To be very precise Shark Point in Lombok implies two diving spots sharing the same name. Shark Point to the east of Gili Trawangan and Shark Point plateau in Senggigi are the two popular diving spots in Lombok. Regarding diving, it’s suggested to dive below 15m for safety reasons. While diving one should make sure that they dive in the middle and in case of not so strong currents, one can go diving by zigzagging to and fro. In case of fiercer currents the diving arena narrows while the side currents tend to push the divers to the middle of the sheer wall. You can also take the plunge to dive around the rock which still remains a major contention as you have to continue struggling against the currents. Other than diving the alternative sources of attractions in these diving spots are the different types of life forms and sharks. The congregations of large pelagic like the hammerheads and white tip sharks, mackerels and barracudas provides you with the rare opportunity of cherishing your dive and getting a close view of these life forms and fishes etc. Hence, being in Lombok one shouldn’t miss out on their opportunities to go scuba diving or snorkeling in the popular diving spots. Even if you are not an adventurous soul then also the Lombok diving spots have the amazing life forms and corals and beautiful views to offer.
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