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Dive site name : Chebeh Island

The underwater topography of this site is what makes it special. The tunnels, caves and huge boulder formations create labyrinths of adventure and make for excellent cavern diving and plenty of tight spaces to swim through. There are a number of spots around Chebeh Island, the most popular being the northeast and southeast corners. The large volcanic rocks form canyons and swimthroughs often full of schooling yellowtail fusiliers, there is also a large cavern filled with glassfish around the 20 meter mark on the southeast corner. Gorgonians are common on the walls here along with barrel sponges and soft corals of every colour. Bigger pelagics often visit this site and a manta or whale shark may even be spotted on their migratory route from the north during the earlier months of the season.

Dive site name : Labas Island

Labas is similar to Marang in that it is a pile of rocks, with the tip protruding above water. The large boulders create an abundance of caverns and spaces to swim through and the remainder of a Japanese fishing boat can be found nearby. It has the best of both worlds; plenty of nooks and crannies for the adventurous and beautiful coral gardens for the relaxing dive. Look out for lionfish, cowries and nudibranchs here. Labas can actually be dived twice, once at each end. Turtles, puffer fish, moray eels, sweet lips, blue-spotted stingray and nudibranchs are some of the marine life that you can expect to find here amongst the soft corals and fans.

Dive site name : Renggis Island

Renggis Island is one of Tioman's top dive spots, hence it can get busy at times. Sub surface on the eastern side of the island is a reef teeming with life with all manner of corals, sponges and anemones and a multitude of fish. This site is often used for training and night dives, it is also one of the better places to spot turtles and blacktip sharks.

Another reason why Renggis is so popular is that it is teeming with marine life - puffer fish, angelfish, butterfly fish, sting rays, moray eels, trigger fish, giant grouper and many other species abound. The more exposed west side of the island is covered with gorgonian fans it is home to Boris the giant barracuda and several turtles.

Dive site name : Bahara Rocks

Bahara Rocks is located 25 minutes boat ride south west of Tioman Island. The drop-off is one of the best things about this site: covered in barrel sponges, black coral, anemones and soft red and purple corals. This site is a favourite of underwater photographers. Currents can be strong in this area but the visibility is generally excellent. Visibility can be good here but currents can be strong. The marine life here is prolific, including numerous species of reef fish and also sharks.

Dive site name : Tiger Reef

This submerged reef lies in the channel between the islands of Sepoi and Labas. Impressive hard coral formations make up this submerged reef, including brain, plate and fire coral. The surrounding boulders are also completely covered in hard and soft corals. It is regarded as one of the best reefs around Tioman. There can be some strong currents, but this means that black tip reef sharks and barracuda schools often turn up. Other fish species such as yellow tail snappers, trevally, tuna, jacks and batfish are all attracted to this site.

Dive site name : Marine Park wrecks

There are 8 wrecks located off the beach at the Marine Park headquaters. They are all connected so navigation is relatively simple and inquisitive batfish will often follow you around. As this is a breeding ground for fish, you may find thousands of tiny fish, especially between March and May. There are plenty of soft corals as well as big shoals of fusiliers, jacks and trevallies. The Pirates wreck at 18 metres deep is covered in sea fans. The Sawadee wrecks lie in 30 meters of water and are the deepest dives this close to the island. Bigger shoals of fish can be seen here and even a stonefish and octopus on closer inspection.

Dive site name : Soyak Island reef and Wreck

These are actually two sites in close proximity, one being the Soyak Wrecks and the other the boulders and reefs around Soyak Island itself. The main highlight to this spot though are the two wrecks lying in 24 meters of water just off the island. They are covered in soft corals and play home to a giant grouper and often blacktip sharks. A common sighting in this area is a 1.8m giant grouper. Apart from local tropical reef fish, turtles, lion fish, bump head parrot fish, nudibranchs, yellow tail kingfish, trevally, fusiliers, and the occasional black-tip reef sharks are other species that you may encounter here. Lucky divers have reported whale shark sightings in season.