SDI Open Water Dive Course - Bayu Dive Center, Tioman Island

Whatttdupppp....

I just got my Open Water Diving license on 27-09-2015. It was a great experience though. Observing the sea life, corals and etc totally different environment down there. My friend introduce me to her dive instructor, dapat la discount sikit from the normal price posted on the web. Please refer to this link (http://www.bayudivecenter.com/p/blog-page_19.html).

View from Jetty Kg Genting (patut pakai panorama lagi cun dak, maafkan saya, amatur ;p)

25-9-2015

We bought Transnational Bus ticket via online (http://www.easybook.com/) departed from Terminal Bandar Tasik Selatan (TBS). TBS cool juga, first time pegi situ, klau ayat metaphor sikit, dia mcm airport weh. Jakun kan...siap departure hall, arrival hall bagai ni. Tekesima seketika. Whahaha, nakharomsss. Bus on time, thorrbaikkk, pukul 11:30 malam we begin our journey to Mersing. ETA 04:30am. Sleep all d way, sesambil wasap2 kakak yg tgh sedih, sbb kene tinggal sampai ttbe xde line. Huwarghhhh. Sodihhhh.

Fefelin duk tepi tingkap at BTS tgk kapal terbang kunon, padahal bas yg lalu lalang. hahaaa

26-9-2015

Arrived at Station Bas Mersing, subuh sepi'ee tu, kitaorg decided to jalan kaki p Jetty Mersing. Singgah 7-Eleven, Syawal nak berak. Digestive system dia sgt sempurna. It takes about 10 minutes walking from bus stand to jetty. Sampai jetty, carik port menarik, conquer kerusi panjang, baring la sesambil tunggu ketua marhabban (Sara) sampai dgn geng dia. Ticket ferry semua pada Sara. Tips yg korang kene tau, toilet dia x best, klau ramai org lagi hazab, beratur nk masuk toilet, sbb ada 1 je toilet. Got surau as well. Pukul 06:30am semua sudah sampai, moh naik ferry reramai. 1 hour and 45 minutes for us to reach Kg Genting. Huwarghhhh...sea sickkk...blerghhhhh, tahap maximum nk terkeluar dah, sib baik got gegula. Phewwww...critical bakkk hanggg.

Register dulu...

Familiarize yourself with dive equipment

Kasi official satu

My dive buddy, sara punya tunang whaha, tiap kali dive sara follow rapat

Sampai saja jetty Kg Genting, makan2...then jalan kaki for about 5 minutes nk sampai ke Genting Bayu Chalet. Sampai chalet, tukar baju Scuba Steve, terus start tutorial. Then our dive instructor (Abg Sham) ajar on how to handle all the diving gear from A to Z hands on. Buat sendiri semua. Memasing ada buddy memasing, u will be with ur buddy all the time sampai habis course. Dh siap, lets go for our first ever Shore Dive. The tank, alahaii, hazabedahhh aku nk angkat nya wehhh, berat yang amat. On the way nk p ke tgh laut, pijak coral, ku redah kan jua, licence punya pasal, dh bayar mahal ni. Around 30 - 45 minutes dlm air, we go out n makan lunch. After lunch, another tutorial and another shore dive for about 30 - 45 minutes as well. Ptg lepak, makan2 balik chalet, mlm ready for exam cum tutorial. Exam dia, korang jgn risau sgt, sesambil instructor ajar, sesambil jawab exam. Not a boring class I can say.

Shore dive, dr pantai menapak p tgh laut

Nmpk mcm chill angkat tank, hanya Allah yg tau

Talk to d hand, ketat betul aku pakai mask, sebenarnya aku nk tunjuk aku sejuk jari kecut, x nmpk pula. hahaaa 

27-9-2015

Back Roll

Bangun pagi, menung, nak teberakkk, xde air pula, denggg. Nasib baik kat office chalet ada air. Today we will go for open water dive. Naik boat, first pit stop Pirate Island which is deepest that we can go for Open Water License 18 meter depth, more or less, equivalent to 4 story building. Cuak dia kau toksah ckp la, separuh jalan nak turun bawah tu, aku tahap dh pikir nak naik atas, x mau turun dah. Nasib baik mampu kawal diri. Aku rasa bende yg paling2 penting untuk kau pegi dive is "DO NOT PANIC" chillax. Kau pepandai la train diri kau, supaya tidak panic. Kat Pirate Island ni kitaorg x lama pun, sbb ada sorang abg ni sudah panic, tank dia sudah mau habis gas. Aku rasa mau dlm 25 - 30 mins. So semua diver kene naik, tragis.


Second pit stop is Labas. This is about 12 - 15 meters juga dlm dia. Rule dia, klau dive, u kene masuk yg paling dalam dulu. Kat Labas, got tunnel weh. Instructor cakap, klau vis ok kita masuk.Vis lebih kurang dlm 5 - 10 meter. Vis ni klau layman term, org kata jarak pandangan/visuality dlm laut. Diver guna term "Vis". Lucky habaqq hang, kami dapat dive masuk tunnel. Kat pintu masuk tunnel tu klau sorang diver sangkut, bersama2 la kita sangkut berjemaah. Whahaa...  Masa p dive ni, bawak la spare air mineral, penting ni, nnt mulut korang akan rasa very dry. Bawak snacks sikit, kut hungry.

Tu picit idung tu, equalize nama dia, penting ni, kasi pressure masuk 

Scuba Steve in action

Settle 2 open dive, balik for lunch, then around 02:30pm keluar balik. Third pit stop Renggis ni, jauh sikit naik boat dia, ada dlm 20-30 minutes gak dlm boat. nama tempat ni. Depth dlm 10 meter. Sampai2 je kat Renggis ni, got batu2 sgt besar, bnyk bird tgh lepak atas batu. Batu dia mcm cool, ada corak2 mcm kene hakis because of ombak laut maybe. Siap2 pakai diving gear, big strike turun laut, lepak tunggu semua diver turun. Then deflate, supaya kita jatuh kat base. Tunggu semua org sambai base, baru la gerak dive sesama. Ini tempat cun juga. Bnyk fish. Yang paling famous si nemo tu pun ada. Kat Renggis ni, dlm tu ada tempat diver panggil play ground, siap ada treadmill ok. hahahaa, tp instructor kitaorg x sempat nk bawak sampai situ. Trick la tu, mesti nk suruh kitaorg dtg Tioman lg sekali. Settle dah course kitaorg.

Ko tengok aku buat giant stride senget, whahaha. Lawakkk...

Abaikan rambut yg mcm tu, lalalalaaa

Petang sesudah habis dive, ingtkan nak merayap p Gua Kelamin, tp x sempat, udah 06:30pm. Makanya, lepak saja kedai tepi2 pantai tu makan, sembang2. Malam ada upacara konvokesyen. Penerimaan license tersohor, Open Water Diving License by SDI. Woot woot....

Yeszzaaa, sudah dapat lesen open water. Tu instructor saya, Abg Sham nama dia, bekas askar ni, hebat.

28-9-2015

Wake up call at 05:30am, semangat aku siap nak balik, tazzabaarrrr. Dari jauh aku dengar dh bunyi ferry. Moh kita pulanggg...yahooo....

Sekian, terima kasih.