Japanese Wreck, Amed

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A small wreck at twelve metres, three strides off a black sand beach — the easiest wreck a freediver will ever reach.

Depth: 3–12 m10–39 ft
Difficulty: Beginner
Entry: Shore
Typical current: Light
Coordinates: 8°20.484′S 115°38.382′E
Activities: Freediving · Snorkelling · Scuba

Amed's Japanese wreck is a wooden patrol boat lying in 6 to 12 m of water a few metres off the beach at Banyuning, and it is the reason the village is full of freedivers. You walk in from black sand, swim thirty seconds, and the whole thing is within one breath for anybody who has done a course. It is encrusted, lit, and small enough to circle in a single dive. The same beach gives a gentle slope to practise on and a drop-off further out, which is why Amed teaches as much freediving as it does scuba.

Banyuning beach in Amed, east Bali — three hours by road from Denpasar. Walk in off the sand.

Best season

ExcellentApr–Jun
ExcellentSep–Oct
GoodNov–Mar
GoodJul–Aug

Before you get in

Going inside a wreck is an overhead environment: silt can take the visibility in seconds, and there is entanglement. Swimming the outside of it is a different dive.

Taken from this site’s recorded depth, type and current, and nothing else. An empty list is not a safe site — the sea on the day, the local geography and the boat traffic are not in it. The briefing on the spot comes first.

Conditions

Water temperature: 28.5°C83°F
Wave height: 1.2 m4 ft
Air temperature: 24.8°C77°F
Wind speed: 11.9 km/h7.4 mph

Updated 2026-10-07 16:15 UTC · Source: Open-Meteo

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

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Sea state and tide

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Tide · 10/8

Low02:540.19 m
Low15:08-0.16 m

Forecast heights against mean sea level. Real tides in a bay, a harbour or over a flat can differ — check an official tide table before you get in.

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Only wave height and wind are scored, because those are what close a boat ramp or a shore entry. Water temperature is reported and never scored: 12°C is an ordinary dive in a drysuit and punishing in a 3 mm, and a number that cannot see your suit has no business marking it down. Stars do not decide whether you get in — you and your guide do, on the day.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Marine life you may see

Ornate ghost pipefishSolenostomus paradoxusSeasonal
FrogfishAntennarius spp.Seasonal
NudibranchNudibranchiaCommon
Spotted garden eelHeteroconger hassiCommon
Moorish idolZanclus cornutusCommon
TrumpetfishAulostomus chinensisCommon
Blue sea starLinckia laevigataCommon
Feather starCrinoideaCommon

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