Course overview

Guided fun dives on the Perhentian Islands open up some of South East Asia's best-value diving for certified divers, with turtle- and shark-rich reefs alongside signature sites like the Sugar Wreck and the Pinnacle (Tokong Laut). Several scheduled trips a day in warm, calm water make it easy to log a varied collection of dives over a laid-back island stay.

What you’ll learn

• Explore reef, wreck and pinnacle sites with a guide
• Dive in small, well-briefed groups
• Encounter turtles, reef sharks and rich macro life
• Put your buoyancy and navigation to use
• Build experience and logged dives for future SSI training

Prerequisites

• Current scuba certification (Open Water or higher)
• Proof of certification and a recent dive or refresher if inactive
• Advanced certification for sites deeper than 18 metres
• Complete a brief medical questionnaire before diving

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Reef and signature sites

   Pick from up to three scheduled trips a day to dive coral reefs, the Sugar Wreck and the Pinnacle with a guide.

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