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USAT Liberty

Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia · 5–28m · beginner · sheltered

WWII wreck a short swim from a black-sand beach — arguably the world's easiest great wreck dive.

Conditions today

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good

Good — 0.5m effective waves in the morning window.

Limiting factor: waves

Wave height
0.8–0.9m
Wave period
6.8–7.7s
Wind chop
0–0.2m
Sea temp
27.9–28.4°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Sheltered — reef or lagoon protection, so swell is scored at half its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayGood — 0.5m effective waves in the morning window.good
  • FridayGood — 0.5m effective waves in the morning window.good
  • SaturdayGood — 0.4m effective waves in the morning window.good

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are good today with 0.5m effective waves in the morning window, so you'll have a benign descent from the black-sand beach and straightforward water state throughout the site. Expect sea temperature around 27.9–28.4°C. The wreck itself sits within reach of beginners, ranging from 5 to 28 metres, and the sheltered setting keeps things manageable even when conditions are marginal elsewhere.

Divers commonly log leaf scorpionfish, ornate ghostpipefish, emperor angelfish, and ribbon eels around the wreck, alongside pacific trumpetfish, blackspotted puffer, moorish idol, and oriental sweetlips. The site attracts plenty of recorded sightings, so keep your eyes on the structure and its resident species as you work through the dive.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

Commonly seen here

Most-recorded species near this site, ranked by research-grade iNaturalist sightings from divers, snorkelers, and naturalists.

Species come from iNaturalist — research-grade sightings logged by divers, snorkelers, and naturalists nearby. The ranking reflects what people photograph most, not guaranteed abundance. Ask a local operator what's actually being seen. Species names link to iNaturalist for range maps, seasonality and more photos. Photos by iNaturalist contributors under Creative Commons licences — individual credit on hover.