My Experience

This is the most beautiful beach I've ever been, the sand is white and the beach near the resort is simply magic with tons of colorful fishes to keep you busy. There's even a Baby Shark's Bay which I thought was a joke till I saw six baby sharks swimming together. There's the Turtle Bay too of which I saw a sea turtle swimming graceful through the water till it surfaced for air. The squids are a disciplined bunch, I tell you, they swim in a straight line formation unlike the fishes. That's the beauty of nature !

Updates on June 99' Trip

As time is limited, I've managed to survey 2 resorts and will come out with details about them, from the stay, what they offer, what kind of food offered, the facing of their stretch of beach front, and many more, plus interviews, stay tuned!

Just back from Redang  and guess what, the baby sharks are still around, the green turtles can be seen at Turtle Bay, there were reports of turtles mating in the water!  On the way to Turtle Bay, there were shouts of "sharks, sharks" and hey....it turns out to be our friendly dolphins, around 6-8 of them sighted at a short distance from our boat.  At Turtle Bay, as I was trying to look out for turtles at the seabed, one of them was actually right ahead of me!

Here's the Highlight of the Sightings  

Turtle Bay 

Turtles                                3
Puffer fish                           2
Jelly fish                             1

Along Pasir Panjang Beach

Giant Garoupa (1.2meters)  1
Baby sharks                          4
Jelly fish                      Lots of them, appears to be the season
Big shark (1.5 meters)          1

Marine Park

They've recently imposed a RM5 charge for visiting the park.  The ticket is good for 5 days.  Addition to the past is a ship wreck where lots of nice corals can be seen, very interesting actually.  Moral eel sightings were reported, at least two of them.  The giant garoupa is found here too, under one of the big table like corals, on the right half with respect to the boat entering the marine park.  You'll have to be lucky to see these creatures actually.  And another thing is that the stretch of marine park is extended too.  So if you're there, get prepared to see lots of beautiful corals and fishes.

Believe IT or Not ! - one more thing, Being an avid snorkeller, I've been to many islands, and this is the one that I can say there're no sandflies, no sea bugs n no sea urchins, can you believe it? The above experience is by snorkelling, NO DIVING required as I've received enquiries asking about more details on the diving trip!