Dive Pulau Dayang & Pulau Aur - Dive & Dive!

The next day was all about diving again. Some of the guys went for a dawn dive at 0700 but I was too lazy to wake up that early. Got up later in the morning, had breakfast and geared up for my first dive of the day at 1000.

The dive site is called The Pinnacles. They are 3 dive sites in The Pinnacles, but we were only going to dive in 2 of them; Pinnacle 1 and Pinnacle 2. It’s about 30 minutes boat ride away since it’s on the other side of the island. Since it’s a long journey to The Pinnacles, we’re going to make 2 dives before heading back for lunch.

Pinnacle 1 was the first. It’s famous for it’s big waves and current. Once the boat stopped, it was already rocking so hard from side to side that everyone has to immediately gear up and jump into the water to avoid feeling seasick. So, one by one we went.

Because of the strong current, we were suppose to hold onto the buoy line on the boat and swim towards the other buoy line to descend, otherwise we might miss the dive site and got drifted away. But the descend buoy line was still some distance away and the waves were big!

Slowly swam to the descend buoy line, dipped my head into the water and I could see the bottom clearly which was about 20m deep.

It was the best dive of the trip despite the strong waves.

Pinnacle 2 was much easier. No strong waves and it was a relax dive.

Dive #5
Location: Pinnacles 1
Start Time : 1000
Bottom Time : 45 minutes
Max Depth : 25 metres

Dive #6
Location : Pinnacles 2
Start Time : 1130
Bottom Time : 50 minutes
Max Depth : 12 metres

Dive #7
Location : Pulau Lang
Start Time : 1530
Bottom Time : 50 minutes
Max Depth : 17 metres

Dive #8
Location : Dayang House Reef
Start Time : 1800
Bottom Time : 50 minutes
Max Depth : 12 metres

Next : The Journey Home

August 6, 2008 | Filed Under Scuba Diving | 2 Comments 

Dive Pulau Dayang & Pulau Aur - Let’s Go Diving!

pulau dayang dive sites

By the time I unpacked and got on the bed, it was already 0630. Tried to sleep a little but woke up at about 0800 after only 1 hour’s of sleep. By then, breakfast was already ready and we quickly finished it and went off to unpack all the dive equipments on the boat for the first checkout dive at 0930.

After a short briefing, off we go for the first dive of the trip.

I couldn’t remember exactly what I saw during all the dives. All I could recall is there are nemos, turtles, nudibranchs, a school of yellowtail barracudas, cuttlefish, scorpionfish, angelfish, groupers, moray eel, etc.

Dive #1
Location : Dayang House Reef
Start Time : 0930
Bottom Time : 50 minutes
Max Depth : 12 metres

Dive #2
Location : Crocodile Bay
Start Time : 1100
Bottom Time : 45 minutes
Max Depth : 16 metres

Dive #3
Location : Captain’s Point
Start Time : 1500
Bottom Time : 45 minutes
Max Depth : 16 metres

Dive #4
Location : Dayang House Reef
Start Time : 1730
Bottom Time : 35 minutes
Max Depth : 12 metres

Next : Dive & Dive!

August 5, 2008 | Filed Under Scuba Diving | Leave a Comment 

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 | Leave a Comment