Dive Log#Dive Log#188-200 Bali: Menjangan, Puri Jati & Secret Bay

Dive Trip Date: 2011 Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 (Merdeka-Raya Holiday Week)

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Dive Location: North West Bali, Indonesia.

Total Number of Dives: 13

Dive Sites:
#188 Check-Out Dive @ Puri Jati
#189 Puri Jati
#190 NIGHT DIVE – Mr Long's first night dive in Bali, and he goes diving without his camera !!!
#191 Menjangan Island. Damn! I forgot to bring my camera battery charger! Urghhh! Need to conserve battery.
#192 Menjangan Island. Oh! Oh! Buddy not feeling well. Getting a new buddy for the night dive.
#193 NIGHT DIVE – Puri Jati
#194 Menjangan Island – Eel Garden
#195 Menjangan Island – wall diving Pos I or II – got a little crevice/cave.
#196 Drive to Gilimanuk – Secret Bay. Viz sucks cos low tide. This is the place where there's a ferry to East Java.
#197 NIGHT DIVE – Secret Bay. Tide coming in, viz still sucks.
#198 Drive to Gilimanuk – Secret Bay. High Tide! WOW! The viz is crystal clear.
#199 Puri Jati
#200 MERDEKA EVE – Puri Jati

 

Tank: AIR

Max Depth: 5.5m to 23.4m  Avg. Depth: 3m to 13.4m  Bottom Time/Dive: 1 hour.

Temperature: Not so cold diving @ Menjangan & PJ. However, Hood & Gloves is a must for Secret Bay.

Currents:  No current

Buddies: Edward Grigorovich, Long Wei Ying & JMW

Log Details: Good diving except for the travelling between dive sites. The journey from Denpasar to Pemuteran was also a killer overland journey especially if arrival is late in the evening. We didn't get to our hotel – Adi Assri Resort until around 1 am-ish. Kasihan only, the drivers had to drive all the way back to Denpasar after dropping us.

Top Critter of the Trip – Pistol Shrimp

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@ 2011 Mr LongTW

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Dive Log#181-187 Malaysia: P. Tenggol, Terengganu.

Dive Trip Date: 2011 April 30 to May 2 (Labour Day Weekend)

Dive Location: P. Tenggol, 45 minutes off Kuala Dungun, Terengganu

Total Number of Dives: 7

Dive Sites:
#181 Turtle Point
#182 Nakhota
#183 Tokong Laut
#184 Amazing Grace
#185 Tokong Timur
#186 NIGHT DIVE – House Wreck
#187 Five Sisters

Tank: AIR

Max Depth: 30.2m  Avg. Depth: 16.1m

Temperature: Much cooler this time compared to the last trip here when the temp rose and cause the corals to bleach.

Currents:  No current

Buddies: Peter Soox2 and for the night dive – Mr LongTW

Log Details: Start of the scuba diving season, just like downhill skiing -  it's back to basics aka training/refresher @ Tenggol to be reacquainted with my dive gears and my underwater photography. I have totally forgotten how to get my S80 to play nice with YS-110a…so it's definetly a refresher for me as I came back with horrid photos.

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Dive Log#165-180 Philippines: Malapascua

Dive Trip Date: 2010 Nov. 17 to 23

Dive Location: Malapascua, Philippines. Diving with Thresher Shark Divers (TSD)

Total Number of Dives: 15 + 1

Dive Sites:
#165 (Air) Check-Out Dive @ Bantique
#166 (EAN36) Monad Shoal @ 6 a.m. No Thresher sighted.
#167 (AIR) Bantique
#168 (AIR) North Point
#169 (EAN36) Monad Shoal @ 5 a.m. Blurry Thresher seen.
#170 (EAN33) Dona Marilyn Wreck. Visibility is horrible, eerie atmosphere included.
#171 (EAN32) Gato Island
#172 (EAN36) Monad Shoal @ 5.30 a.m. No Thresher sighted.
#173 (AIR) Chocolate Island
#174 (AIR) Quillano
#175 (EAN37) Ka Osting Night Dive with full moon drama.
#176 (EAN36) Monad Shoal @ 5 a.m. AWESOME! Very friendly Thresher seen. Got my video!
#177 (AIR) Quillano
#178 (EAN36) Gato Island
#179 (EAN33) Bugthong Bato – new dive site. It's only 18 months old.
#180 (EAN33) Ka Osting

 

Max Depth: 23m  Avg. Depth: 16-18m

Temperature: 23°C – 25°C

Currents:  during night dive @ Ka Osting

Buddies: Joanne Wong

Log Details:

This trip is definitely a safari trip. My journey too me from PEN-KUL-MANILA-CEBU-Malapascua and back. I took all types of transport, from land to air to sea…just to get to the island. This trip is memorable filled with lots of learning & drama. I thought we could avoid the check-in drama, unfortunately, the episode had to be screened. :smile:

Video:  Thresher Shark

Photo: Picasa Web Album

Airport Fees:

P750.00 for international flights
P200 for domestic flights

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Dive Log#154-164 Malaysia: P. Tenggol, Terengganu.

Dive Trip Date: 2010 June 5 to 7

Dive Location: P. Tenggol, 45 minutes off Kuala Dungun, Terengganu

Total Number of Dives: 11

Dive Sites:
#154 Turtle Point
#155 Tokong Timur
#156 Rajawali Reef
#157 Tokong Laut – Charlie No.3
#158 Cleaning Station
#159 Amazing Grace
#160 Sri Nakhoda
#161 House Wreck
#162 Lost World/Twin Towers
#163 Five Sisters
#164 Tanjung Gemok

 

Tank: AIR

Max Depth: 30.2m  Avg. Depth: 16.1m

Temperature: 29°C – 30°C HOT HOT HOT!

Currents:  No current

Buddies: Peter Soox2 and Joanne Wong

Log Details:

The corals are bleaching. It's beautiful like a winter wonderland. :sad: The corals are dying. There's swim-throughs which are fun, but the bikini-girls are not. Their finning sux! Stirs up the sandy bottom – not very good for me when I wanted to take underwater photos!

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