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| perhentian island |
| DIVING AT PERHENTIAN ISLAND There are a total of up to 27 dive sites around the island. Below are brief descriptions of some of the main dive sites. |
| 1. Sail Rock 2. Tg. Besi 3. Tiger Rocks 4. Petani Beach House Reef 5. Tombstone 6. Teluk Kerma 7. Pulau Rawa 8. Temple of the Sea 9. Sea Bell |
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| Tombstone Tombstone is located around the left corner of Long Beach on the east side of Perhentian Kecil and offers an easy dive at maximum depth of 13 metres. The area is covered with hard corals sloping down to the sandy bottom. We sighted bumphead parrotfish and potato cod here once, and stingrays, pufferfish, triggerfish are also commonly seen. Sea Bell Could be described as your 'real aquarium', Sea Bell offers breathtaking display of colours. Good visibility with abundant reef fishes, porcupinefish, pufferfish, stingrays, snappers and soft corals. The dive is close to concrete piling of the lighthoue on the west of Perhentian Kecil. Maximum depth around 16 metres. Tiger Rocks A bunch of large granite boulders with some of them jutting above the sea, Tiger Rocks offers an exciting dive with a lot of swim-throughs. We found a turtle on the sandy area at maximum depth of 18 metres. Various corals, sea fans and coral whips can be found. Nudibranches are everywhere at the site. Other fishes include pufferfish, boxfish, jacks and batfish. Sightings of black tip shark have been reported here. Temple of the Sea Probably everyone's favourite and the best dive site at Perhentian Island, Temple of the Sea is a rocky pinnacle that goes down to a maximum depth of 27 metres at the sandy area. Its tip is visible above the water; hence Temple of the Sea; and the pinnacle is covered with different species of soft corals and hard corals. Bamboo sharks / nurse sharks can be found sleeping under the rocks. On every dive you are mostly guaranteed school of jacks, barracudas, garfish, snappers and stingrays as well as porcupinefish, pufferfish, angelfish, butterflyfish and batfish. Water can be choppy at times. |
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