It was a good trip…good company, good food, good dives…even by Malacca Strait standards.
Nazir, Ruzman and I got to the jetty at Bagan Pasir just after 8pm, followed by Syed with Anas, and then Peter Seow (a.k.a Sukdev Singh). We departed at 2030hrs on 2nd February and got to Jarak between 0530hrs to 0600hrs on the 3rd February.
First dive was at Moray’s Harem..it was dark down there as there was an overcast in the sky. The resident Batfish was missing, the morays were nowhere to be seen. By the time we surfaced the winds had picked up and the swells were big. Even at the bottom we could feel the surge.
Second dive was at Snapper’s Den. Better viz but due to thermocline, the water temperature dropped from 28 Celcius to 26 Celcius abruptly. There was current and we drifted as we did our safety stop. Same huge swells as the winds changed direction, so the Kaleebso repositioned at Moray’s Harem again, where we did our night dive.
The next morning, the Kaleebso moved to the Pinnacle, bit current proved too strong, so North Point was chosen as the next dive’s site. Again, good viz and lots of Blue Fin Trevallies. I really enjoyed the last two dives there.
We departed Jarak at 041130H Feb 07 and arrived back at Bagan Pasir at 042026H Feb 07.
As usual…dives from the Kaleebso are fun. Anyway, you can see the pics of this trip by clicking HERE.
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