In Reply to: swimming at beaches posted by whitewave on Monday, 21. February 2005 at 11:12 Bali Time:
I would never swim near Kuta or anywhere where a river comes out to the ocean !!! like near Pentingent . I have a good friend who is on a committee with high profile balinese surfers to try and clean up pollution flowing into the ocean !!! . Alot of the hotels pollution flows straight into the sea as Bali cannot cope with the amount of pollution that is generated daily . There was a special on Foxtel about a year ago about this problem . There are areas that are clean like Tulamben and quieter areas . Stick to the pools in tourist areas or sometimes it is really clean in Jimbaran Bay under the Four Seasons Hotel . Depending on tides it can be really blue and clean .