The Marine Parks of Johor have two distinct regions, the inshore islands are Pulau Rawa, Pulau Babi Hujung, Pulau Babi Tengah, Pulau Babi Besar, Pulau Tinggi, Pulau Mentinggi and Pulau Sibu.Offshore, 65km east of Mersing, Pulau Aur, and the three smaller islands of Pulau Dayang, Pulau Lang and Pulau Pinang, together with Pulau Pemanggil, which is 15km northwest of Pulau Aur, make up the rest of the Johor Marine Park.

Pulau Aur and Pulau Dayang are two islands in close proximity of sites to dive, from deep trenchers to shallow reefs. Most noted for its pelagic sightings Aur and Dayang have been the site of many sightings of whale shark and manta Ray.

Diving ranges from rock boulders and submerged reefs to wrecks. The channel between Aur and Dayang is rich with coral reefs in relatively shallow waters. You also have a unique opportunity to dive on a wreck just off the shore of Dayang. Pulau Pinang a rocky area, has steep drop-offs that provide shelter to giant stingrays, groupers, large schools of barracudas, and sometimes Manta Rays or whale sharks.

Pulau Dayang is also an excellent destination for dive training. With a huge variety of dive sites to choose from, divers are pampered with different choices of training available.

Dayang provides a diversified training platform for Open Water Divers.

You can either choose to pursue the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course or simply take your time, do some adventures in diving.

As a matter of fact, more than 60% of Singapore divers are trained right here on the island. We recommend divers who are keen in PADI Specialties such as Deep Diving, Digital Underwater Photography, AWARE-Fish Identification or the popular PADI Specialty for many divers who dive in Dayang, Drift Diving at Captain's Point

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More detailed information on Pulau Dayang and Pulau Aur scuba diving sites:

Captain's Point Known to the local as Tanjong Batu Ronchek. It could have been that a particularly notable plundering happened near the point, which thenceforth became (with some poetic licence) "the cape of pirate's rock". When the conditions are right (i.e. when there is a strong current running!), Tanjong Batu Ronchek is probably better than Batu Ronchek itself: it is a much wilder and more savage place, and (consequently) a spot favored by pelagics wanting to ogle at divers. Locate the rock awash at the tip of the promontory (the rock is triangular when viewed from east towards the west), and follow the steep rock slope down, and you may be rewarded with large fishes such as tunas, skipjacks and giant barracudas.	Crocodile's Bay/Rock This is a site on the eastern side of Aur island and is name after the rock formation off the coast line that resemble that of a crocodile head. The site is relatively shallow and is suitable for entry level divers or for conducting a check out dive. Corals cover the gentle sloping sea floor with few patches of sand. The general direction for a dive at this site will be swimming southwards in the direction towards Telok Teluran.
Dayang's Wreck About a 100 m from Dayang Island Resort are 2 wrecks sung in 1998. One sits upright on a sandy bottom at approximately 30 m while the deeper 2nd wreck lies on its starboard side at approximately 40 m. Due to the large numbers of divers visiting those wrecks on a weekly basis and the strong current at the channel, the wheel house structure of the 1st wreck has disappeared, and the deeper 2nd wreck is only left with its hull. However, it is still worth visiting the wrecks as blue spotted rays, moray eels, puffer fishes etc like to stay under the shelter of the wreck hulls. Divers usually perform a free descend above the 1st wreck and navigate a short distance on the sandy bottom before getting to it. Some divers would also visit the deeper wreck if bottom time permits, before swimming to the reef for a mulitlevel dive and navigate back to Dayang Jetty.	Expand Map Just as Rayner's Rock guards the northern approaches to the Channel, Pulau Lang is the mouth of the southern end. This is the perennial favorite location for check out dives at Dayang Island. Its name is an abbreviation of Helang, meaning "Eagle". On the eastern side of Pulau Lang, there is a small bay - commonly called "Lang Bay", which is mostly used at the default site for conducting dive classes. Its virtues are its proximity to the resort, and its generally sheltered conditions, and shallow reef. The mid section of the western side of Pulau Lang is dominated by vast expanses of shattered coral rubble at shallow depth of about 10 m, which serve as a good entry point for introducing night diving. Upon descending to the bottom, start looking out hermit crab, sponge crab, eel, scorpionfish, reef cuttlefish etc, that are common in the night. You can choose to swim towards the northern or southern tip of the island, depending on the current, where you will find interesting marine life in the jumble of rocks. Turtles are common at these to points in the night.
Rayner's Rock Rayner's Rock is properly called Batu Ronchek. The word "ronchek" is not easy to decipher, but perhaps it could be a variant of "ronce" (or "ronche" in the old spelling system), which means to rob or to take away by force. Piracy has for centuries been a major problem for navigators in the Southeast Asian archipelago. This site is a large rock awash just at the mouth of the Channel, and the number of divers' tales here about mantas, whale sharks, bumphead parrotfish and other large pelagics are legion, and mostly true. Despite appearance, Batu Ronchek is not an isolated outcrop, but actually marks the southwestern corner of a shallow underwater shelf that runs continously from the northernmost tip of Dayang (Tanjong Batu Ponchek) in a wide arc across Telok Jawa, and then south to the opening of the Dayang Channnel. It is very shallow on the landward channel between Dayang and Batu Ronchek, and the strong currents here have swept the rock bottom free of sand, leaving strange low formations of coral dotted here and there on the bare rock.	Telok Jawa Batu Ronchek is best done as a drift dive from a boat.The ideal conditions occur when a moderate current sets from north to south past the rock: get the boat to drop you north and some distance off the rock, and let the current carry you southwards towards and past the rock on its seaward face, as its much more interesting than the shallower inshore side. North of the rock, it is mostly a coral garden flat set in bedrock, with sea whips and patches of corals. Further along, a steep rock slope dominates the seaward flank of the rock, and it is here that you should start looking out for visiting pelagics. The southern flank of the rock is the most interesting: there is a spectacular jumble of giant granite blocks and boulders, with many large grottoes and swim-throughs. Batu Ronchek stands at the south-eastern end of a beautiful half-moon bay, Telok Terang, which means "Bright Bay" - fitting for a bay facing the rising sun. Here slopes of bare granite, shedding off sheets of rock from the stresses of thermal expansion, dip into a calm, sheltered bay filled with coral gardens set on a sandy bottom. A good place for a peaceful second dive of the day, and perhaps even a "check out" dive. Ideal site during rough weather conditions when other sites are too tough of the regular divers to handle. At its most northerly point, Telok Terang terminates in a steep rocky promontory jutting into the sea: this is Tanjong Batu Roncheck.
The Pinnacles Immediately south of the Pinang Channel are the pinnacles of diving at Dayang and Aur: the offshore patch reefs known collectively as The Pinnacles. These are basically patches reefs rising from a floor of about 30 m plus to about 15 m. Although there are four of them, only two of them are commonly dived, and these are generally known as Pinnacle I and Pinnacle II - these are the two most eastern patch reefs as marked on the Admiralty charts, and lies directly southwards of the Pinang Channel. Pinnacles II (the easternmost one) is the one most commonly visited by divers. Both of the Pinnacles consists essentially of very large coral outcrops surrounded by a sloping field of hard coral - in good conditions, the outcrops are visible from the surface. The attraction of the Pinnacles can be quite simply put: big fish! Manta, giant barracudas and tunas are frequently sighted here, and shoals upon shoals of large reef fishes frequently envelope the underwater peaks. The downside of the Pinnacles is that it is entirely exposed to the elements, and it can be dangerous for less experience divers: there is no shelter if a squall should spring up during a dive, and current conditions generally run from severe to the suicidal.	Pulau Pinang Pulau Pinang is the name of the little island southeast of Dayang, behind the main island - Pulau Aur. Pinang is the Malay name for the betel-nut palm (Areca catechu) from which the areca or betel nut is obtained. The recreation of chewing betel nuts (which is said to have a mild narcotic effect) seems to have spread from India to the Malay archipelago. Botanists say that the palm is never found in the wild - so it could have been that early settlers used the island to grow the pinang palm to support this ancient habit. The Pinang Channel is the narrow, rocky straits running between the tiny island of "Pulau Pinang" and the main island Aur itself. Very strong and wicked currents constantly scour the channel. The northern tip of Pulau Pinang is an interesting dive, with a jumble of huge granite blocks at various depths, and the usual associated grottoes, overhangs and swim-throughs to explore. The rocky western side of Pinang is often a refuge for dive boats in bad conditions, and is often dived when an intended dive to one of the Pinnacles further south is frustrated because of the weather or sea conditions.

Malaysia is fast becoming one of the leading dive destinations of the world with one of the richest marine environments in the Indo-Pacific Basin. The incredible bio-diversity of marine life, coupled with beautiful islands, white sandy beaches and clear warm waters, keeps divers coming back for more.

From schooling Hammerhead Sharks, to huge schools of barracudas and various species of turtles to the bizarre Frogfish and Ghost Pipefish, there is always something to fascinate the diver.

In Malaysia, the coral reef eco-system supports more that 50 generas of coral and more that 200 species of fish. It is not an exaggeration to say that almost every time a marine bio-diversity survey is conducted in Malaysia’s tropical seas, the species list increases!

Dive centers in Malaysia are well equipped and are certified by all the internationally recognized dive agencies like PADI, SSI and SSAC for maintaining their standards of safety and professionalism. Naturally, all scuba diving courses in Malaysian waters are also endorsed by these certifying agencies.

Some of the courses available include the ‘Open Water Course’ for beginners, all the way through to ‘Diving Instructor Course’ and ‘Re-breather Course’. After completing your scuba course, get outfitted with the latest scuba equipment as all international brands are available from dive centers in Malaysia.

Almost all the islands in Malaysia cater to divers of all levels of experience - be it easy, shallow drift-diving, to advanced wreck-diving or technical diving. Operators that offer technical diving are well equipped with portable emergency oxygen kits, special tank refilling equipment and other necessary facilities.

Top dive sites around Malaysia include diverse underwater geography such as sloping reefs, coral blocks, wall dives, deep dives, drift dives and wreck dives.

Dive operators, like any others around the world, will insist on seeing your certification for the type of diving you wish to do and to undergo a checkout dive. To advance your skills in scuba diving, dive centers offer further scuba courses at competitive and affordable rates.

The Still Unexplored Sea
Malaysia’s tropical forests and seas are the ancient homes to a staggering diversity of animal and plant life that has evolved over countless millions of years. A dip below the warm sea’s surface guarantees you an astounding experience with a concentration of vibrant and exotic marine life rarely rivalled anywhere else.

Malaysia’s spectacular tropical reefs boast an additional attraction – it is one of the few places on earth where macro organisms and large pelagics overlap so broadly in the same waters. Only a handful of diving sites in the world can offer both these sights in one diving holiday.

Comprising Peninsular Malaysia in the west and the states of Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia, Malaysia rests on the continental shelf of South-east Asia, the two halves separated by the South China Sea.

The west coast of Peninsula Malaysia is separated from Indonesia’s island of Sumatra by the Straits of Malacca. Along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, the diversity of marine life around the waters of Pulau Pangkor and Pulau Payar are quite different from those off the eastern coast of the Peninsular Malaysia, in the South China Sea. Pulau Perhentian, Pulau Lang Tengah, Pulau Redang, Pulau Kapas, Pulau Tenggol and Pulau Tioman all lie a short boat ride off the Peninsula’s coast in the South China Sea and feature good coral growth and abundant fish life.

Surrounded by the nutrient-rich South China Sea and the Sulawesi Sea, the state of Sabah plums to true oceanic depths of 600m–1000m, different from the shallower waters of Peninsular Malaysia’s islands.

Located some 300km from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah’s capital, Layang-Layang Island is blessed with the best water visibility, from 20m–50m.

The Tunku Abdul Rahman Park Islands, just off Sabah’s capital of Kota Kinabalu, are popular for training and easy dives. On the other end of the spectrum, you should be an advanced diver to fully savor Sipadan Island. Lankayan, Mabul and Kapalai are famous for their ‘muck dives’ (diving in the coral rubble and sandy patches looking for macro animals).

Pulau Talang and Turtle Rock off Sarawak feature reef diving, and further away from the mainland, divers can do some very good wreck diving on the Katori Maru (a World War II Japanese troop carrier).

Malaysia is located in the heart of the Indo-Pacific basin, which is the heart of the worlds’ richest marine biodiversity area, where scientists believe the marine life of the Pacific Ocean evolved.