Malaysia is definitely well known as having the top diving spots in the world! Some of the best are of course the well-known islands of Sipadan and Layang-Layang, which are in Sabah, East Malaysia. Besides these two islands, West Malaysia offers great dive sites in Perhentian Island, Redang Island, and Tioman Island. If you're on your way to the islands, be sure to enjoy the slow boat ride, the wind blowing in your face, and the warm sea breeze! 'Here, the journey and the destination matters!'
The waters in Malaysia are warm all year round while the sun is always high in the sky, making diving extremely comfortable, relaxing and exciting! Be prepared to encounter a close-up of the most diverse marine life on the planet! Swim alongside
Manta Ray, turtles, Sea Turtles and even leopard sharks; or encounter large schools of lion fishes, jellyfishes, barracudas, nudi branch, sea horses and garden eels, or just drift along the multitudes of gorgonians and the many diverse species of corals! Whatever you do, we know you will have fun!
Best Dive Sites
3 Pinnacles
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Off the southern coast of Aur are three pinnacles that rise from 30 meters to just below the surface, they are covered in untouched table corals. Schools of batfish, jacks and trevally are common here but currents can be strong
Anemone Reef (Scubasa Reef)
By boat - All divers
is a shallow reef (6 to 9 m) covered with soft corals and anemones. During August, migrating green turtles can be found here.
Asmarqa Point
By boat - All divers
Atago Maru Wreck
By boat - All divers
The Atago Maru Wreck is a second world war Japanese merchant ship and lies just off Lutong (north of Miri). The 105 meter ship is sitting upright with the top deck just 9 meter from the surface. Most of the hull is covered with corals. Visibility is not always good due to silt, but it teems with…
Bahara Rocks
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Bahara Rocks
By boat -
This southern spot is one of Tioman's better dive loactions. The drop offs here are covered in barrel sponges, black coral and anemones and soft red and purple corals. The marine life here is prolific with numerous species of fish and bigger animals. Sharks are often spotted in the depths around the…
Bakkungan Kecil
By boat - All divers
Very good corals structures.
Barracuda Point
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This dive site has a great barracuda shoal (between 500 and 1000). You may have dream about pictures of fish shoals taken from above... here it is a geat place to live this!
"From Big Drop (800 m depth) we took boat to Barracuda Point, where jack and barracuda schools were waiting for us. The…
Batu Chipor
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Just north of Pulau Ling is a small rocky outcrop that is covered in seafans, gorgonians, whips and sponges. All tropical marine life can be found here (even if there are less fishes that in northern dive sites) . It is barely exposed at low tides and currents can be strong here.
Batu Layar/ Sail Rock
Boat - OWD
With a huge staghorn coral field in prefect condition and massive table corals, this site has some of the best hard corals anywhere in the Perhentian's. A resident school of Fosters barracuda surround you on the descent and within the rocks a variety of moray and crab can be seen. Sea turtle are…
Batu Nisan
By boat - CMAS * / OW
A gentler and shallower dive here where there is an abundance of giant clams, anemones and christmas tree worms. There maybe stingrays resting on the sandy bottom here. A good spot for a night dive as crabs, shrips and feather stars are in abundance as are parrotfish which will be asleep and encased…
Batu Suleiman
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
30 metres at its shallowest, dropping to 45 metres. The water is normally clear and many fish are found here.
Batu Tokong Kamudi
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Big Seamount
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Captain point
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Classical drift dive with Mantas and eagle rays.
Captain Point
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Off the northern point of Dayang is Captain Point where drift diving along the soft coral walls is popular, again keeping a lookout for manta and eagle rays.
Chebeh Island
By boat -
There are a number of spots around Chebeh Island, the most popular being the northeast and southeast corners. The large volcanic rocks form canyons and swimthroughs often full of schooling yellowtail fusiliers, there is also a large cavern filled with glassfish around the 20 meter mark on the…
Chek Isa
By boat -
The submerged reef here is bouyed and starts at 8 meters deep where two huge boulders carpeted in soft corals and anemones form a small canyon. Many cracks conceal smaller critters as well as sponges, worms, squirts and stinging hydriods. Cowries, spider shells and colourful Christmas tree worms are…
Clement Reef
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Nice table corals, staghorn corals, brain corals and sponges can be founds. A lot of seaslugs and lionfish.
Coleman Shoal
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Coral Garden
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
The sandy bottom of the sea seems to have sprouted a garden of plenty with large Christmas Tree Worms peeping out of their cubby holes in the coral rock, brightly coloured Nudibranchs sliding over coral, like garden slugs.
There are large brain corals scattered around the area, playing host to…
Coral Garden
By boat - All divers
The southwestern tip of Pulau Payar offers a panoramic coral garden with steep canyons and crevices dropping down to around 18 meters. Marine life includes titan triggers, morays, lionfish and pufferfish. A litter further south is "Grouper Farm" named after the large number of resident groupers,…
Coral gardens
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Great living corals and marine life.
Crack Reef
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Crack reef and Navigator line are two dive sites very close from each other. So you can dive both on the same dive. Sealife is also great on this side of the island: Hammerhead sharks, Black Coral, Lionfishes++, and a coral garden between 15m and 8m for the deco!
Crocodile Avenue
By boat & from shore - All divers
Nice muck dive. Crocodilefish, Seahorses, Snake eel, Ghost fish... A very nice dive for macro.
D Wall
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
A great wall that only breaks at 40m before running up to 2000m ! Very nice corals, sponges and gorgonians. Sharks, Rays, Eels, Mantas, and deeper down some hammerhead sharks.
D'Lagoon
Boat - OWD
Surrounding a small sandy lagoon is a lively bed of colourful hard corals. This chilled out dive will find you face-to-face with a wide variety of reef life, ranging from the magnificent school of giant bumphead parrotfish to the adorable Clownfish. You can even stop in for a manicure provided by…
Dogtooth Lair
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Very similar to 'the point' nearby. Large tuna shoals, sharks.
Dunlop Corner
By boat - All divers
Eel Garden
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Blue ribbon eels, mantis shrimps, batfish...
Eve's Garden
By boat - All divers
One of the best shallow reefs as it is large and varies from 6 to18 metres and has many species found upon it. It is covered in healthy corals. There are about 15 other shallow reef formations.
Fan Canyon
Boat - Beginner to Advanced
Fan Canyon is located on famous Coral Island and named after the Gorgonia Sea Fans which grow between two large granite boulders.
It's a sloping reef with easy access formed of granite boulders which are densely covered in a variety of soft corals at depeer depths and hard corals in the shallows.
Gorgonian forest
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
A wall from 15m to 40m with gorgonians, jacks, and various sharks including hammerhead sharks...
Grouper Patch
By boat - All divers
a rocky outcrop (18 m max. depth) covered with hard and soft corals and - of course - inhabited by several giant groupers.
Gua Rajawali
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Lots of suspended sediments made us work a little harder when the visibility dropped to about 5m at any time. This site is similar to the coral garden and is thickly blanketed with soft and hard corals alike and plenty of starfishes and even tennis sponges lay at the bottom and in between rocks. A…
Hanging Gardens
By boat - All divers
cracks, black coral, barrel sponges and some tiny sea slugs.
House Reef
By boat & from shore - All divers
House reef
By boat - All divers
The most visited site at Pulau Payar is the House Reef. A sandy bay that houses the entire facility of the Marine Park center is in fact the center of attraction for most tourist visiting this island. A fringing reef consist of scattered coral heads is located just fifty meters from shore.
House Reef
By boat & from shore - All divers
Muck dive, looking for camouflaged creatures: Seahorses, Ghost pipefish, leaf fish etc.
House Reef
By boat - All divers
Western Bay of Teluk Air Tawar (Fresh Water Bay).
‘House Reef’ means just that! Suit up on the beach and just wade into the warm bay water. The seabed slopes gently from the shoreline. Approximately 50m(at lowtide) from the shore the floor drops away. This sheer drop spreads across the bay and…
House Reef
From shore - All divers
This shallow calm spot is usually used for training dives. It has a wide variety of hard and soft coral with all the regular reef fish found at the deeper spots. The house reefs are also popular with snorkellers due to their proximity to the beach. The cuttlefish mating season can be observed here…
Kaca sunken wrecks
By boat - All divers
South of the island is an artificial reef made up of seven sunken confiscated fishing boats. The wrecks are home to a wide variety of fishlife including jacks, mangrove snappers and groupers. Also mollusks and nudibranchs can be found among the scattered vessels. Navigation is relatively simple and…
Katori Maru
By boat - All divers
The Katori Maru is a world war II shipwreck located about 50 km from the mainland. It was a Japanese troop carrier which was sunk by British aircraft. The wreck is not covered much and visibility is poor at 5 to 8 meter.
Kenyalang/ Tyre Reef
By boat - All divers
There is also an artificial reef, built by the Malaysian Fisheries Department. Kenyalang or also known Tyre reef, is a large piece of redundant oil rig teeming with small fish. 13m to 22m max depth. A surprisingly nice dive.
Kuantan Wreck
By boat - All divers
It's is resting on her port side, at 23 meters deep. The top of the wreck is at 14 meters and is easily dived by novice divers. Surrounding the wreck are large wire-mesh fish traps scattered by local fishermen. The length is about 80m and she is 10m wide. The propeller is still in tact and quite…
Labas Island
By boat -
A long rocky outcrop essentially comprises this dive site. Beneath the surface are myriad cracks and crevices with make up countless swimthroughs and caves. It has the best of both worlds; plenty of nooks and crannies for the adventurous and beautiful coral gardens for the relaxing dive. Look out…
Langkayan Wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Lobster lairs
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Nice dive with lots of cracks with lobsters. Sharks and mantas are living inhabitants of this part of the reef.
Lobster Wall
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Nice wall with a cave full of lobsters. Same inhabitants than the other dive sites.
Mabini Padre (Blue Water Wreck)
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This wreck lies northeast of Kuraman Island and is 34 km from Labuan. It gets its name from the clear 'blue' waters it lies lies in and of all the wrecks in the area this one has the best visibility. The Mabini Padre is a large Philippines fishing trawler, which caught fire and sank in 1981. The…
Mabul House Reef
Shore - Really easy
House reef in Mabul is outstanding, either you are in the Sipadan Water Village, in the homestay or in the old oil rig. Usually these places offer free diving here with their packages and is crazy not to use it.
You can find lots of lion fishes, crocodile fishes, stone fish, small barracudas,…
Magicienne Rock
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This pinnacle raises up to 8 m. This is one of the best dive of the Pahang marine park: Whale Shark, Leopard Shark, Mantas can be seen here!
Mak Cantik
By boat -
Close to Chek Isa is Mak Cantik (which means 'beautiful mother' in Malay), an underwater seamount in waters 12-18 metres deep that's home to a large coral garden comprising many hard and soft corals. Some divers prefer this to Chek Isa as the coral gardens here are prettier, including some lovely…
Mandarin Valley
By boat - All divers
A dreaming site for underwater macro photographers!
Manukan Reef
By boat - All divers
Nice dive site with barracudas and turtles. Just take care of the boat traffic!
Marine Headquarters Wreck
By boat -
There is an old wreck of a cargo vessel near the Marine Headquarters on the north of Pulau Pinang. It is now covered in coral and is home to many fish including a stonefish that takes some searching out!
Marine Park Wrecks
By boat -
In the south of Soyak island, there are 8 wrecks located off the beach at the Marine Park headquaters. They are all connected so navigation is relatively simple and inquisitive batfish will often follow you around. Big shoals of fusiliers, jacks and trevallys can be seen around the wrecks. Pirate…
Mid Reef
By boat - All divers
Mid Reef is situated east of Pulau Manukan and is a submerged reef covered with hard coral, sponges and anemones. Click here for a photo of a Marble mouth Frogfish (Lophiocharon lithinostomus) found there.
Mini Seamount
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Moonraker
By boat - All divers
This site is awesome - soft, hard corals cover large areas of the terrain, feather stars, nudibranchs and a wide variety of reef fishes. Watch out for the zebra spotfin lionfish - the beauty with a nasty ‘sting’. We wondered why our dive instructors never breathed a word about this place….hmm.…
Mosquito Wreck
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This wreck was part of the Japanese Mosquito Fleet from WWII. It lays on her side, full of jacks. I've seen my first whale shark here !!! Unforgetable.
MV Tung Hwuang (The Cement Wreck)
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The Tung Huang is a freighter that sank while transporting cement to Brunei for the Sultan's new palace on 25 September 1980. It hit the Samarang Bank and sank as it tried to reach Labuan for repairs. The wreck now lies east of Kuraman Island and just 21 km from Labuan. The vessel, 92m long, 15m…
North Point
By boat - CMAS * / OW
North Sulug Reef
By boat - All divers
Great corals, Jack and barracuda shoals. Corals are very nice, ideal for macro. The island is gorgeous.
Pasir Kerangi
By boat - All divers
Artificial Reef made of PVC pipes anchored on sand in 1991.
Pasir Tani Wreck / Vietnamese
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
One of the more popular diving sites, known as the Vietnamese Shipwreck, it's is located at the southwestern side of Pulau Perhentian Kecil. Actually it is an American landing craft which sank in 1976. Nowadays divers can find half of a steel landing craft while the location of the other half of…
Pinnacle II
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Cleaning station for Bat fishes, you'll encounter a lot of them
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Police Bay (Bulijong Bay)
By boat - All divers
This dive site is located in the north of Pulau Gaya. It is a coral garden with staghorn corals and a slope with sandy bottom. Mostly small reef fishes, some stingrays
Pulau Babi Tengah
By boat - All divers
This dive site is into the marine park, and you can find some leatherback turtles in july!
Pulau Chebeh
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Pulau Chebeh SouthEast
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Great white gorgonians and sea fans. Also seen : Stingrays, Napoleon wrasse, two turtles and a goatfish.
Pulau Ekor Tebu
By boat - CMAS * / OW
There is an exquisite array of hard corals at this site, all jostling for that optimum light capturing position on the reef. There are blue corals, soft leather corals and some large clams to be found here. The northeast tip of the island comprises mainly of large boulders dropping down to 24 meters…
Pulau Kerengga
By boat -
Northwest of China Terjun are the islands of Pulau Kerengga Besar and Pulau Kerengga Kecil with a large expanse of shallow reef which is ideal for snorkellers as well as novice divers. If Cina Terjun is 'eel & lionfish city', Kerengga is 'ray city' as the shallow sandy bottom around it is home to a…
Pulau Labas
By boat - All divers
Reef fish shoals among volcanic rocks.
Note: The small skeleton wreck on the northwest side is not really interesting.
Pulau Lima
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
A research study in 1976 found Pulau Lima and its associated sea mounts as perhaps the most valuable entity within the Redang marine park as the reefs around this islet represented all environments found elsewhere in Redang, thereby providing a miniaturized view of the entire park's marine…
Pulau Ling
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This small island is best known for two massive coral heads which are said to be the largest off the Malay Peninsular. The larger of the mammouth Porites measures around 25 meters across at its base circumference. They are both over a hundred years old and the small caves around the bottom attract…
Pulau Nyireh
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Great dive site for novice and snorkelers. Schools of barracuda and tuna, groupers, rays, and all the tropical marine life.
Pulau Paku Besar South
By boat - CMAS * / OW
A stone's throw away are the islands of Pulau Paku Besar and Pulau Paku Kecil which are popular snorkelling haunts but also have enough to keep divers happy.
Pulau Pemanggil
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
On the east side of Pulau Pemanggil is an old unknown shipwreck. The wreck is covered of fish. Very nice dive.
Pulau Pinang
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Pulau Pinang
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Pulau Pinang off the southern coast has a rocky wall that drops down to around 50 meters.
Pulau Rawa
By boat - All divers
Another series of underwater boulders just off the tip of the smaller outer islands. There are a couple of small caves and swimthroughs here and some nice black coral and sea fans. Nurse sharks may be spotted resting in the crevices here.
Pulau Rawa
By boat & from shore - All divers
Good Beaches and snorkelling, healthy ìSTAG'S-HORN CORALî surrounding both beaches with easy access for snorkelling. New dive centre opening Feb / March 2010
Pulau Renggis
By boat - All divers
Pulau Segantang
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This small island lies 13 kilometers west of Pulau Payar, it features steep rocky terrain down to 20 meters. Fish life is in abundance with barracuda, jacks, snappers and often nurse sharks. Tyre Reef is the most popular site here, there is also an anemone garden round the northern side of…
Pulau Susu Dara Besar
By boat - All divers
Marine life is similar to Tokong Laut, with less coral life.
Pulau Talang Talang
By boat - All divers
lying off the mouth of Sematan River is a protected turtle sanctuary for green, hawksbill and olive ridley turtles.
Pulau Tulai
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Rajawali reef
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This is a very popular dive site both interesting for dive training and snorkeling (near the beach). Sharks and mantas can be seen here during exercices !
Ray Point
By boat - All divers
Viz around 5m. Bigger fish than on the northern side. Some gorgonians, groupers, lionfish and of course Bluespotted ribbontail rays :)
Rayner's rock
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
A lot of different sharks may be seen here: Whitetip sharks, Hammerheads sharks, Whale sharks, as well as Mantas
Rayner's Rock
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Rayner's Rock off the northeast coast of Dayang Island has rock and boulder formations dropping to 30 meters, with big humphead wrasse and barracuda present here, it is one of the local favourite spots. Also the best place in the area for that manta or whale shark sighting.
Renggis Island
By boat -
Renggis Island is one of Tioman's top dive spots, hence it can get busy at times. Sub surface on the eastern side of the island is a reef teeming with life with all manner of corals, sponges and anemones and a multitude of fish. This site is often used for training and night dives, it is also one of…
Ron Reef
By boat - All divers
Nice reef sealife. Not as many big fishes than in the south dive sites, but very colourful
Runnaway
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Very nice dive, the viz was 50m+. Sharks was abundant: whitetip reef sharks, hammerhead sharks and grey reef sharks. Nice dive.
Santak
By boat - All divers
Shaped like a dogs bone and covered in large Gorgonian fans at the west end. 25 – 30 metres deep. Some of these reefs are 800 metres long and 100 + metres wide and would take several dives to explore.
Sapi Jetti
- All divers
Good place for both snorkelling and scuba. Marine life is great: it consists of a sandy area where you find a lot of special animals like fingered dragonets, flounders, gobies, cuttlefish and even the occasional sea snake.
Scubasa Drop-off (Tukay drop off)
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
is the reef furthest from shore, about 24-28 km (40mins by boat). The reef consist of several longish strips with a wall which drops off from 20 to 45 meter. Its possible to see reef sharks, napoleon wrasses, groupers, schooling mackerels and barracudas and turtles. During certain times of the year…
Sea Fan Garden
By boat - All divers
lies between 15 and 20m with many gorgonian sea fans and sea whips.
Seahorse Drift
Boat - Medium - AOWD
Seahorse drift is the best place in the perhentian for muck diving. Really close to the small island, but only accesible by boat. Is in the chanell between the two islands, so the current is always strong, therefore is perfect for drift diving.
The best moment for this dive is at sunrise where…
Seaventure Dive Platform
By boat - CMAS * / OW
A lot of nudi, Crocodillefish, Stonefish and all that you can dream on, of small creatures :o)
Sepoi Island
By boat -
Sepoi is one of the further islands from Tioman, hence it is not dived as frequently as the others. Often done as a drift dive around the island up and over the volcanic boulders. Golden Reef Just off the northeastern edge of Sepoi Island is a submerged reef where sea fans, soft corals and sponges…
Shark Point/ Light House
By boat - All divers
Vast extension of hard coral, and the usual reef life. Easy to spot black tip sharks (when visibility is good) and home of turtles, needle fish, puffers, some barracuda, etc. In 2010 one diving school sunk an old piano there. It's locations shouldn't be difficult: In the Flora Bay side of this site…
Sharks cave
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The cave entrance is 25 m deep. Here you must find a lot of different sharks: Leopard sharks, Whitetip sharks, Nurse sharks, Grey reef sharks and Hammerhead sharks.
Snapper Ledge
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Take care of the current. It may be strong here!
This spot viz was outstandig: More than 50m...
South Edgell Patch
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Mantas if you are lucky! We were not :(
South Point
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
You can see the same barracuda shoal than in Barracuda point. Take care of the current.
Soyak
By boat - All divers
Sri Gadong Wreck
By boat - All divers
is a small 30m cargo ship lying in 20m on a sandy bottom, about 40min boat ride south of Miri. Also there are two barges and the bow of an unknown vessel (believed to be an oil tanker sunk in WW2.
SS De Klerk (Australian Wreck)
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Until recently this ship thought to have been sunk by the Royal Australian Air force, has now been identified as the Dutch vessel SS De Klerk. Scuttled by the Dutch in 1942 but salvaged by the Japanese and renamed Imabari Maru, she hit a mine and sunk 23km southwest of Labuan in 1944. She now lies…
Staghorn Crest
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Great coral garden in the shallows and a plateau near 15 meters deep.
Stingray City
By boat - All divers
Sugarship Wreck
Boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Sugar Wreck is a sunken freighter located at the west of Pulau Perhentian Kecil and resting 18m below the surface. It sank in 2000 during the monsoon period. As the name suggests, it was previously used for transporting sugar and currently, it is the house for many marine life.
Reef adaptation can…
Tanjung Basi
Boat - OWD
With fantastic hard coral beds and massive rock boulders to explore, this is a relaxing dive which offers a wide range of coral and fish life. Soft corals, including fans and whips are in abundance, also offering good chances of spotting sea turtle and giant moray eel. Three species of triggerfish…
Tanjung Cina Terjun
By boat - All divers
If there is one place in Redang that qualifies as a macro photographer's wonderland, it must be Cina Terjun, one of my favourite sites in Redang. It might as well be called 'eel & lionfish city' too since divers are almost certain to encounter eels and lionfish here.
The sandy bottom fringing the…
Tanjung Gua Kawah
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
At the northeastern tip of Redang, Tanjung Gua Kawah tends to have strong surface and deep-water currents and is best left to experienced divers. Rocks and boulders descend to sandy bottom at around 15 metres. Coral growth is average but due to the currents, there are opportunities to encounter…
Tanjung Pasir
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This is the best dive we've done in Pulau Tenggol. Reef is good, but the best is shoals of Barracudas, Jacks and Tunas. A great drift dive, maybe not for beginers cos of the strong currents.
Tanjung Tokong
By boat -
In the noth side of the island, situated just around from Turtle Bay this spot is well renowned for seeing Green and Hawksbill turtles. In addition to the turtles there are many varieties of reef fish here around the submerged boulders. Currents can be stronger and these often bring in the bigger…
Teluk Air Tawar
From shore - All divers
Teluk Dalam
By boat & from shore - All divers
Nice bay, great for snorkelers. Turtles can be found here near the coral garden area.
Teluk Kador
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Terumbu Kili
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Terumbu Kili, a rocky outcrop that appears above water and slopes down to a sandy bottom at about 20 metres in depth, lies at the southern tip of Pulau Pinang and is one of the top dive sites at Redang.
Beware the strong surface currents in the channel separating this outcrop from Pulau Pinang. Due…
Terumbu Tiga / Tiger Rock
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Terumbu Tiga lies to the east of the bigger of the two Perhentian Islands (Besar) and is accessed by boat. Its a collection of rocks, which provide a great habitat for critters, with very clear water and fun swim-throughs. This formation of large boulders is potentially the most picturesque site in…
The Highway
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Many experienced divers cherish this spot for its swift currents - the feel of the rush. This dive should only be attempted by divers with wide diving experience in open sea conditions.The strong eddy currents on the surface may be a little unsettling but the undercurrent tops it all. Follow your…
The Jetty
By boat - All divers
One of the best beach dive of the world!
The Point
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Probably the best dive of Layang-Layang. The visibility is outstanding... Don't miss it!
The Rock
By boat - All divers
Not as nice as the other dive sites in the area. But good enough for a 2nd or 3rd dive of the day. Viz can go down to 4m depending on current. No fish around for days if there was dolphins flyby. Occasional sighting of turtles.
The Tunnel
By boat - All divers
There are several cracks, one of the is named the tunnel. The best is just around 15m deep. It's not worth to dive deeper here. Very nice corals (including numberous lettuce corals) and sponges.
The Valley
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Like most of Layang-Layang dive, The Valley is an oustanding dive site. A must for underwater photographers: from macro to large pelagic such as mantas, hammerhead sharks, turtles etc.
Tiger Reef
By boat -
This submerged reef lies in the channel between the islands of Sepoi and Labas. Some impressive coral formations can be seen here such as plate, brain and fire coral. It is one of the most impressive reefs in the area, covered in hard and soft coral it attracts thousands of fish including snapper,…
Tiger Rocks
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Jacks, barracudas, stingrays, turtles, and sometime sharks (including whale shark).
Tioman
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
Tokong Burung
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This location, in the south western side of P.Tenggol, resembles a construction site. Boulders and rocks scattered on the slopes and base of the mound. The sandy bottom is thriving with worms and a few colonies of soft coral beautifies the otherwise barren landscape. Fish life also seems to be…
Tokong Laut / Temple of the sea
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Massive pinnacle, sand at the bottom. Probably the best site in the Perhentians, with great marinelife diversity: scorpionfish, schools of yellow snappers, boxfish, pufferfish, bamboo sharks, nurse sharks, some occasional black tip shark, a house turtle, nudis and schools of reef fish.
Tokong Timor/ White Rock
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This site is approximately 300m off the south western side of the main island. The terrain is generally flat but littered with rocks and boulders. Feather stars of a variety of colours (even white ones) cling on to the surfaces of barrel sponges and anywhere that has good current flow. Sea grass…
Tom Yam Wreck
From shore -
Just a little further out from the House Reef is the Tom Yam wreck sitting upright in around 20 meters of water. This makes an excellent easily accessible night dive where the entire wreck comes alive with cleaner shrimp, crabs, dragon snails, featherstars and lionfish.
Tulai Island
By boat -
Also known as Fan Canyon this site is famed for its huge Gorgonian sea fans clinging onto the volcanic boulders. There are a number of swimthroughs amongst the jumbled boulders where smaller creatures and even a ribbon eel maybe spotted. A couple of locations around Tulai Island can be dived namely…
Tunnel Point
By boat -
A little further south from tanjung Tokong, there is an array of boulders that create caves, swinthroughs and canyons. Close inspections is rewarded by sights of the shyer marine inhabitants lurking in the darkness.
Turtle Bay
By boat - All divers
The bay is very calm and the main interest is turtles. This site is good for snorkeling.
Turtle Cavern
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The entrance of the cavern is on a sandy floor at 18m deep. When you go inside, the cave go down to 21m and then become smaller. There is a marlin skeleton inside (put there by a resort diver!) If you follow the left hand side of the cavern you will end up in front of a tunnel. The tunnel connects…
Turtle Patch
By boat - All divers
Turtles :) But also White Tip Sharks, parrotfish shoals and nice table corals.
Turtle Point
By boat - All divers
Turtle Tomb
From shore - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
Turtle Tomb is a small cave system behind turtle cavern.
If you follow the left hand wall of the cavern to the end and swim arount the big rock in your way you will end up in front of a small tunnel big enough for one diver to swim through. Behind that tunnel a cave opens with several side…
USS Salute (American Wreck)
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This World War II US Navy minesweeper lies around 24 kilometers south of Labuan in roughly 30 meters of water. The USS Salute was built in Seattle, in 1943. It was first put into service in Hawaii in 1944 escorting convoys between Pearl Harbor and several ports in the Far East. Later it was involved…
West Ridge
By boat - All divers
Black corals, turtles, groupers etc.
Whitetip Avenue
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Below 30m, there are a lot of sharks (whitetip and grey sharks) and some very nice sea fans and black corals.
Wrasse Strip
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Another very nice dive: Mantas, Whitetip Sharks, Turtles, beautifull sponges and gorgonians...
Wreck Point
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The wreck is no longer a 'wreck'. Just few scatterled iron stuffs on the sea floor. But no matters, the sealife is here incredible!
Whitetip Sharks, Hammerhead Sharks, but also Black Corals, Barracudas...
