It’s not possible to give an overall description of the area’s diving, however here are the main dive sites:

Batu Gosok: A very interesting dive site consisting of a group of steep, volcanic pinnacles. There are many sheltered spots to shelter from currents and inspect the pinnacles’ many vertical cracks and caves for hidden critters. But don’t forget to look out into the blue for White-tip and Black-tip reef sharks, turtles, groupers, mackerel and dog-tooth tuna.

Batu Mandi: A large rock which breaks the surface, forming a steep slope where you can find a wide variety of nudibranchs.

Batu Pendeta: Another pinnacle where the explosion of colour from the soft corals provides a wonderful backdrop for marinelife that includes angelfish, triggerfish, butterflyfish and unicornfish. From the drop-off you can expect to see dogtooth tuna, jacks and a variety of sharks.

Busa Bora: As the average depth of this coral slope is 17m, it’s a great site for night diving. Prolific and healthy corals where large gorgonian sea fans and tree corals take centre stage.

Peter’s Sponge: Although this is a superb muck/macro site, it’s also said to be ‘the’ place in Bangka to spot dugongs (certainly on my own wishlist 🙂). On the white sand slope you might find Blue-ring octopus, Flamboyant cuttlefish, ghost pipefish, glassfish, frogfish, Ambon scorpionfish, and similar.

Sahaung: (5-35m depth) A collection of underwater boulders and pinnacles provide two distinct dives. Prepare your cameras for huge table corals, carpets of frilled leather corals in pink, brown, lilac and creams, diverse reef life including White-tip reef sharks, schooling fish, and passing pelagics.