Jake403 Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) On 9/14/2019 at 1:41 PM, Xabierb said: Edited October 31, 2023 by Jake403 Cancel post Xabierb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enelym1978 Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 On 12/27/2022 at 6:27 PM, swimboi said: Hello from Maldives with Cuddlefish Divers! How was it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucien Posted January 22, 2023 Report Share Posted January 22, 2023 Hi, Happy Chinese New Year everyone! I am very new to diving, passed my OWD just nice before COVID 😭 and I have only done a total of 8 dives. Was wondering if anyone here has any experience or advice on weekend diving trips to Batam? (I.e leave on friday night and return on Sunday night) I really wanted to come back to diving again this year, did my refresher last week. But the prices online are abit steep at >460 not incl equipment. I tried researching how to do this with the dive shop in Batam directly but I only got as far as knowing how to book a friday and sunday night ferry to and fro. Most of the hotels/resorts are centered around Batam Center, so I am not sure if the Batam dive shop is able to arrange transport from any hotel down south to pulau galang and then back to the hotel after the dives. Any advice/experience will be greatly appreciated! 🙏🙏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkien Posted January 22, 2023 Report Share Posted January 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Lucien said: Hi, Happy Chinese New Year everyone! I am very new to diving, passed my OWD just nice before COVID 😭 and I have only done a total of 8 dives. Was wondering if anyone here has any experience or advice on weekend diving trips to Batam? (I.e leave on friday night and return on Sunday night) I really wanted to come back to diving again this year, did my refresher last week. But the prices online are abit steep at >460 not incl equipment. I tried researching how to do this with the dive shop in Batam directly but I only got as far as knowing how to book a friday and sunday night ferry to and fro. Most of the hotels/resorts are centered around Batam Center, so I am not sure if the Batam dive shop is able to arrange transport from any hotel down south to pulau galang and then back to the hotel after the dives. Any advice/experience will be greatly appreciated! 🙏🙏 For a weekend diving trip, you're better off going to Tioman. Take a Friday evening bus to Mersing (3-4hrs), stay there for one night then take the morning ferry to Tioman. Once you arrive, you can do 1 afternoon dive (and maybe a morning shore dive?) on Saturday then 3 dives (2 morning and 1 afternoon) on Sunday, before taking the ferry back and 5pm bus back to Larkin Terminal. Should reach SG by 8pm unless there's a jam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enelym1978 Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Yeah you have 2 options really, Tioman weekend trip or Batam/Bintan. I did both my OW and AOW with a SG local shop. The Tioman trop was as described above, Friday evening until Sunday evening. I did my Advance in Bintan, on a boat for the entire weekend (live on board). Here was the itinerary (this was in 2013): Day 1 (Fri) 1730 Arrive at Singapore Punggol Marina Country Club 1830 Check in to MV Nautica 1900 Dinner Day 2 (Sat) 0800 Breakfast 0900 1st dive 1200 Lunch 1300 2nd dive 1500 Tea time/ snacks 1600 3rd dive 1800 Light snack 1930 4th dive 2030 BBQ dinner Day 3 (Sun) 0700 5th dive 0900 Breakfast 1000 6th dive 1200 Lunch 1300 Return to Singapore 2100 Check Out from MV Nautica 2200 Arrive back at Singapore Punggol Marina Country Club We had to pay an extra $200 for this live onboard thing (on top of the regular AOW certification cost). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enelym1978 Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) Tioman actually had a departure on Thursday evening.... sorry. At least with the dive shop I chose. Day 1 (Thursday) 11PM Meet at Dive Shop Depart for Mersing Jetty via coach Rest stop Arrive at Mersing Jetty Depart for Tioman/Dayang via ferry Day 2 (Friday) Arrive Dayang/Tioman Check in Resort Breakfast & Briefing 1st Dive Lunch on board 2nd & 3rd Dive Return to resort Dinner at resort, Log dives & debrief / Night dive (adv and above) Night divers dinner Day 3 (Saturday) Breakfast & Briefing 4th Dive Lunch on board 5th & 6th Dive Return to resort Dinner at resort, Log dives & debrief / Night dive (adv and above) Night divers dinner Day 4 (Sunday) Breakfast 7th & 8th Dive Lunch, Log dives & debrief Check out from resort & depart for Mersing Jetty via ferry Arrive Mersing Jetty Depart for Singapore via coach Arrive @ Singapore 9-10PM depending on trafic Edited January 30, 2023 by Enelym1978 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucien Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Hi both! Thanks for the advice! I didn't know Larkin Bus to Mersing instead of direct from SG was so much cheaper until I went to search after reading above^. Tioman would have been the preferable choice given the prices of dives when going direct to the dive shops/dive resorts. However I was realised Jan to Feb still tail-end of the Northeast Monsoon, what with the flooding situation over on the peninsula. Might be better to wait until March for Tioman. Meanwhile for Feb, Batam/Bintan seems to be less affected by the Monsoon rains, but the price per dive seems to be less ideal about 75plus SGD per dive while Tioman is around 40 to 50? Think because Batam/Tioman limited dive centres so they have abit of a monopoly, also for Batam logistics more complicated and ex (need land transport and sampan transport to the dive sites far south. From above, LOB seems like the more time/travel-efficient option, but additional 200 dollars and my partner dont like the idea of living onboard a boat so more unlikely to do so, haha.. (maybe next time if im traveling alone.) Current job hard to take overseas leave on weekdays thats why making it abit troublesome for myself to plan also, being limited to Fri night to Sun night. The Batam itinery I was offered goes: 0700 - Pick up from hotel in Batam Centre 0815 - Reach Barelang 6 Bridge jetty for sampan transfer 0930 - Dive 1 1100 - Beach for lunch/surface interval 1230 - Dive 2 1400 - sampan Back to Jetty 1515 - land transfer back to Batam Centre 1615 - reach Batam Centre free-and-easy. *Quoted roughly 1,700,000 Rp, so roughly 143sgd, 2 dives Ferry ticket two-way - 73sgd, Hotel two nights - 70sgd Food (2 × brkfast, 2 x dinner) - 50sgd Misc - 50sgd Total about 386sgd Not very value for 2 dives, but at least its sub 400 for a weekend 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsoo6868 Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 (edited) Seeking like minded scuba diving ? I m from Malaysia KL chi 38, 179, 76 bottom.. hope could find someone sincere for diving together .. I m AOW AND BEEN DIVE MORE THAN 8 years Edited April 11, 2023 by Jsoo6868 . Librium 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucien Posted November 17, 2023 Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 Anyone interested in going to Phuket to dive second half of December? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlackNS13 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Shout out to the diving community... there's a new start up Tele for water sports lovers which includes diving. Can pm if keen. Librium 1 Quote -I luv thaiz- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsoo6868 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 On 1/28/2024 at 2:58 PM, SlackNS13 said: Shout out to the diving community... there's a new start up Tele for water sports lovers which includes diving. Can pm if keen. Pm SlackNS13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehtahpe Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 On 1/28/2024 at 2:58 PM, SlackNS13 said: Shout out to the diving community... there's a new start up Tele for water sports lovers which includes diving. Can pm if keen. Can pm link? SlackNS13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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