Sea Bottom Sensation of Karimunjawa

"There will be enough to dive in Karimunjawa day." Once said Adhitya Wardana (23), a diver in Semarang who has repeatedly tried Karimunjawa underwater beauty. The words illustrate how many dive sites that can be explored.

Swish sound of the waves and gusts of wind when the beach was first set foot on the island of Publications, Karimun Jawa, Jepara regency, mid-November.

To get to the island's area of 1285.5 hectares, it takes 3.5 hours by fast boat KMC Kartini I of Port of Tanjung Emas, Semarang, or 3 hours of Kartini Beach, Jepara. If using MI Muria, travel time is 6 hours from Jepara.

Once arrived, immediately seek lodging that offers services to diving locations. Usually, the inn also rent diving equipment and diving instructor to assist with the cost of Rp 500,000 per day.

If you want more easily, tourists can go diving tour packages offered by travel agency or activist group to follow diving activities. However, the tourist must have a diving license from an official body as a condition of the dive (scuba diving). If no license, can also simply snorkel for underwater beauty can be seen from the surface of the water.

Based on the data Karimunjawa the Park, there are now 64 genera, 353 species of ornamental fish, nine types of seagrass, and 15 types of sea cucumbers in this area. There are 31 diving points spread over 14 islands to see its beauty, among others, on the island of Big Pine, Menyawakan, Pine Small, Geleang, Kemujan, Tanjung Gelam, Gosong Island, and Krakal Small.

To dive at one point, required at least 30-40 minutes duration. However, travel time to the dive sites ranging from 45-90 minutes from the main island by renting a fishing boat Rp 250,000 to Rp 400,000 per day, depending on a large cargo ship.

Not just coral reefs and marine species. Tourists can also watch and curves along the shipwreck under the sea with Indonor Wreck diving. Y ang shipwrecks lying at a depth of about 18 meters and has become part of the coral reef ecosystem that just presents interesting sights.

No wonder, when many tourists who feel not enough to dive in Karimunjawa day. Underwater beauty offers a different sensation to the dive sites are so diverse.

It's also encouraging Publications as a promising tourist destination object. Publications Camat Nuryanto said, the emergence of Karimunjawa as underwater tourist destinations are expected to contribute up local economy. "Various types of business services and will be subject to impact by the number of tourists coming," he said.