Dive Site of Pulau Perhentian
Tokong Laut (Temple of the Sea)
One of the most famous dive sites in the Pulau Perhentian, this submerged pinnacle starts at 5 meters and drops to around 24 meters. It’s covered in colorful soft and hard corals and teeming with marine life such as moray eels, trevallies, nudibranchs, bamboo sharks, schools of snapper, and giant puffers.
Sugar Wreck (MV Union Star 17)
This 90-meter-long cargo ship sank during a storm in 2000 and now rests on its side at about 18 meters deep. It’s an artificial reef home to lionfish, scorpionfish, cobias, coral cat sharks, and occasionally rays and barracuda. Great for penetration dives and macro lovers.
Terumbu Tiga (T3 or Tiger Rock)
A boulder-strewn site with canyons, swim-throughs, and excellent coral formations. It’s visually stunning and offers sightings of barracudas, batfish, blue-spotted rays, and occasionally leopard sharks or white-tip reef sharks. Depths range from 10 to 25 meters.
Batu Nisan
A shallow reef near right on our door step that is perfect for training, beginners and also experienced diver. Despite its depth, it’s alive with moray eels, puffers, boxfish, and turtles. Visibility is often good, making it a great intro site.
D' Lagoon
A sheltered bay at the north of the small island, ideal for relaxed diving. The area boasts colorful hard corals and a variety of reef life, including giant bumphead parrotfish and clownfish.
Batu Layar (Sail Rock)
Named after a sail-shaped rock breaking the surface, this site has a max depth of around 18 meters and offers a sandy bottom with great coral coverage. Expect pufferfish, scorpionfish, hawksbill turtles, and the occasional bamboo shark.
Tanjung Basi
Also known as triggerfish alley, a dive site at the northern end of Perhentian Besar, Tanjung Basi offers dramatic coral slopes and larger fish like trevallies, barracudas, and fusiliers. Turtles are frequent visitors here, and macro life is also abundant in the crevices.
Shark Point
A hotspot for blacktip reef sharks, especially in the morning. The reef is healthy with large patches of staghorn coral, and you’ll also find blue-spotted stingrays, titan triggerfish, and groupers.
Vietnamese Wreck
This US landing craft sank in the 1970s and lies upside down at around 24 meters. With often strong currents, it’s best suited for advanced divers. Expect to see barracuda, groupers, snapper, and sometimes turtles and reef sharks.
Sanchoi Wreck
The San Choi Wreck is dive site with 3 fishing boats that was deliberately sunk to serve as an artificial reef. Resting on a sandy seabed, it has become a thriving home for a wide variety of marine life such as yellow fins barracudas, scad fishes and puffer fishes. Bamboo sharks are often spotted here under the wreck. Just make sure you don’t stir the sand up!
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