158 results for Perhentian Island

Diving is possible all around Pig Island, but the southern side seems to offer the best all round diving. Depths here work down to about 18-25m, with a great sponge garden and a lot of rocky gullies and walls. This area is part of a reef running towards nearby Toothbrush Island. There is a good variety of fish life including snapper, tailor, bonito, bream, groper. In addition, you can often spot…

Arena island, 89 km northeast of the Tubbataha reefs and Cavili close by are small coral islets and sand cays with fringing reefs. Arena has a lighthouse and seaweed farms.Further north lie Caluse and Cagayancillo, both surrounded by reefs. This whole area is not so nice to dive, since there has been a lot of dynamite fishing and large parts of the reefs are destroyed.

Situated inbetween Koror and Peleliu on the east coast, this island has some interesting diving. Because depths and currents are not an issue here, the area is ideal for beginners and photography. Ngerchong Outside is a gently sloping wall featuring a good variety of soft and hard coral as well as anemones. You can expect to encounter plentiful schooling fish as well as the occasional shark or…

On thesurface, this island resembles a hat underwater, so its profile makethe name Sombrero even more appropriate. The rim of the "hat" stretches a long way underwater from north tosouth. Gorgonians, black coral, shells, turtles, rays, grunts, jacks, snappers, and a great variety of soft corals are scattered all over the place.Currents are normally strong during the full moon.

Pescador island is a marine sanctuary. You can dive several times here, best is the S part. There is a steep wall with a cave named cathedral in the NW side.The major attraction at this island is the resident schools of sardines that must number in the tens of thousands. These small fish attract many predator fish including tuna, barracuda, jacks, crocodile needle fish and thresher sharks. This…

Quite exposed to swells and winds, to get sheltered just go on the other side of the island.North east side from 5 to 15 m with rocks covered with kelps and some sand spots. Schools of blue two-spot damselfis, crayfish, pink maomao.

Sea Lions, Kelp and Fish

Sea Lions, Sheepshead, Garaboldi and Calico Bass

This is a dive site that runs along the west side of the Herradura island. Cuevitas means ìLittle Cavesî and in the many different ones itís easy to find white tip sharks and morray eels and swimming near the surface, barracudas and mantarays.

Very interesting dive at the southeast side of Makronisos island. Small depth and a big variety in underwater life make this dive ideal for underwater photographers. It also offers us some very nice night dives.

a good spot for crays,usaully toward the end of the season. The occasional due fish hangs around in the deeper caves. As the name suggests male australian sealions hang around on the island and the sorrounding waters, do NOT touch them, not only are they protected but they can get very violent when they get uneasy or pissed off. During mating season they can get very frisky and will become very…

This is a Manta spot in the months of October and November.

Great divesite! Lots of Aulonocaras! Fish otters under water!

Like the name suggests, this site gently slopes to about 25 metres. When visibility is good, the place looks like a manicured garden with pristine, intact hard and soft corals. Here you will find nudibranchs, crabs, mantis shrimp, stingrays, sharks, eagle rays, turtles, octopuses and cuttlefish.

Hankin Island is another colourful spot.This one is a shallow diveguest starring crabs, starfish and nudibranchs and more anemones.

Rock formations, spider crabs, moray eels, groupers

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 the better places to spot turtles and blacktip sharks.The western side of the island has a lot of…

This dive site is characterized by being a small agglomerated of rocks that has lots of marine life. It is a good place to do night dives. There may, however, be strong currents in the area.The most common species are a variety of coral species, colored gorgonians, spanish dancers, shrimps and during October, November and December the perfect place to encounter Whale sharks!

Situated 6 km west of El Nido, this island is best known for a cave dive that can be found on the north side. The entrance is wide enough for two divers to enter together and a 15-20m tunnel leads to a cavern at the centre. The bottom is sandy where small fish and crabs can be seen.The way out is more narrow and only one diver can exit the 10m tunnel at a time. It will bring you out to a rocky…

One of the underwater jewels of Mindanao is the diving spots in NorthernMindanao, specifically the waters surrounding the Agutayan Island knownas Agutayan Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Jasaan, MisamisOriental. The island, virtually a sandbar is surrounded by green watersthat is rich with marine life that houses the endangered giant clams.The Agutayan Island is crescent moon in shape, an ideal…

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 for lionfish, cowries and nudibranchs here. Labas can actually be dived twice, once at each end.

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 southeast corner. Gorgonians are common on the walls here along with barrel sponges and soft corals of…

Very nice wall running from 30m to 50m deep; with large gorgonian fans, puffer fishes and schools of fusiliers.

Fantastic wall dive!

Huge boulders and rock formations, stunning soft corals. drift diving for the experienced. The island is really good, sometimes if is not to much current is posible go around the island.You always see Polka Dot Nudibranch here, often turtles and sometime you can see whalesharks too. Its the only place where butterfly fish school too.things to

Formally established in May 1992 the reserve?s underwater scenery is generally regarded as some of the finest in the greater Wellington region.Good variety for photography.Those with a mask and snorkel could explore the rocks close to the shore.Scuba diving is the most rewarding on the western side and the north end of the Island.There are some remarkable features such as the rock archway on the…

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 Gador Bay, Genting Bay and Malang Rocks. Marine life includes humphead wrasse, moray eels, lionfish…

Snake island is a Bird Sanctuary, and home to approx 200 Harbour Seals. Great snorkeling & scuba.

by boat from Alona beach. Pamilacan island is often combined with Snake island. A very overfished site, that has no fishlife over 20 cm. Many divecenters dont go there anymore because of the lack of fish. Not a very interesting dive anymore.

Shallow waters off the coast make snorkelling easy. Area is sheltered by the island, reducing (or eliminating waves). Very large shallow area, suitable for beginners in snorkelling.

This tiny island just off Salang Bay has a number of submerged boulders covered in corals and teeming with fish such as butterflyfish, parrotfish and angelfish. The main highlight to this spot though are the two wrecks lying in 24 meters of water just off the island. They are covered in soft corals and play home to a giant grouper and often blacktip sharks.

Very interesting underwater landscape with huge rocks that give the illusion of a wreck dive. There are many canyons and crevices to explore. Fish and invertebrate life is diverse and abundant. There are big schools of Surgeon fish and smaller Yellow Snapper. Rocky reefs are covered with soft Coral, Gorgonians and Feather Stars.The southern and western sides of Payung island offer the most…

Chocolate Island is a beautiful shallow dive site and a macro photographer’s delight. The healthy soft coral is home to a large variety of life: sea snakes, snake eels, moray eels, cuttlefish (including flamboyants), seamoths (Pegasus), large crabs and juvenile batfish. Macro includes nudibranchs, flatworms, shrimp, shells and cowries. Flatworms are common and if you are lucky you will see them…

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 are all competing for space. Featherstars, worms and gastropods are all common on the protected reef.…

One of the medium-level difficult dive sites around the Bordum peninsula. The surface and deep streams are usually strong. IT's a wall-type dive which starts from the south-eastern cove of the island. Reef structures are formed and species of Moray, Congar Eel, Groupers and Barracudas can be observed. Rarely, Caretta Caretta sea turtles can be seenat the bottom. Very joyful dive site...

An excellent site for Rainbow Runners, giant Trevallies, dogtooth Tunas, and Sharks. Nisaleme is a very exposed, small, rocky island that can be difficult to dive. The entry point is usually at the Northern or the Southern tip of the island depending on current direction. The rock itself plummets very steeply into deep water. Caution should be taken when attempting this dive as there can be strong…

Green Island is situated just north of Smoky Cape Lighthouse (south of Gap Beach in Hat Head National Park) and can easily be seen from the Lighthouse car park looking north. The island is only a little way off the shoreline - unfortunately difficult access from the mainland means the dive site is only accessible by boat!The most popular part of Green Island for diving is the northern and eastern…