Deep Blue Scuba Pty Ltd, Singapore

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31/10/99 at 10:36

Pulau Lang is the mouth of the southern end of Dayang and a favorite spot for check out dives. Its name is short name for Helang which means “Eagle”. On the eastern side of Pulau Lang is the Lang bay, a small bay whish is usually used at the default site for performing dive classes. Its assets are its closeness to the resort, its basically sheltered conditions and shallow reef. Vast expanses of shattered coral rubble at about 10 meters, in the mid section of the western part of Pulau Lang, serve as a good opening for welcoming night diving. Upon going to the sandy bottom, there are hermit crabs, eels, scorpion fish, sponge crab, reef cuttlefish that are usual during the night.

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31/10/99 at 08:10

Rayner’s Rock or Batu Ronchek is located at the most northerly point of Telok Jawa. It is a large rock awash just at the opening of The Channel. Here divers’ can experience swimming with mantas, whale sharks, bumphead parrotfish and other huge pelagic. The word Ronchek is not easy to interpret. It may be a variant of Ronce (Ronche) that means robbing or taking away by force. The site offers a very good drift dive, best done from a boat. Moderate currents are ideal especially when set from north to south past the rock. The current carries the diver southwards towards and past the rock on its seaward face, much exciting than the shallower inshore side. Here also are coral garden flats set in bedrock plus sea whips and scraps of corals. More over, a sheer rock slope leads the seaward flank of the rock where pelagic are usually looked out for. The more fascinating is the southern flank of the rock where you will find a spectacular jumble of huge blocks and boulders as well as plenty large grottoes and swim-throughs.