Pulau Dayang (West Malaysia)

Some pictures to share from my usual diving spot. Will update as the season goes by and I go up more.

Schooling fusiliers at the jetty

Orang Utan crab

Cuttlefish egg

Xeno Crab

CFWA of pin chusion star fish

Very shy and elusive Black Ray Goby

Big whip coral shrimp

Another one

And another tiny one

Small Cuttlefish

Nudi (Favorinus pacificus)

Nudi (Nomea crocea)

Criniod Shrimp

CFWA of White eyed Moray @ jetty

Cuttlefish Hatchling @ P. Lang

Eggs (fully formed with eyes) on Whip Coral

Orang Utan Crab on a little anemone

Blue shell on Blue sea star

Porcelain Crab on Anemone

Close-up

Shallow DOF shot on a Triplefin

Shallow DOF shot

Little fishy

Close-up of the gills of a Royal Hypselodoris

Hope you'll enjoyed it. Diving in Dayang still holds surprises everytime i go up.

Must be nice to have that as your usual diving spot. Thanks for posting, really enjoyed the pics.

Bart

Must be nice to have that as your usual diving spot. Thanks for posting, really enjoyed the pics.

 

Bart

Thanks!

It's pretty accessible from Singapore where i live and it's a popular dive training area. Just that people have expectations of seeing pelagics all the time in the area so when they don't see such stuff they think there's nothing else there and the dives are boring. Trying to change that mindset through my pictures.

Hey they are great photos - thanks for sharing.

How far from Singapore is this site?

Karl

Hey they are great photos - thanks for sharing.

 

How far from Singapore is this site?

 

Karl

There are 2 ways to get there. Usual is by van/coach from Singapore to the seaside town of Mersing. That takes about 3-4 hours on average. Then it's a 3.5-4.5 hour ferry journey to the island. Slower if you're taking a smaller boat. The other way is an overnight cruise by LOB from Singapore.

Some very nice shots there mate! Good job!

And yes - I'm allso a bit jealous You have such a great (usual) divespot!

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers

Karel

Pink Anemonefish

Gills (Chromodoris coi)

Goby

White Zanzibar Shrimp on brown whip coral

Tiny Clark's Anemonefish

Bearded Goby brooding eggs

Good job! I like it all.

An excellent showcase!! Well done!

Horrible weather and diving conditions over the weekend. But managed to try out my home-made snoot.

Great pictures! I've done a number of dives at Pulau Aur. You must have a very good eye to catch all that stuff.

Great pictures! I've done a number of dives at Pulau Aur. You must have a very good eye to catch all that stuff.

When you've dived a lot in manado/lembeh/bali, you'll start learn where all the critters can be found. Just takes the time to go find. It's a big plus if you have like minded friends searching for the critters together.

Nice photos. You can create a websites for photographers site for your photos so that you have your own site with your photos.

It's been a while and i realised i have not updated any photos from this year here so here goes.

Some pics from my season opening trip to Dayang.