yes sir.
if i can recall correctly 8am at their place, then onboard. back by 5pm.
its 3 dives.

1st site - east temple (crystal clear until like 30+ meter down)
this is where i met the whaleshark. kinda hectic coz theres another group of divers who keep on chasing the whaleshark *facepalm*
it came to us for like few mins then swam away because being chase.

2nd site - fire temple i think, where we drift underwater current. tons of nudies

3rd site - we decide to go back to 1st site, again.. met with the whaleshark. this time just us. spend like 20+ mins with it.
it even come to surface and play bumping around. hahaha

it was my first time to tenggol and was lucky to met the gentle giant.

going to tenggol using the One Tenggol booked during MIDE in mid July. Hope the whaleshark still there!

good luck bro.
East Temple best site ever.
damn clearrrrrrrr
plus theres Pikachu down there.

was searching for pikachu when i heard the ting ting ting ting and tadaaa from a far.. a wild whale shark appear!
just hope that your group knows how to react when it appears. then u can enjoy dem long with it.

Anyone went diving with the apple watch ultra before? any feedback on that?

Hey guys, wondering if it's not too difficult to do a Malapascua trip as a solo traveler (obviously not solo diver though)?

Because my job is remote, so I don't plan to take leave to go. But I wonder how is the internet in Malapascua so that I can attend to work when needed?

When learning scuba

Need to bring friend/partner or can pair me up with another solo?

i went with a group, but as long as you are willing to pay single supplement surcharge whether for transport to island (if you are taking a private transport, not local bus), as well as at the hotel I guess I dont see a problem.

best is to check with the dive centre you are interested in, normally no issue to go solo, but some dive centre will have single supplement if ended up a solo lesson session with the instructor.

right, so you're saying that generally if i'm sitting in the hotel then internet isn't an issue?

Instead of malapascua you better go El Nido or coron.. malapascua nothing much

Sounds like a good idea too. But same issue. Internet kena stable, or else I'm GG. Wahaha.

EL Nido is quite okay... I spent 3 weeks and I'm like you, needed wifi else I also GG, resorts had good connection.. I was also solo travelling

Thanks for the idea! I will tekan tekan my calculator a bit now. Hehehe..

Hahaha no worries... Try considering anilao and Puerto Gallera...if you're lucky you'll see the thresher shark at Gallera... It's cheaper than palawan... And anilao is the best macro heaven.. best of luck !!!

Malapascua only for Thresher Shark mainly, but hit n miss sometimes. Need to go early morning.
My experience , first dive only can see shadow in deep blue then surface interval an hour, go back down and saw 2 at cleaning station spot, cant remember how many but i think theres 3 spots. - Monal shoal

Didnt manage to go Kimud Shoal, they said low chance to see hammerhead & tiger (recently someone posted).

Gato island - whitetip shark (often under the rock/small cave). Sometimes resting in open.

Just got back from Koh Tao 4 days diving last week... got top say quite nice... but Sail Rock dive spot really like pasar malam, first boat to arrive did 1 dive, then surface up and most of boat coming from Koh Tao & Koh Phangan

This month chances can see Juvenile Whale Shark roaming Sail Rock <> Chumphon Rock

Sail Rock
Chumphon Rock
HTMS Sattakut - wreck


70% all mat salleh, 20% foreign workers, 10% thai i think.

This post has been edited by cmah89: Aug 15 2023, 08:53 AM

which DC you went with? i might do Koh Tao if my work brings me to Chumphon

New Way Diving , at Sairee Beach area.


Last I saw their schedule, every 2 days they do Sail Rock and quite a number cospace as in other DC joins in. Chumpon Rock i think every 2-3 day once.
Need double check, but i can confirm is every 2 days they do Sail Rock.

If you into photograph look for Goh (Thai) or Tom(Korean) but very good english.
Chalee(Thai) also okay but hardly spot small stuff. Goh kinda spotter as well. As for Tom didnt go with him yet, his customer mostly Koreans.

Hi sifus

Is September a good time to travel to dive? I'm planning to do my open water padi license and my friend frm china also want to do some diving.. He got advanced licensed d..
Where is recommended to go for September ah? For peninsular Malaysia....

Helo, my limited personal opinion is, it is not a bad time to dive (meaning dive resorts are still open, there may have rain/wave/surge but not as bad as in monsoon season).

Strangely in my experience visibility/weather can be quite different year to year so if you can, you should just plan and go ahead. for peninsular Malaysia you can look at Tioman, Redang, Perhentian, Tenggol I guess.

Welcome to the diving family.

This post has been edited by XtraSpicy: Aug 23 2023, 06:02 PM