Pulau Aur

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Located about 60KM off the mainland town of Mersing.

Pulau Aur, a small island with 3 other island which are Pulau Dayang, Pulau Lang and Pulau Pinang located in the southern part of Peninsula Malaysia

This island is easily accessible by 4-5 hours boat ride from Mersing, Johor which is easily reach by road from both Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

Mersing is about 4 hours drive from Kuala Lumpur and 3 hours from Singapore. Mersing can be reach by driving via Kluang from Ayer Itam PLUS Interchange or the east coastal road (Jalan Johor Bahru) from Singapore. (note. there is a road contruction about 70km of Kluang - October 29, 2000, for night driving turn off at Felda or Endau Rompin junction)

Because of the distance fromt the mainland, Pulau Aur was able to retain the underwater life intact with minimal damage due to excessive fishing. During monsoon, you will not be able to see much white sand beaches but during non-monsoon season, you can enjoy sun on the long and white sandy beach. To enjoy maximum visiblity, do a morning dive at Rayner's Rock located on th northern east tip of Pulau Dayang.

For rock climers, this could be a good area as they are rock hill around Pulau Dayang as well as a lookalike submarine rock in Kampong Pulau Aur. You can also do a trek to the 1999 Australian fighter bomber crash site on Pulau Aur.

There is a few very good site for novice diver such as the Teluk Meriam, Telok Jawa, Pulau Lang, Channel (Aur Jeti) and crocodile rock as this area are potected from strong currents.

There are a few resort located on this paradise island of Pulau Tenggol. One of the resort is the Dayang Island Resort, which is run by Gerald, a singaporean which has run the place for about 20 years now. This resort also cater for marlin fishing, note diving and fishing do not go along. A 4 days would be excellent for someone to enjoy the sea and sun. For diver, you can make as many dive as you can, as I and my buddy, Tee, manage to log 11 dives on the first 2 days, 5 and 6 respectively (S.A.F.E.)

This place can hold up to 200 person on this island, claim Andy, Sorrento Dive Singapore.

Dive Site

Telok Jawa, Pulau Dayang


• Depth : 25 - 50 feet
  
• Level : Open Water and above
  
• Telok Jawa is located on the north of Pulau Dayang with many marine life. For coral fans, this would be an good place or even a check-out dive.

Rayner's Rock, Pulau Dayang


• Depth : 40 - 100 feet
  
• Level : Advance Open Water and above
  
• It "DE" place.. NOT TO BE miss. Rayner's Rock has a history of Manta Ray sighting and occasional Whale Shark sighting. For these sighting you will have to do a early morning dive at about 7am. Visibity can be up tp 80ft on good days. I did 3 dive here for 3 days and a 5 stars.....!!!!

Dayang Tip, Pulau Dayang


• Depth : ?? feet
  
• Level : ?? (Open Water and above)
  
• Did not manage to do any dive as the surface was bad and afraid there will be a under current and hit the rocks.

Crocodile Rock, Pulau Dayang


• Depth : 30 - 50 feet
  
• Level : Open Water and above
  
• Its a very easy dive. Lots of hard corals and reef fishes. You can also be able to see some nudibranches here. Saw turtles and giant squids.

The Channel(wreck), Pulau Aur


• Depth : 90 feet
  
• Level : Advance Open Water and above
  
• You will be able to find an intact fishing boat and a big fishing sampan. Won't be able to find any big fishes but current can be quite bad.

Pulau Lang


• Depth : 25 - 80 feet
  
• Level : Open Water and above
  
• We did out check out dive here and also all 3 night dive here. There are some cool fishes here. Spotter 2 huge red snapper about 2m, blue spotted ray, a 3m turtle, leather jacket and many hard corals.

Teluk Meriam, Pulau Aur


• Depth : 20 - 60 feet
  
• Level : Open Water and above
  
• Very easy dive, many open water courses are being done here. Some equal range of corals. Spotted the fish Squis here. Ming Dynasty wreck is no longer there, we presume it has been removed by the local authorities.

The Pinnacles, Pulau Aur


• Depth : 70 feet
  
• Level : Advance Open Water and above
  
• Diving here can be quite difficult. Strong current and bad visibility can ruin this beautiful spot. Manta and Whale Sharks has been spotted here before. I couldn't see much on this site as I only manage to get about 10ft of vis.

I didn't manage to fo the rest of the dive site as the surface is bad. Will update this page next year when I return there somewhere during April or May.

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Pulau Dayang trip October 26-29, 2000 Photo Album

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