BIO-ROCK – PEMUTERAN
Pemuteran is home to the largest artificial Biorock reef project in the world and there is a real spirit of marine conservation effort in this area. The Pemuteran’s Coral Reef Rehabilitation project remains the biggest project using Biorock technology with more than 115 Biorock structures already installed at the bottom of its sea.
Pemuteran used to be a fishing village with a very dry climate. Around the late 90s when there were a global recession, Indonesian political chaos, and climate disasters of La Nina and El Nino made life for the majority of Indonesian very tough even just to survive. During this tough economic situation, fishermen resorted to using dynamite and cyanide for fishing to increase their productivity. This fishing method quickly obliterated both the fish and the corals resulting in badly damaged reefs and empty underwater flora and fauna.
Technically to dive here is very easy, beach entry and exit, follow the gentle slope black brown sandy bottom. The shallowest structure is only about 3 meters/10 feet and the deepest part is about 15 meters.
And now this become one of the great dive spot in Bali!
