Best Dive Sites
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.