THE GILI ISLANDS are one of Indonesia’s top diving destinations, primely situated in the famed Coral Triangle. Our location in the Lombok Strait, at the exact point where the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and colder waters of the Indian Ocean meet, means that we enjoy the largest variety of marine life on the planet. Each and every day, large amounts of nutrients ebb and flow through Gilis’ waters, carried by ocean currents. This phenomenon, referred to as the “Indonesian Throughflow”, brings life and food to our surrounding environment, creating extreme biodiversity in fish, coral and creatures for you to observe while diving Gili Meno.
Situated in the middle of the three Gilis, Meno is conveniently placed to access dive sites around all three islands with no site more than a 10-15 minutes boat ride away. Our reefs teem with a great variety of life: clownfish, angelfish, sweetlips, grouper, wrasse, anenomes, starfish, and much more! We also are lucky enough to see green and hawksbill turtles on almost every dive, with the Gilis often being referred to as the “Turtle Capital of the World”. Morays, stingrays, cuttlefish, octopus and macro critters are other frequent sightings. If you’re lucky, you may see blacktip or whitetip reef sharks, frogfish, ghost pipefish, and, very occasionally, pygmy seahorses. Whale sharks, mola mola and manta rays are not unheard of, but you need to be lucky and keep your eyes peeled to spot these majestic ocean giants while diving.