Bali is an Indonesian island located at 8°25′23″S, 115°14′55″E, the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island. The island is home to the vast majority of Indonesia's small Hindu minority. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking and music. Aside from cultural interests, Bali also offers wonderful dive sites with different tastes. From wall dive to muck dive, from mola mola to small nudibranch. Talking about nudibranchs, aficionados must go to Tulamben, Seraya, Padang Bai, Gili Biaha and PJ for photo hunting. As Helmut Debelius says in his book, Nudibranchs and Sea Snails, Bali is the capital of sea snails.

Most Popular Nudibranch Species

  1. Mexichromis multituberculata (52 photographers)
  2. Hypselodoris tryoni (51 photographers)
  3. Goniobranchus hintuanensis (44 photographers)
  4. Doriprismatica atromarginata (42 photographers)
  5. Nembrotha kubaryana (42 photographers)
  6. Hypselodoris infucata (41 photographers)
  7. Chromodoris magnifica (39 photographers)
  8. Hypselodoris kanga (38 photographers)
  9. Hypselodoris whitei (38 photographers)
  10. Phyllidia ocellata (38 photographers)

Top 10 Nudibranch Photographers

  1. Anouk Houben (206 species)
  2. Indra Swari (198 species)
  3. Francesco de Marchi (148 species)
  4. Angelo de Faveri (115 species)
  5. Eric Fly (114 species)
  6. Kevin Lee (106 species)
  7. Orietta Rivolta (100 species)
  8. Lorenzo de Ponti (96 species)
  9. Dave Morgan (77 species)
  10. Erwin Kodiat (72 species)

Sample Photos of Nudibranch from Bali, Indonesia

Notodoris minor from Indonesia

Notodoris minor by Erwin Kodiat

Trinchesia sp. from Indonesia

Trinchesia sp. by Stewart Clarke

Stiliger ornatus from Indonesia

Stiliger ornatus by Chris Cunnold

Plocamopherus maculapodium from Indonesia

Plocamopherus maculapodium by Chris Cunnold