Diving a week from Singapore - best and easiest places?

[Francoisbrussels]

Dear all

We are going to Singapour for a 10 days and we plan to stay in the city the first week end and then leave to one or two nice place to dive. Since our flight back leaves from Singapour on a Sunday evening, we only have 6 days, starting the Monday morning or Sunday evening.

We are open to all destinations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines) provided the commute is not overcomplicated (considering our time constraint) - we can travel by plane, train, bus whatever is the easiest.

Thanks for your advices!

Francois

 

[Bubble Junky]

Check out Malapascua and Pulau Weh......

 

[frogfish]

In no particular order, and I don't know when you plan to visit...
- Bali (direct flight from Singapore)
- Phuket (direct flight from Singapore)
- Manado (direct flight from Singapore)
- Sipadan (fly via KL or KK to Tawau)
- Layang-Layang (fly to KK and connect with resort flight)
- Tioman or Redang (direct flight from Singapore)
- Maldives (direct flight)

 

[vladimir]

Dear all

We are going to Singapour for a 10 days and we plan to stay in the city the first week end and then leave to one or two nice place to dive. Since our flight back leaves from Singapour on a Sunday evening, we only have 6 days, starting the Monday morning or Sunday evening.

We are open to all destinations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines) provided the commute is not overcomplicated (considering our time constraint) - we can travel by plane, train, bus whatever is the easiest.

Thanks for your advices!

Francois

Unless you have business, friends, or relatives there, a week in Singapore is at least 4 days too long. Spend the extra time in Bali, Manado, Sipadan, Phuket, etc. Bali offers the best combination of convenience and good diving, in my opinion. Here's a recent thread that asked the same question:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/ge...e-early-april-near-singapore.html#post5603686

 

[frogfish]

Ot visit in October and do a week-end live aboard out of Singapore to see this:

 

[gunter.bernert]

A view day of great wreck diving in Busuanga (Philippines)

 

[ShawnJ]

Hi Francois,

I live in Singapore, travel around asia for work & been diving for 4 years now. It's convenient to dive all over asia, right from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand on a pretty decent budget, but for the greatest convenience, Malaysia's the best bet. Right across the singapore, separated by a bridge, you enter into malaysia. Cheapest, by Bus / Coach. Quickest, by flight.

Although, distances arent that far. Couple of hours on a coach, followed by a short ferry ride, and you're on an island. There's abundance of diving across Malaysia. Closest to Singapore (in no particular order) would be Pulau Aur, Pulau Sibu, Pulau Tinggi, Pulau Rawa, Pulau Dayang, Pulau Tioman, among many, many others! Good Luck on your search.

Drop me a PM when you're in Singapore. I'll tell you where to go and what to do while you're here. It's a beautiful city. Cheers!

 

[Luko]

In no particular order, and I don't know when you plan to visit...
- Bali (direct flight from Singapore)
- Phuket (direct flight from Singapore)
- Manado (direct flight from Singapore)
- Sipadan (fly via KL or KK to Tawau)
- Layang-Layang (fly to KK and connect with resort flight)
- Tioman or Redang (direct flight from Singapore)
- Maldives (direct flight)

...also Cebu City, Philippines direct flight from SIN with Cebu Pacific landing early morning in Cebu, five hours after landing you're already diving Moalboal for the 10:30 AM dive.

 

[AlMitch]

I would suggest either Manado or Bali.
Both 2 - 3 hr flights and you could be diving within 2-3 hours of landing.

If you head to Manado then I would split it 3 days Lembeh and 3 days Bunaken OR
check out my report on Mimpi Indah
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/indonesia/359778-mimpi-indah-resort-bangka-island-trip-report.html

From Mimpi you can do a day trip across to Lembeh!! It is such a beautiful boat trip.

 

[Quero]

A whole lot depends on the time of year you plan to be in the region. If it were now, I'd recommend Thailand's Andaman Sea for a liveaboard--short non-stop flight gets you here. At other times of year, I'd recommend Manado/Lembeh/Bunaken, Bali, Sipadan, etc. Of those, both Manado and Bali are also short easy flights, but Sipadan is always a bit of a chore to get to.