Perhentian Dive Site Shark Point/ Light House

Vast extension of hard coral, and the usual reef life. Easy to spot black tip sharks (when visibility is good) and home of turtles, needle fish, puffers, some barracuda, etc. In 2010 one diving school sunk an old piano there. It's locations shouldn't be difficult: In the Flora Bay side of this site there's 3 to 4 buoys attached to the ground, check in one of the middle ones, and you'll find it at the sandy bottom, at aprox.12m deep. It's also an excellent site for snorkellers.

Description

This dive site is characterized by having coral reefs, located on the west side of Teluk Dalam, south of Perhentian Besar. The reef layes on a sandy bottom, with pebbles covered in corals. Closer to the bay, at a deepest location is a submerged reef called Karang Kapal, which means ship's reef, where the scattered remains of a wreck are found 50 meters north of the reef.

• Fauna and Flora : In terms of fauna and flora, the most common species are sea whips, ramified, tabulate and foliaceous corals, wrasses, parrotfish, damselfish, yellowfin barracudas, scorpionfish, crustaceans, clownfish and blue spotted stingrays.
• Diving Types  : Sightseeing Wreck Dive Deep Diving Identifying sea life
• Maximum depth : 20 m
• When to go :April   May   June   July   August   September