SDI diver here. going next dive @ redang sept.

i wont say it's the best or it isn't. it all depends on budget and understanding before taking either body. there's other board,other than SDI or PADI. i would say probably the most good teaching body is SSI, instructor there wont let you go for practical or written examination without a lot of practice,and it's probably the most expensive for open water license, my buddy spend 3kplus plus practicing in pool in bangsar, IIRC it's not even including his trip to boat dive @ terengganu for practical exam.btw, the president/head/watever u call it, for the SSI board @ malaysia is a general officer of the military.lol.


i took SDI instead of PADI because, PADI has written examination IIRC, and i think practical is much more important than writting those theory, lol. nowadays, a dive com do all the calculation, plus there's no time for you to count underwater during emergency it all depends on your own choice.my opinion is for open water,advance,rescue. not for instructor level, they need theory a lot

PADI around 1.2k for the course itself havent include lodging

SDI cost roughly around 1.4k including lodging @ redang

anyway, pelangi resort @ redang is setting up project awareness, to clean up the island underwater world. anyone attending?

This post has been edited by akRia: Aug 14 2008, 01:46 PM

u don need to show dive cert, what he mean is, go diving thru dive shop (agency) ,dive shop not just sell equipment, they arrange dive package and trip as well, if u r interested to go learn diving, dive shop can arrange too. and those stationed in dive site company is called dive center/ dive shop too.

by the way, just in case someone ask, u cant go dive whenever u want, it's not just illegal, and u are risking ur life without dive master around, and the oxygen tank only can refill @ dive center, so, buying own equipment n drive urself without license is basically, a joke.

i was trying to tell in a easier form, i tried telling ppl compressed air and they know shit about it,they only know it as "oxygen tank"

and no, what i mean divemaster is a professional to guide u when and where to dive. buddy too will get lost sometimes.

btw, so far i havent encounter any shop wants me present dive license when i purchase,malaysia/non-malaysia. =/ bought bcd and wetsuit oversea.

This post has been edited by akRia: Aug 27 2008, 09:32 PM

if ur resort got dive centre contact there mayb?sometimes they offer SDI license so don have to travel here n there and 850~950 is around market price

post some chicks bro! now is near MAY and near May means a lot foreigners! PIC PIC PIC!

got forumer want go alone also ma, tag together la!

ps: it's better u take one basic OW and practice well then only considering going AOW. sometimes people gets carry away with the title and careless against little thing.

year end the east coast is closed ,monsoon. probably u nid consider further like sabah to learn if it's end of year.




later u will realize ur pocket burning very fast, no matter how much save its never enough lol. when u dive u want gear, when got gear u want dive,then the circle repeat.



anyway, im going redang this thursday nite,decided this morning and manage to get a room @ pelangi.. 1st of may, say HELLO to all the chicks!

just came back from my redang trip.

1st of May -> Not so much of what i expected, mostly family trip.
all auntie with bikini or full of tattoo and smoke, no hot chicks

went for shore dive but with a spoiled mask so terpaksa end the dive earlier,
under water full of open water student
conclusion, from boat view full of orange/red/purple life jacket, under water full of legs and bulu kaki

2nd of May -> still lotsa snorkeling, sea of life jacket and legs inside water,manage to dive in pulau kerangga and black coral garden,nothing much special.still the same conclusion with lotsa life jacket n kaki inside water

3rd of May -> wake up 6,30am and leave island at 7am just to see bumhead fish, with a lot of luck we manage to see them inside a group (sleeping gua)

and bonus is manage to capture photos of it + sea turtle

people still leaving redang island and in a sudden it turns quiet again.

4th day, end of this diving trip and went back to KT.

edited : will post photo later, a buddy bought along G10 with casing to take photos

This post has been edited by akRia: May 5 2009, 08:48 PM

although im not sure they offer OWC not,but they do have advance open water. have a friend who did her advance there under NAUI. sipadan is beautiful but the price is like going oversea for a malaysian.

visit own country's island but paying at ang moh price, i would rather pay and go manado, at least im really going oversea.

its like the pulau aur and pulau dayang case, because they are nearer to singapore,they basically charge at singaporean rate even for malaysian.

guys i got a pair of mares quattro size regular ( i think is M) , letting go at rm450...market is rm580 if not mistaken.



i need money, the fin is brand new inside plastic bag....bought it last week when im oversea..

black colour,still in plastic bag n the smell is new...havent touch water

if interested can pm me

a friend went earlier and told me nothing much offering at attractive price. guess im not going,last year i went also nothing much surprise at price

dive comp. suunto d6 no changes in price still is 2.2k in mide

never expected it to drop,found someone selling new at very attractive price in MDC and already place order there.

very very attractive price

i do know a friend doing instructor in redang, u can PM me for her number if u really interested.

the price is quite firm, the price is very standard which is around 900 everywhere. so don bother asking for cheaper @_@"

if get rina as instructor sure laugh whole trip one,recommended

Actually you should ask for their license as confirmation but be smart,ask in a way that wont offend them. but most the time if you call resort/dive shop to arrange course, it will be definitely a instructor who will conduct the course itself.

after all, scuba diving industry is about reputations.

i doubt you can get free license by observing sea turtle or clean the environment. it needs rental for gear, registration fee, and boat rental fee to conduct, if a organisation can have such money, they might as well just use the money to use it on better side? as for the dive centre owner, i don't see a reason they want to spend their time and equipment for free. its not 2hrs thing to conduct/rent a gear out, its at least 4days at minimum..furthermore, most the time non-diver volunteer, they do some beach cleaning, observe sea turtle or gather tourist's signature..i never see them actually gear up...

the last time i heard was from SOS/releigh if not mistaken, you have to gather donation of 3k in order to participate in sabah. and that also i didn't heard the participant get free license at the end.

can get a normal 950 + 450 4d3n in some east coast island then donate the rest to the society itself or use the remaining and participant in project AWARE

get in west malaysia at lower rate (include lodging n transport)

then practice here too until your buoyancy is good at cheaper rate.

then only pay higher price and enjoy beautiful scene in east malaysia or oversea.

just my suggestion.