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Diving or scuba diving is one of the most popular leisure activities in Malaysia. Malaysia's seas are the ancient homes to amazing diversity of floras and faunas life that has evolved through the years. Malaysia is fast becoming one of the leading dive destinations of the world with the richest marine environment in the Indo-Pacific Basin. This free time activity always lures the people specially tourists who want to spend time in water. From schooling hammerhead sharks, huge schools of barracudas and various turtles to the bizarre frogfish or ghost pipefish, there is always something to mesmerize you for diving.
Almost all the islands in Malaysia provide different levels of experience for all from easy shore diving to advance technical diving. Most popular diving sites in Malaysia include diving along gentle sloping reefs, submerged reefs, coral blocks, wall dives, deep dives, drift dives and wreck dives.
Malaysia is a beautiful abode of fascinating creatures and to explore these should go for Snorkeling or diving which provides you the spectacular view of undersea world. But one should always be careful to do this activity as reefs are very fragile and easily damaged.
The things one should avoid while going for diving are:
• Avoid touching the coral
• Never try to stand on coral
• Ensure that your body and fins do not touch the reef.
• Scuba divers should always avoid harassing reef life because harassing them can disrupt feeding or mating.
• Try to learn as much as you can about coral reefs and their inhabitants.
While you’re diving, you will be enthralled by the variety of corals on the seabed and the numerous fish.
The real diving experience you will get in the most popular diving spots like:
• Labuan Wreck Diving
• Langkawi
• Lang Tengah Island
• Pulau Lang Tengah
• Lankayan Island
• Layang Island
• Mabul Island
• Pulau Aur and
• Pulau Kapas
On approaching any dive operators, they will insist on seeing your certification for the type of diving
that you wish to do and to undergo a check-out dive. To advance your skills in scuba diving, dive centers are there to offer you further scuba courses at affordable rates. Maximum renowned dive centers in Malaysia are well equipped and well certified by relevant agencies and they always try to maintain their standards of safety and professionalism. Certifying agencies like PADI, NAUI, SSI and BSAC are some of the name that provides Scuba diving courses.
So, spice up your holidays with an unforgettable diving experience in this Malay Kingdom’s crystal clear sea water. Get ready to enjoy the time with the rare glimpse the grey frogfish, short-finned pilot whales or the sleek Moray eel.
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