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BINA SETIA

Bina Setia, a wooden vessel resting at 25 metres, is our favourite kind of wreck dive – just enough history to make it interesting, but enough time under the waves for marine life to really take over. We've always loved how the teak planks, still largely intact, provide so many nooks and crannies for critters. You'll often find ghost pipefish clinging to the masts and robust frogfish mimicking sponges along the deck. Exploring this wreck feels less like a sterile museum and more like a vibrant, living reef that just happens to have a ship at its core. We usually start at the stern, where the propeller is often swarming with schools of silversides, then work our way forward along the collapsing hull. The visibility here can vary, but even on a slightly murkier day, the wreck stands out, a dark silhouette against the blue, drawing you in. It’s a fantastic dive for photographers who love macro subjects and divers who appreciate the subtle beauty of a wreck slowly returning to the sea. Just be mindful of a slight surge near the surface on choppier days, but once you’re down, it’s generally calm.