Tanjung Tokong :
• Maximum depth: 30m
• Currents: Moderate to strong

Also known as Turtle Bay, this site is one of the most ecologically hectic reefs due to the prevailing currents that are constantly active. This is a well-renowned spot for seeing green and hawksbill turtles, and the currents often bring in the bigger feeders such as jacks and trevallies. And if the season is right, you may be lucky enough to have an encounter with the whale shark at the deeper end of the site.

Mak Cantik :
• Maximum depth: 20m
• Currents: Moderate

The name for this site translates to “Beautiful Mother”, and boy is it beautiful. An underwater sea mount with a host of marine life surrounded by a mixture of hard and soft corals along with anemone gardens. At times, currents can get strong around the submerged boulders, but this brings the bigger fishes like barracudas, jacks and trevallies. Every once in a while, look away towards the fringe of the reef and you might spot white-tip sharks and larger rays.

Tanjung Cina Terjun :
• Maximum depth: 18m
• Currents: Mild

This is for the macro lovers, and it might well be called “eel and lionfish city” as these are almost a certain encounter. Make your way to the sandy bottom fringing the reef and you may find stingrays, scorpionfish and stonefish camouflaged against the corals. Upon closer inspection, divers are often rewarded with banded boxer shrimps, cleaner shrimps, various pipefishes, nudibranchs, even up larger fishes such as pufferfish and coral cat sharks sleeping under the rocks.

Terumbu Kili :
• Maximum depth: 25m
• Currents: Moderate to strong

This site is a rocky outcrop separated by a shallow channel between the South side of Redang Island and Pinang Island. Make your way down a gentle slope of soft and hard corals until you reach the sandy bottom at around 20m. Strong currents are often experienced in the channel that separates the island, but it is where you may likely spot black tip sharks, big-eye snappers, barracudas, trevally, and jacks. If you prefer spending more time at the shallow reef, you would be able to cover the entire outcrop, and do keep an eye out for its resident turtle near the pinnacle.

If you are looking to travel to Kuala Terengganu to dive the beautiful Redang Island, you are inevitably looking for a weather forecast. So here’s a forecast for the next 7 days. Although weather forecasts are not always accurate with ever-changing weather patterns, it does provide a good guess on what’s to come. Every little bit helps! 😀