Rumbia :
• Maximum depth: 20m
• Currents: Mild

Rumbia is all about muck diving, searching for critters along the sandy bottom where you tend to find the amazing mimic octopus, seahorses, and nudibranchs. In the shallow waters, you may find juvenile bamboo sharks sleeping under rocks which are encrusted with vibrant soft corals.

White Rock :
• Maximum depth: 30m
• Currents: Moderate to strong

Arguably one of Sembilan’s best dive site with an abundance of marine life fringed by a variety of tube corals, whip corals, and barrel sponges. Seahorses are common sightings, along with juvenile boxfish, scorpion fish, moral eels. The big fish tends to be schools of chevron barracudas, the solitary great barracuda, blue-ringed angelfish, and golden trevallies. Diving here is best left to those with experience, as currents can get strong here sometimes.

Black Rock :
• Maximum depth: 30m
• Currents: Moderate to strong

As you descend you will see why the site is named Black Rock – the beautiful black corals at along the slope makes the water appears to be black. Daunting at first, but an absolute thrill as this site plays host to the larger schools of fishes due to its currents. You will often find schools of queenfish, trevallies, batfish, moorish idols, long finned bannerfish, and its the ideal site to increase your chances of seeing turtles. Diving here is best left to experienced divers as the currents vary, from whirlpools to down currents. So keep an eye on your dive guide, buddy, and depth gauge at all times, and enjoy the ride.

Saga :
• Maximum depth: 24m
• Currents: Mild to moderate

A gentle slope that plays host to anemones which is home to “nemo”. Sightings of seahorses are common, and a variety of nudibranch. It’s also a good spot to find juvenile yellow boxfish, and juvenile blue ringed angelfish.

Nipis :
• Maximum depth: 18m
• Currents: Mild to moderate

If you like nudis, Nipis it is! Here you will find an array of these colorful creatures. The shallow areas are filled with staghorn corals which is a playground to butterfly fish, moorish idols, long finned bannerfish, and blue-ringed angelfish.

If you are looking to travel to Lumut, 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! 😀