Diving in Batam

[Lj82]

Hi folks
I'm from Singapore and due to the monsoon season in east coast peninsular malaysia,
we can't do dives at our usual spots of Dayang / Tioman etc. I heard theres comparable diving in Batam but I have not found much info about operators organising dives there.
I'm wondering if any of you can help fill me in with some info.

The only operator i managed to 'googled' was coral cove but they have not responded to my email and queries.

Have anyone dived there recently?
Care to share your experiences?

cheers..

 

[naga]

Of all the places in Indonesia, why Batam?.... the diving is crap to non-existent.

If you are desperate, go to Bintan; however, the diving is still average there.

 

[Lj82]

Easy accessibility from singapore and affordability....
Places like manado and komodo are out of my budget.

Bintan could do as well.

 

[naga]

Stick to Bintan, i haven't heard of any reliable dive sites or ops on Batam.

There is a dive shop attached to one of the big hotels if i'm not mistaken.

 

[Live_in_Sin]

If you want to do quick & low budget diving, why don't you just dive at Pulau Hantu in Singapore?? it's the same diving condition as Batam....ie..... if you are very lucky you get 5m viz.

 

[Lj82]

I'm prepared to do so (dive in hantu) but my pals aren't.
Anyway if my Batam/Bintan plans fail to materialise, I'll be diving Hantu with a buddy in dec..

 

[Wayan]

Not much diving in Batam that I know of was a resort based dive shop Riau based in Bintan but believe that it has closed its doors now.

Believe that in some spots there was some okay critter stuff/

If you do find anything post a report on what you found

Cheers