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Turtle Bay Divers

Longbeach Perhentian, Malaysia | Mama's Chalets Perhentian, Malaysia, Pulau Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia
+60193336647
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Boston, Massachusetts
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37 reviews 37 reviews
9 attraction reviews
Reviews in 27 cities Reviews in 27 cities
22 helpful votes 22 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 May 2013

This dive shop is excellent for training courses... especially Open Water. There are plenty of competent instructors and max 3-4 students per instructor. There are two locations one on Long Beach, P Kecil... the busier dive shop, and the other one at Mama's Chalets on P. Besar, the more quiet and relaxed dive shop. There are shuttle boats between the... More

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Frankfurt, Germany
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 May 2013

When we came to Perentian Kecil we just wanted to do one thing: diving. As our accomodation (Symphony) was just next door to Turtle Bay Divers we booked our first two dives there. I had just done my Open Water and Advanced licence two weeks before and was not that experienced. Our dive master became a little unpatient when I... More

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Penang Island, Malaysia
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4 reviews 4 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 April 2013

I just did my Open Water dive with Turtle Bay Divers at long beach Perhentian island. For someone who is not so brave and strong like me, Jeanne (the instructor) patiently taught me skills and different kind of techniques encouraging me so I could finally made it. The instructors here are generally strict in every skill we learn to ensure... More

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Singapore
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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 13 cities Reviews in 13 cities
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2013

We went diving with Turtle Bay Divers at Mama's Chalet's on Perhentian Besar. An excellent dive centre - professionally run with a very friendly atmosphere. We did a variety of dives; one 9 year-old with us did the Bubblemaker, which he loved, and 3 of the girls in our group did the DSD (discover scuba diving) which ended up being... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 March 2013 via mobile

The most professional and well organized center I've been diving with. Did refresher and three dives. Azwan, Colin and Cal are all great Dive Masters. Did refresher together with my girlfriend who did Scuba discovery. Colin who was instructor has very pedagogical approach. Everybody else at the center are super friendly, from the boatmen to the owner. I especially appreciated... More

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Singapore
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 February 2013

Dive masters are good as I was doing leisure dive. However some friends who are on courses (Open Water & Advance) raved about the instructors being especially good and attentive. My only gripe was some of the dive masters are not good with spotting marine life for us, which should be the case as they are more familiar with the... More

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 January 2013

I had my PADI Open Water courses with them. A team of professional and friendly instructors. We saw turtle on our very first practice dive! The water in Pulau Perhentian Kecil is very clear with high visibility, we saw lots of fishes. I would recommend this place for leisure dive and taking diving courses, the price isn't expensive and there... More

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Singapore, Singapore
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35 reviews 35 reviews
15 attraction reviews
Reviews in 19 cities Reviews in 19 cities
18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 December 2012

Went for a snorkeling trip to meet 4 turtles.. Amazing experience... Could have swam on my own but the boat driver came to me because I was swimming too far and told me that if I need to pay to see the turtles... I did not pay at that time and went back to see them another day...

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Denver, Colorado
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61 reviews 61 reviews
8 attraction reviews
Reviews in 48 cities Reviews in 48 cities
54 helpful votes 54 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 December 2012

We did 7 dives with this dive shop and were very pleased. Many of our dives were with Aswan, and we highly recommend him as a Dive Master. We did have a few minor equipment issues, but the staff was very attentive and helpful with switching out our gear. The diving in Perhentians is awesome and the price cannot be... More

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Tokyo, Japan
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44 reviews 44 reviews
Reviews in 38 cities Reviews in 38 cities
43 helpful votes 43 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 October 2012

The shop has two location, one on Kencil and a small one on Besar which I used. The team is very international. The instructors were very professional and friendly. The shop also has good equipment for rental. They also arrange dive in small groups, and are careful to put people with rather similar level together. For one dive we were... More

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