| Access: | By boat |
| Quality: | Interesting |
| Highlight: | Interesting |
| Average Depth: | 10m |
| Max Depth: | 20m |
| Current: | Can be strong |
| Visibility: | Good ( 10 - 30 m) |
Briefing of Mak Cantik
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 anemone gardens. There is also a good abundance of fish life, including yellowtail barracudas, rays, puffers and all the usual damsels, wrasses, parrotfish, angels, butterflyfish and snappers. Look out at the fringe of the reef and you might see nurse sharks, white-tip sharks and large rays. There can be strong currents around the submerged boulders here. As we know this is good for bigger fish so barracuda, jacks and trevally are common at this dive site along side many other species of schooling fish that sweep around the coral formations in spectacular unison.
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