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Redang - South Tip

Redang’s South Tip is a site we keep coming back to. We’ve had some fantastic dives here. The big draw is the sheer density of the fish life. Swirling schools of yellowstripe scad and donkey croakers often envelop you, so thick you can barely see your buddy. We’ve found the best time to catch this action is on an incoming tide, though it can get a bit surgey then. The reef itself is a pretty standard Perhentian hard coral mix, with plenty of staghorn, star column, and pachyseris corals providing shelter. Keep an eye out for silver-cheeked toadfish peeking out from under ledges, and we’ve spotted banded maori wrasse patrolling the edges of the seagrass beds here. It’s a good spot for macro if you slow down; we’ve had luck finding common hairy crabs nestled in the coral. We even had a surprise whale shark swim-by once, so always keep one eye on the blue! It’s a pretty easy dive, suitable for most levels, especially if you stick to the shallower sections.