Not so sure when is the best..i been there twice.. At Mei and July both are good dives..pls go dive there :-D

The Best Dive Site :-

1. Batery Tokong
2. Arus Paleh
3. Pantee Paneutung
4. The Canyon
5. Shark Plateu
6. Bates Gla
7. Sophie Rickmers Wreck (osem wreck) but 60m deep 😂

All that site above u must go if u dive there..

4 years later, I can finally say that I can hold stops pretty nicely (+- 1 foot), and launch a SMB from depth too

Here's a recent dive profile with stops at 9, 6 and 3m.

item 7 is confirm out of choice hahaha as i still very newbie haha
thanks for the info

Woww @ the stepladder profile.

Ok so now you can bring a camera down with you. Need to share responsibility of snapping pics of ur buddies man

Fuyoh, posting from papua new guinea IP address

Ya lorr..so "gaya" 1!

Last year DM don't want to bring my team to Sophie Wreck. He said minimum 100 log
and only 1 dive for the day because need long surface interval. I said I'll come back with 100 log dive.

Lumba Lumba? Min 100 log dive or Rescue diver certification and above.

It's worth it though, Sophie wreck was amaaazzzzing.

Looks like it... Lumba2 very strict when come to Sophie Wrecks... unless u r pro or at least 100 dives...

Its was good but very very deep... dive com keep beep beep beep... sienz...

Whats the dive profile like diving at sophie ? Just hangout at the top of the ship for 10-15 mins and then follow ascend line up for deco stop? how long are the stops?

Not Lumba2. With uncle Stephen, our living legend. hahaha...

We went to this dive site only.
1. Rubiah jetty (check dive)
2. West Seulako
3. Limbo Gapang
4. Canyon
5. Batee Tokong
6. Arus Palae


But still good place. Got more fish than Malaysia
Morey eel sooooooo big and jinak





This post has been edited by ambsviii: Aug 29 2017, 01:59 PM

Stephen? Steffan? hahaha...

Lumba Lumba no longer going Sophie unless u r pro. Even pro sometime they said no also...

My last visit, not much moray eel and others eels... And my guide wrestle with Octopus ... tats the iconic event.

Oh ya... and a huge school of devil rays flying on us at early super early morning dive in Batee Tokong...
Every dive go deep deep deep... not to my liking but haiz... wat to do... all guide go deep.

Dun cry still can dive sophie at youtube..hehe..rubiahtirta dc also need 100 dive or unless they see you diving good and breathing good then they will bring u go dive sophie if not forget it..if u are wreck lover u should go this wreck huge and nice..

Quite eerie for me...
Purposely swim swim to one spot very very deep just to see one resident fish... See and cabut.

Deco kawkaw... Dive comp beep like nobody business, hard to clear me off too when surfacing... coz mine dive comp very conservative. d6i.

Reach surface, straight go to sleep... tiring ...

This post has been edited by ukiya: Aug 29 2017, 02:41 PM

Decent slowly to the wreck deck around 30m if I'm not wrong..then going down enter the wreck jalan2 see skull or what ever.. That time I manage to touch the sand at the bottom of wreck around 60m. Vis was superb at this dive site.

Bottom time around only 20min then slowly go up to do Deco stop at 28m, 20m 15m 10m 5m 3m..if I'm not wrong..haha lupa d..just follow your dive comp..more longer u bottom time then more longer your do Deco stop.. Deco Stop = Boring gila 😂

Total dive time around 71min

Lol yeah..suntoo d6i really keppo beep beep beep..my friend use that dc..so bising that time..haha

Bottom time 20 mins at 60m? ... tats very long wey... u using normal gas right? not trimix or something!?

They suck magical air.. Lol deco deco deco!

Bottom time 20min at 40-60m normal gas..1 tank ngam2 til 71min..😅

Finally did my SDI OW at Labuan.

Day 1: 2-3 hours of briefing on various important diving topics and equipment assembly.

Day 2 confined training straight away do at the sea which was just right at the door step. Shore entry all the way, but currents quite strong. Struggled to even stand straight properly

Day 3 continued training at Pulau Papan, about 10 minutes boat ride away from Labuan. Ended the training with an open water dive. Not much coral reef around here so didn't get to see much. Visibility was good initially but became poor as more and more sand was being kicked around. Deepest dive was 14.4 metres.

Instructor gave us one week to complete the theory questions

Hopefully I will pass successfully.