The rugged, sprawling land mass of Sumbawa, with its many jutting and twisted peninsulas, forms plenty of protected bays for its islands dotted along the north coast such as Moyo, Sangeang and Satonda. These sheltered and varied havens offer crystal-clear waters, deep and vibrant walls, and fertile, volcanic breeding grounds for some fantastic macro diving opportunities.
Lying between Lombok to the west and Komodo to the east, Sumbawa Island is consequently visited as part of the Bali liveaboard diving cruises that run to and from Komodo Island.
Often overlooked as just a port of call onto better dive sites that are further on to the east, Sumbawa scuba diving has countless, vast schools of triggerfish and butterflyfish, macro sightings of blue-ringed octopus, clown frogfish and nudibranchs, numerous reef sharks and tunas in the deep walled sections, and topside attractions of volcanoes and bat colonies - reasons enough for you to plunge deep and explore this underwater tapestry too.