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Dive sites Malaysia
Malaysia scuba diving dive site pulau Langkawi -
payar
Pulau Payar
is located south east of Langkawi and north of Penang Island.
No form of accommodation is available on the island and only the marine
park center occupies its solitary beach. Strict conservation laws enforced
by marine park rangers around the island have resulted in prolific marine
life. Although at times the plankton rich waters can reduce visibility the
abundance of fishes makes up for it. Jacks, Fusiliers, black tip sharks,
barracudas and giant groupers are sighted on a regular basis. Coral life
is a mixture of hard and soft corals.
Favorite Dives:
Grouper Farm
suitably named, this site is located towards the southern end of Pulau
Payar and is home to small schooling fishes nervously darting about due to
the presence of numerous huge groupers. Seascape is mainly hard corals
slopping down to about 15 meters.
Pulau Kaca
Situated towards the east of Pulau Payar are some easy wreck diving sites.
Dozens of sunken fishing trawlers are found around Pulau Kaca creating an
artificial reef. Depth is about 18 meters which makes it an easily
accessible wreck to explore. Abundance of fish life, mollusks and
nudibranchs can be found among the scattered vessels.
Pulau Segantang
This rocky outcrop is located 13 km towards the west of Pulau Payar. It
features steep rocky terrain plunging into the sea to a sandy bottom at 20
meters. Nurse shark, barracudas and jacks are very common here. Lobsters,
moral eels and mollusks are also commonly sighted.
next Tioman
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