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2012 Dive Calendar

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With the evolution of many budget airlines like Airasia, Jetstar Airways, Lionair, Tiger Airways, Cebu Pacific Air, dive travel has become increasingly more popular and affordable. And of course, we have the option of travelling in style on many other National Airlines. With our Amadeus and Abacus system, we are able to complete the whole tour booking process for you!

As Singapore is near the equator line, destinations to popular destinations like Sipadan, Manado, Phuket / Similan, Maldives, Bali, Philippines, as such, are easily accessible from Singapore. Flights from 1hr 45 mins to about 4hr 45 mins away is just so convenient.

Below are some of the dive and snorkelling destinations we organise:

Pulau Hantu, Singapore Waters

A wide variety of hard and soft corals can be found on Hantu; mushroom corals and enormous soft corals are particularly abundant. Commonly encountered animals include anemonefishes, anemone shrimps, giant clams and a wide variety of nudibranchs. There is a small patch of mangroves in between Hantu Kecil and Besar, and native seashore plants line the beaches.

Pulau Tioman

Lying to the far east of the Malay Peninsula is the 5 km long island, surrounded by three other small islands; Pulau Tioman's remote location ensures good visibility and a high chance of encountering large Pelagics or possible even whale sharks and manta rays. Type of diving ranges from rock boulders and submerged reefs to wrecks.

Pulau Aur

Malaysia has many tropical islands with white sandy beaches and clear blue waters. Offshore, 67km east of Mersing, Pulau Aur, is such a tropical paradise. This is a place endowed with some of the sport's best possibilities: you can dive with whale sharks, hover around immense coral gardens and walls, or dive on ominous and hulking shipwrecks.

Weekend Liveaboard Trips

Waikiki Travel now offers the easy getaway from the high seas! No more long bus rides and connecting boat rides here. Direct sail from Singapore and return, all in the comfort of the liveaboards we have to offer to you!

Pulau Langkawi

Diving in Langkawi means diving around Pulau Payar. Payar is a Marine Park, it's a tiny elongated island located approximately halfway between Langkawi islands and Penang. It was recognized by the Malaysian government as a marine park since 1985, the only Marine Park on the west coast of Malaysia.

Pulau Redang

The Pulau Redang Marine Park consists of 9 islands and is located 12 nautical miles North East of Peninsular Malaysia. This group of island is recognized as having one of the best coral reefs and marine ecosystems in Peninsular Malaysia and is the preferred destination for Malaysian divers.

Dive Packages to Malaysia...

Sipadan-Kapalai Resort (Sabah, Malaysia)

Just a few minutes away from the legendary Pulau Sipadan Island, lies a macro heaven for the muck diving enthusiasts. Whip out your macro lens and go in search of these little treasures right under Kapalai’s jetty! Spot the shy mandarin fish mating during sunset, catch the flamboyant cuttlefish feeding, tunas hunting, the list goes on.

Sipadan-Mabul Water Bungalow (Sabah, Malaysia)

Mabul Water Bungalow is a new floating dive-resort wholly owned by Sipadan-Mabul Resort (Sabah) Sdn. Bhd. (SMART), is situated at Mabul Island overlooking the world-known Sipadan Island which is 15-minutes away by speedboat.

Sipadan-Mabul Resort (Sabah, Malaysia)

Sipadan Mabul Resort is located at the southern tip of Mabul Island overlooking Sipadan. Accommodation is made from native materials of Borneo and is on a twin share basis. There are 45 chalets, of which 22 are new stand alone one room chalets and 23 semi-detached two room chalets.

Sipadan Water Village Resort, Pulau Mabul (Sabah, Malaysia)

Sipadan Water Village is located on the island of Mabul. This small island surrounded by sandy beaches and perched on the northwest corner of a larger 200-hecter reef is notably known as one of the worlds best "muck-diving" sites. The reef is on the edge of a continental shelf and the seabed surrounding the reef slopes out to 75 to 100 feet deep.

The Reef Dive Resort, Pulau Mataking (Sabah, Malaysia)

The Reef Dive Resort at Mataking Island is an exclusive romantic and diving destination in the Celebes Sea, located just 40 minutes boat ride from Semporna, East Coast of Sabah in Malaysia.

Lankayan Resort, Sandakan (Sabah, Malaysia)

A jewel like tiny island in the Sulu Sea, north of Sandakan; Lankayan has been declared part of an immense Marine Protected Area to adopt the eco-tourism concept. Un-populated and covered by thick tropical island vegetation on its topside, this peaceful, untouched little bit of paradise is ringed by an endless pure of white sandy beach, offering simply elegant and exquisite accommodation.

Layang Layang Island Resort (Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia)

Layang Layang Island, a coral atoll that is truly one of nature’s best creations. Dubbed as “The Jewel of Borneo Banks”, Layang Layang reveals, to many delights of the things dreams are made of… a truly magical marine kingdom of bottomless blue decorated with a kaleidoscope of nature’s most lavish seascape.

Dive Packages to Indonesia...

Sangalaki - Derawan Resort (Balikpapan, Indonesia)

The Terrains at Derawan are varied-from walls and fringing reef to caverns. Big green turtles (chelonia mydas), whitetip leopard and nurse sharks, schooling barracudas, napoleon wrasses, cuttle fish, spanish mackerel, jacks and batfishes, and ornamental reef fishes hang out in record densities and diversity.

Komodo, Indonesia - MV Mermaid II

Both above and below the sea, Komodo represents a unique range of geological and biological diversity. On shore it is an amazing museum diorama of the Mesozoic era - dry tundra and reptilian supremacy. With densly wooded valleys, rich with bird and terrestrial life.

Bali, Indonesia

Bali Indonesia, with its tropical climate, offers spectacular scuba diving and snorkeling, often only meters from the beach. The most notable aspects of diving here are the sheer abundance and diversity of marine life as well as the staggering variety of hard and soft corals, of which a few square meters at some sites rivals that of Komodo, Alor, and North Sulawesi -Manado & Bunaken

Sedona Hotel (Manado, Indonesia)

The tropical paradise of Hotel Sedona Manado is located 45 minutes from the international airport, 30 minutes from the city and 30 minutes boat ride from breathtaking diving sites off the Bunaken and Siladen Islands.

Tasik Ria Resort, Manado

With the Bunaken National Park only a 45 min boat ride away, you can be assured of some of the best diving in the world. At Tasik Divers we can say we truly look after divers and non-divers alike!

Cocotinos Resort, Manado

A small beach resort located in the heart of Kima Bajo Village, it is a 25-min drive from Manado (MDC) Sam Ratulangi International Airport, North Sulawesi. Cocotinos will be for divers and non divers who are keen on interacting with others in a resort with a warm social atmosphere and super friendly staff.

Bastianos Resort, Lembeh Strait

One of the richest areas of marine diversity in the world, Lembeh Strait is now a popular dive destination for lovers of all critters great and small! Along the strait's 12 kilometers are packed an uncountable number of rare critters : octopuses, frogfishes, shrimps, nudibranches and seahorses -- at more than 40 dive sites between the mainland of North Sulawesi and Lembeh Island.

Nad-Lembeh Resort, Lembeh Straits

NAD is situated in the beautiful Lembeh Strait region of North Sulawesi. Famous the world over for its peerless macro and muck diving, the Lembeh Strait region offers more than just face to face encounters with weird and wonderful critters.

Dive Packages to Thailand...

Similan Island (Phuket, Thailand)

Comprising nine granite islands covered in tropical jungle, washed by a clear blue tropical ocean and blessed with fine beaches, the Similan Islands (Similans) provide the most beautiful and diverse dive destination in Thailand. Liveaboards to these islands are some of the most popular diving cruises in the world.

Available Liveaboards

• MV White Manta / MV DiveRACE\
• MV Black Manta

Maldives

The Republic of Maldives...Indian Ocean haven of relaxation, stunning beaches and islands, warm, crystal clear waters, one of the top five diving destinations on the planet with very easy international access. A diving liveaboards cruises haven for keen divers, the Maldives are the essence of dream diving holidays.

Available Liveaboards

• MV Ari Queen
• MV Orion
• MV Eagle Ray

Dive Packages to Philippines...

Donsol

This place at the southern tip of luzon recently made a huge break on the country’s falling tourism when hundreds of whale sharks were spotted congregating in the muddy but plankton-rich waters of Donsol.

Anilao

Just a two-and-a-half hour drive south of Manila, Anilao, is regarded as the birthplace of diving in the Philippines. There is something for everyone here - from snorkeling, to sites for both novices and the experienced diver.

Puerto Galera

The waters around Sabang are well-known for having the highest diversity of marine wild life in the entire world. If you are a scuba diving enthusiast -- novice or advanced -- then you are definitely in for an adventure of a lifetime!

Available Resorts

• Mermaid Resort
• Atlantis

Malapascua  Island has something for all divers, so come and dive the best kept secret of the Philippines - indeed of South East Asia. The Philippines is the new Thailand, but with much better diving and without the crowds. So make your next scuba diving trip to Malapascua  Island!

Available Resorts

• Exotic Malapascua
• Thresher Shark Divers

Burma Banks (Mergui Archipelago)

The Mergui Archipelago is home to more than 700 islands, located approximately 180 km northwest of the Similan Islands. Indeed, it is one of the last untouched places, that has been only opened in the last few years.

MV Mare West sails to Burma Banks starting November 2010