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 The south china sea waters around Tioman Island are the last resting place for many great wrecks. Some are world class dive sites and famous in their own right such as WWII Battleships HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales, two of the largest divable intact warships anywhere in the world!
It is not accident that Malaysian waters are so rich in wrecks, the southern tip of the peninsula is the edge of the asian continent. Throughout the centuries, any ship wishing to go between the western or middle eastern world to china, japan or anywhere in the asia-pacific had to pass through here
Close to the island where we do our every day diving there are several smaller wrecks, including over 20 fishing boats sunk as artificial reefs. We do nearly daily dives on the Soyak wrecks (2 fishing boats in 21 and 28 meters of water), Sawasdee wrecks (2 fishing boats in 30 meters of water) and the Tioman Marine Park artificial reefs (over 15 smaller wrecks can all be done in the same dive - if you swim a lot!).
A bit further out, requiring a bit more planning and often technical diving equipment and training, there is a treasure trove of bigger and more interesting wrecks. We do daytrips to the closer ones regularly, as well as liveaboard trips and charters to all of these and more. Prebooking is required and seats are limited. Here are some examples of the wrecks that are great for both Recreational and Technical divers: WRECK
| INFO
| DEPTH*
| SIZE | Maritime Fidelity
| Bulk Carrier
| 28-42m | 14900 ton, 157m | Gyoshin Maru
| Japanese Tanker
| 20m
| 2854 ton
| Seven Skies
| Swedish Supertanker | 20-65m | 56600 ton, 262m
| HMS Thanet
| British Destroyer
| 20-25m
| 905 ton, 84m
| "Kapal Rompin"
| Unknown Coaster | 20-25m
| ? | "Kapal Timur"
| Unknown Steamship | 30-34m | ? | | Marvin I | Honduran Tanker | 10-20m
| 693 ton, 63m |
Here are some examples of the wrecks more suitable for Technical Diving: WRECK
| INFO
| DEPTH*
| SIZE | | HMS Repulse | British Battle Cruiser | 35-55m | 33250 ton, 242m | | HMS Prince of Wales | British Battle Ship
| 45-70m
| 35000 ton, 225m | | HMNLS K-17 | Dutch Submarine
| 47-52m
| 1024 ton, 74m
| HMNLS O-16
| Dutch Submarine
| 52-57m | 896 ton, 78m
| HMS Banka
| British Minesweeper
| 50-60m | 623 ton
| | Aur Mystery Tanker | Unknown
| 45-64m | 140+m
| Malini
| Siamese Cargo
| 43m
| 1278 ton, 68m
| Sara D
| Cargo | 32-52m | 5880 ton, 144m
| Altair
| Tanker | 33-68m
| 12101 ton, 156m |  * When two depths are shown, the first value is least diving depth and the second is the maximum bottom depth. As some of the wrecks are VERY big, they can be good for both recreational and technical diving (Seven Skies for example).
For more information about these wrecks (and many others in Malaysia) please visit REC 'N' TEC's wreckpages.
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