Dive Pulau Dayang & Pulau Aur - The Journey There

Pulau Dayang locationThe long day started off with a bak kut teh lunch in Bukit Tinggi, Klang where we collected some dive equipments from the dive shop.

Then off we go for a 5 hour car drive to Mersing. There were 2 routes from KL to Mersing and we chose to use the Kuala Pilah-Kuala Rompin route. Exited the North South Highway at Senawang and it was all trunk roads from there onwards.

I wasn’t 100% sure about the route. But luckily enough my Garmin Nuvi 200W was reliable as ever, and it did a great job bringing me all the way to Mersing and back.

Reached Mersing at about 2100 hours, had a short dinner and headed off to the jetty to wait for the rest of the group. The departure time was supposed to be at 2200 hours, but some guys got lost on the way to Mersing (blame it on their GPS) and we only boarded the boat at 0000 hours.

The tide was low and the big boat couldn’t come into the jetty. So, we got to board a small speed boat to the middle of the sea and change boats. By the time we reached the big boat, the waves were quite strong and some people were already feeling sea sick when the journey to the Pulau Aur/Dayang did not even start yet!

There were 2 islands; Pulau Aur and , and they are just opposite of each other. These 2 islands are just below Pulau Tioman and famous among Singaporean divers because it’s the nearest dive site available to them. They’re about 65km off the coast of Mersing and it usually takes about 4.5 hours to reach there, depending on how strong the waves are.

We stayed at and dived both islands.

The long boat ride started at 0030. The journey took longer than expected because of the high waves while we were halfway in the middle of the sea. By the time we hit the island at 0530, almost everyone was tired and some were having headaches due to the sea sickness.

Checked into the resort, had a short nap and get ready for the first dive at 0930.

Next : Day 2 - Let’s Go Diving!

August 4, 2008 | Filed Under Scuba Diving, Travels 

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