USAT Liberty is a shore accessible salt water dive site, located in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. This dive site has an average rating of 4.20 out of 5 from 20 scuba divers. The maximum depth is 101-110ft/31-34m. The average visibility is 91-100ft/28-30m.
Shore dive to the Wreck of the "Liberty". Because of the stone beach a little careful water entry. Sea bottom further on black sand because of the vulcanic origin. Wreck itself is an oase of marine life. Shallow and broken enough for easy acces and exploration. Plenty of parking is available on site. Air fills are found at dive shops around dive site, but not on the actual site itself. Very crowded during diving seasons (or so the guide told me), but usually pretty good number of divers are around you.
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shorediving.com/Earth/Pacific/Bali/USAT/index.htmFrom SportDiver Planet’s 50 Greatest Dives, #35, One of the world’s best wrecks accessible from shore, the USAT Liberty was a casualty of Japanese torpedoes in World War II, left abandoned on Tulamben’s rocky beach, then pushed 100 feet offshore by lava from Mount Agung’s 1963 eruption. Snorkelers can glimpse the Liberty in just 10 feet of water, but you’ll be glad you’ve strapped on tanks to relish the deeper, wide-angle views of a wreck encrusted with sponges and corals, and macro treasures like ghost pipefish, pygmy seahorses and nudibranchs. — TW
sportdiver.com/photos/planets-50-greatest-dives?c...ortId=MjEwMzc3MDk1S0From SportDiver magazine;
“If we were talking about serious wreck penetration, the Liberty wouldn’t even be considered,” says Simon Pridmore, Indonesia dive guidebook author. “As a recreational dive, it’s nearly perfect: It’s a big, interesting historical wreck, and it has pretty much everything you need.” The 411-foot-long Liberty lies off the beach of Tulamben, a fishing village on the Indonesian island of Bali. In 1963, lava pushed it to its current location in the sea, where it sits with a maximum depth of 100 feet. Most of the wreck is much shallower, starting at 13 feet. “It’s also very open,” says Pridmore. “It was broken up on the beach, spread out by lava and, every year, storms break it up a bit more.” This fractured structure creates a warren of interest points to map, with highlights that include the rudder, boilers, massive cargo holds and the coral-covered stern gun. The wreck also offers several swim-throughs, one of which spans 80 well-lit feet — in other words, the Liberty is anything but enclosed. “The fun is trying to figure out what is what,” Pridmore says. “The coral growth is astonishing.”