🤿Kuala Besut
#5 Diving in Malaysia · 2026
Perhentian Islands Dive Sites
🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🤿 Diving
Why go
Easy, shallow, great for beginners: turtles, reef sharks and clear water at Sugar Wreck and Tanjung Basi.
⭐ Don't miss: Sugar Wreck and Tanjung Basi
- Entry fee
- Dive packages vary; Marine Park conservation fee RM30 (non-MyKad adult) / RM5 (MyKad adult)
- Opening hours
- Daily boat dives in season; dive centres open roughly late Mar–late Oct (2026 season 27 Mar–25 Oct at Long Beach) (check before you go)
- Best time to go
- March-October
- Time needed
- 2-3 dives
- How to get there
- Speedboat from Kuala Besut to the islands then local dive shops.
- Address
- Pulau Perhentian Besar and Kecil, 22300 Besut, Terengganu
- Area
- Pulau Perhentian, Kuala Besut, Terengganu
- Facilities
- 🧭 guided tours
- Muslim-friendly
- 🕌 Prayer room (surau) on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Halal food common; alcohol limited - Accessibility
- Beach-based; not wheelchair friendly
- Kids
- Intro dives for ages 10+
☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.
⚠️ Safety & weather
- Closed Nov-Feb
- Strong currents at some sites
- Boat rides can be rough
- Monsoon alert: East Coast seas are rough from about November to March. Many islands, boats and dive sites close or cut services.
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Perhentian Islands
🏝️ Islands · Pulau Perhentian, Kuala Besut, Terengganu
Two small, car-free islands with snorkelling right off the beach, turtles and cheap chalets. Kecil is the backpacker side, Besar is the quieter family side.
Don't miss: Snorkel with turtles at Turtle Point and Shark Point
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