you got in touch with the contact i gave you?

Yes thanks bro
Now need to discuss with my dive buddy and see first. Might need to end up with our OW dive instructor because my dive buddy lost his dive membership card

Anyone know where to replace SDI dive membership card?
Or can ask them to issue a temporary dive card while he take his AOW?

Just come back from Tanjong Basi dives site...visibility only 3m.. tomorrow going to Sugar Wreck..

wow, the viz is quite bad there. rough sea?
hope your dive today is better.

we had 3m viz at tiga ruang the other day as wlel. crappy crappy experience.

Sugar Wreck are recommended to dive here...but 1 meter for visibility..spend almost 40 minutes..Too many divers here..around 15 people..not very comfortable ...maybe thinking to visit other time. Thinking to dive at Batu Layar.

3m should be good..

Yesterday Sea Condition bit rough early morning..

Today cleaning for my gear...ready for Ramadhan will continues after Raya..

To be honest, I always found vis at sugar wreck always bad. Been there many times but never had vis >10m (although once in a blue moon there'll be great vis where you can see the entire wreck).

A tip someone told me once, if vis is bad within the islands, best to to the outer dive sites. Say if Tanjung Basi is bad vis, going to Batu Layar or D'Lagoon will get the same. Better to go try Vietnamese wreck, lighthouse or tokong, or T3

i got no lesen to go Sugar Wreck maa....i also wanna go...cannot go, so bang balls next season take advance la.

i heard T3 is good also but dint get to go. No time already...

Where do you guys recommend to go for dives?
Perhentian, Redang or Tioman?

I just got my OWD Certification in perhentian.. I feel like going agains but wondering if there are other places I should try. Also money suddenly becoming an issue after paying off summonses and raya coming up. hehe.

What is a cheap diving option for you guys? Any LOB around semenanjung thats affordable (ie. 1k more or less)?

Tioman always have the cheapest dive sites and cheap beers to relax in the evening (non muslim only lah), and of course, Tioman malay food also hebat!

Off course lah. Duty free port mah. Can buy liquor also back. There itself can untung a bit to cover and also cheap chocolates. Actually a few duty free shop towkay is from Langkawi. The ferry operator also from there but he failed to build the jetty for is ferries due to objections from local dwellers. Good for the locals.

I spent almost 5 night at Tioman island and been around places such Genting,Paya,Tekek,Panuba,ABC,Salang and Juara. Well..here you can get 3 beer only RM10 Salang are the best spot to relax which offering cheapest accommodation and best food ( Salang Pusaka are the best ever BBQ ). Tioman are great dive spot for local and Singaporean. Well i try be at all dive site at Perhentian Island then will move to Redang Island.. by next year

Anyone can recommend a good dive centre?

Hi guys, I am just coming back from my OWC took with Sipadan.com... I am officially an open water diver !! yay !!...

All my course held in Mabul... there is no confine water for us, all the skills did in real ocean about 5-6 meter depth. we did 4 days to complete all the quiz(s), final & 4 OWC dive.

I hate the open mask and put back during underwater, burn my eyes, nose and really freak me out... 2 times I have to go to surface... haha... I am very lucky that my instructor is very cool teacher.

All the instructor there 100% foreigners but they are very friendly. 80% customers there are foreigners.... toilets are clean, dorm also clean and food is quite repeatative but expected.

This post has been edited by zaff1984: Jul 27 2011, 10:25 AM

A question not exactly related to diving, regarding food on our islands, i went to perhentians blown a hole in my wallet to eat. Each meal there costs Rm12 (Nasi goreng Padprik + coke) fried rice cheapest is Rm6.50-7.00. Is that the average prices in the other island as well? I know Tioman is duty free but how about the food price? Id cheaper perhaps i'll go get my AOW there.

Tioman's food prices are cheaper compared to Perhentian. More of a kampung place compared to super tourist place like other islands.

Felt like taking OWD but dont have a companion, anyone feel like tagging me along?

Here's what i remember from Perhentian



Tioman food is like what? Kampung price? Nasi goreng kampung Rm3.50 those kind?

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Added on July 27, 2011, 1:13 pmJust go and make new friends. There's a guy who was alone also when i went for my OWD, in the end he joined our group and we had tonnes of fun. Padi Open Water Chapter 6: Snorkel Clearing

This post has been edited by TAGreptiles: Jul 27 2011, 01:13 PM

Yeah, just go by yourself... I just come back from Mabul did my OWC there 1st time solo travel and 1st time backing. there are few malaysian. I group with Slovenians they are nice and cool too... all the instructors are foreigner.. my instructor is English man. 2 years in Mabul. cool guy.

It is quite an experience for me... more or less it will built ur confident. many of foreigner also travel solo they will ask you alot since u r malaysian...

Damn... that snorkel clearing !!! hate it. We dont have swimming pool (confined water) in Mabul, so all the skill need to do in ocean 5-6m depth... arrgghghhhh...

This post has been edited by zaff1984: Jul 27 2011, 09:47 PM

LOL, i think you sadly mistaken what TAGreptiles is saying about the Chapter 6 - SNORKEL Clearing. I think this part is a LAND exercise