TURTLES IN PARADISE
To all those Long Suffering Individuals hoping to find something new
We are Stuck in paradise, aka Perhentian Island
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Sunrise on Long Beach, Perhentian Kecil
For those who are interested, things here are: in the wise words of Aristotle, "Same, same but the still same". The dive season here has begun and the diving is rocking. We still go diving everyday and start PADI diving courses nearly everyday.
Our prices are much the same too. Many an unbiased diver has noted that Perhentian offers the best value diving in South East Asia. We even offer a guarantee.
The diving is as good as ever. We still have lots of turtles, stingrays, bumphead parrotfishs as well as the usual colourful reef fish on our scuba diving trips . We organise regular diving trips to Redang Island. Those trips are always fun.
We now have 2 more wrecks to dive at Perhentian. Both are bigger ships (70m long or more). The first is the Sugar Wreck, an easy dive on a 3500 tonne ship. The second is The Secret Wreck, a more tricky dive on an old freighter down at 38m. Suitable for more experienced divers and for those qualified to dive with Enriched Air (NITROX). For those who want to learn we offer the PADI Enriched Air Diver course which qualifies divers to dive with gas blends up to 40% oxygen.
Dive season is from March to end ofOctober 2010.
The sea in Early march and late october can be still a little rough. No particular month has the best condition for diving but July and August are the most busy months. We are less busy now in September and October .Dive conditions are fairly good till end of October as the north east monsoon has been delayed over recent years and will start by end November this year.
The water temperature is consistently warm 30`C so wetsuits are not essential. A 3mm shortie or rash vest with board shorts will provide sufficient comfort.
Divers must furnish some proof of diving certification. Open Water Diver certification is perfectly adequate for most dives. Those who wish to dive deeper than 18 metres or at night must have the equivalent of the PADI advance diver certification.
A medical questionaire must be completed before starting any course. A single "yes" answer will require you to be examined by a doctor to ensure that you are medicallly fit to dive. It is advisable to review this form before arriving on Perhentian as there is no doctor on the island.
