Diving Blue Corner, Nusa Lembongan, Mola Mola & Drift Diving Guide

Blue Corner dive site at Nusa Lembogan

Diving Blue Corner is on the wish list of many divers around the world. Because it is a great dive site in Bali, and because you have a good chance to meet a Mola Mola here. Blue Corner dive site is located at the end of Nusa Lembongan, the long thin island just north west of Nusa Penida. Close to the Nusa Lembogan surf area, you can sometimes see the local surfers enjoying their rides.

Diving Blue Corner

From Toyapakeh, it takes about 15 minutes to reach Nusa Lembongan and cruise through the Mangrove forest. We are a bit further out from the shore than usual. There are different ways to dive Blue Corner. The first option is to go along the wall that gives us a point of reference to follow. The second option, and we love it, is to go down in the blue, with a compass as our unique orientation tool.

We can already spot some marble rays, aiming at the same target as us. That target is a massive angled rock, the corner, the entry of the dive site.

We then reach an impressive wall full of life, many bumps where morray eels & big lobsters are present. Those bumps are also home to various species of nudibranchs, such as Chromodoris, Flabellina, and Nembrotha. With a bit of luck, splendid giant sea fans offer the possibility to watch pygmy seahorses.

In the blue at Blue Corner

Once again, we remain focused on the blue. And we look for thermoclines, these massive amounts of water at different temperatures that do not mix with each other. They create different layers of water with an ecosystem that always seems different.

Crystal-clear cold water surrounds the site and offers a specific playground for big pelagic fish: sharks and whit-spotted eagle rays. All of them are just enjoying the current. And if we follow the bannerfish in the blue, our dear Mola Mola will appear like by magic. We will then follow on a big plateau to end the dive, where white-tip reef sharks are hiding under solid table corals. Also, turtles are just cruising peacefully on this plateau.

If diving Blue Corner requires good diving skills & experience, we will always have a new story to tell. That makes this dive site absolutely unique, unlike any other.

Words of our guests diving Blue Corner

Agnes, September 2018

I had the chance to dive Blue Corner for the first time during my Rescue Diver Course with Warnakali. I had heard a lot about that mythical dive site of Nusa Penida. Clearly, I couldn’t wait to discover why it is so famous.

Obviously, the Rescue course is intense. You learn a lot of skills, and you need to show during the two final dives that you can use them. With my buddy, we were super focused on how to « save » our instructor. But we could not help looking all around the specific blue surrounding us. The water was pretty cold, and we reached the thermocline, where some bannerfish seemed to be showing us the way.

We took a break in the course for a few minutes : it was a Mola Mola in front of us, motionless, facing the current. We had the chance to admire it for a few minutes before it returned to the deep water.

And only then did we complete our rescue dive !

Marc, October 2019

I was really looking forward to diving Blue Corner. It is with a mix of excitement, a bit of apprehension but most of all an overwhelming desire that I come on board of the diving boat that day. Finally, I was about to dive a legendary dive site.

We jump in the water, and immediately, I am hit by how big this site is. We drift with the current, along the reef. I have to admit I am way more focused on the fauna than the flora, ready to spot the big fish that live here.

It wasn’t pointless, here come two Mola Mola from deep water. They are not shy, and we can admire them for a little while, always keeping a good distance, not to frighten them. The current is kicking in and becoming stronger, but we are safely hiding behind a massive rock. That really strategic position allows us to watch the show, impressive schools of fish come around by thousands of them.

Then, when we ascended to the plateau, we had the chance to spot reef sharks and turtles. We are doing our safety stop, drifting on the top of this plateau full of life. It was a marvelous dive, far beyond my expectations, etched in my memory. I am so happy to have finally dived such a challenging and famous dive site.

Absolutely delightful!

The characteristics of Blue Corner dive site

• Type of dive: Drift, photography, marine biology, training, technique, deep
• Depth: 10 to 40 meters
• Level required: for certified divers
• Visibility: 10-30 meters
• Current: moderate to strong
• Access: 15 minutes navigation
• Temperatures: 18 to 30 °
• Fauna and Flora: Mola Mola, Ray, turtle, shark, moray eel, macro…
• Best time: All year

Additional resources

If you’re interested in learning more, be sure to check out our Nusa Penida Travel Guide. You can also dive deeper into the region’s incredible marine life with our dedicated pages on manta rays, mola mola (ocean sunfish), sharks, and nudibranchs, all commonly encountered around Bali and Nusa Penida. And if you have any questions about scuba diving in Bali or Indonesia, don’t hesitate to reach out—we love connecting with divers and aspiring divers alike and sharing our passion for these extraordinary underwater worlds.