Coral Garden (Pulau Bidong)
A reef with a wide variety of corals at Pulau Bidong, the former Vietnamese refugee island. A shallow jetty site (about 6 m) with sea fans, soft corals and sardine schools is also dived. There are no resorts or dive operators on Bidong; day trips run on request from Lang Tengah (Summer Bay) or Redang, or by boat from Merang, and access is by prior arrangement (Bidong is a state park with a visitor quota).
Facts
- Region: Malaysia – East Coast North
- Area: Lang Tengah & Bidong
- Depth: 16 m
- Level: intermediate
- Current: low
- Type: reef
- Coordinates: 5.635, 103.067 (approximate)
- Highlights: blue-spotted stingray, parrotfish, pufferfish, scorpionfish, anemonefish, moray eel, sea fan
- Unverified: No exact position is published; the pin is a rough estimate on the right side of the island (can be hundreds of metres to ~2 km off).
- Tips: Depth about 16 m. Bidong is open to divers only by prior arrangement.