There are approximately 30 dive sites dotted around areas that include Sibu Besar, Sibu Tengah and Pulau Tinggi. The dive sites have a general depth of 15m - 18m but on average visibility is about 10 metre.
One of the best sites here is Dolly Parton, named so for obvious reasons. It was a 20- 25minute speed boat ride to the dive site and a 50minute dive. Upon descending, you will find the current pretty strong.
Coral formation was good - bommies, sea fans, soft corals were healthy and still thriving. Fish life was surprisingly scarce. A few tiny morays, batfishes, angelfishes, damselfishes, wrasses, triggefishes. For budding underwater photographers, with so many dive sites around Sibu worth exploring, it may just be the perfect place for you to go micro.
Getting There
By Road - make you way to the Ayer Hitam exit on the North South Highway and head toward the town of Kluang. Once on the trunk road, follow the sign towards the coastal town of Mersing.
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