Dive at Pulau Aur (Mar 16 to Mar 18, 2007)

First dive of the year. Finally the monsoon is over and many divers are very excited about the new fishes that may appear in M'sia after this monsoon. This is also the first time i'm diving with Willy, and his friend CK. The 2 new equipments for this dive are my Mask and my camera casing. The previous mask- 2 months old only, started leaking water during my last PG dive. For this dive trip, I can finally take photos underwater. Cool!





Some 80km east of the Mersing jetty are the islands of Pulau Dayang, Pulau Lang, Pulau Aur and Pulau Pinang. My first diving trip was at Pulau Dayang, and now 8 months later, i'm back and staying at the island opposite - Pulau Aur.




Our first plunge was at Pulau Lang and the visibility was amazing. I estimate it reached almost 30m and the sea was infested with fishes and corals. Really mesmerizing...







Because the visibility is so good, i took many pictures of the corals and here's a few. Realised that i still need a lot of practice in underwater photography, as many of my photos are overexposed.






With a bit of photoshop, i tilted the color balance towards red, and reduce blue. Now the corals look so beautiful. Hee.

Thanks to Paulina, we managed to spot this gigantic lionfish. She was clearing her mask when she spotted this creature hiding underneath a small cave.















Finally, i get to see cuttlefish. It does not seem to be afraid of us and is swimming very close to our group...













No wonder it's moving so close to us.. it's sleep walking!!.. i mean sleep swimming. LOL




Photos of our leisure divers:

In a blink, our short weekend trip is over. good bye...