USAT Liberty Wreck
The 120 m US Army cargo ship Liberty was torpedoed in the Lombok Strait in January 1942 and beached at Tulamben; the 1963 eruption of Mount Agung pushed it off the beach and it now lies on its side on a sand slope a few dozen metres from the stony shore, from about 3–5 m at the top to around 30 m. Decades of growth have turned it into an artificial reef covered with sea fans, sponges and corals. Schools of jacks, fusiliers and anthias swirl around the hull, batfish and sweetlips shelter under the plates, bumphead parrotfish and Napoleon wrasse are regular visitors, and a garden eel field lies on the shore side.
depth: 3–30 m