Turtle Point

Turtle Point sits off Perhentian Besar, one of the two main islands in the Perhentian group off the Terengganu coast of Malaysia, in the South China Sea. Sites along this shoreline are typically reached by short boat rides from the resorts and jetties on the island. This one is a cave dive to a maximum depth of around 7 metres, rated beginner. Divers have reported nudibranchs and parrotfish here, and the cave itself has silt and tight passages, with disorientation inside flagged as a possible risk.

Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.

• Ocellaris AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellarisReported here · unconfirmed
• Scissortail SergeantAbudefduf sexfasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
• Moon WrasseThalassoma lunareReported here · unconfirmed
• Small Giant ClamTridacna maximaReported here · unconfirmed
• Eightband ButterflyfishChaetodon octofasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
• Redbreast Maori WrasseCheilinus fasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
• Golden RabbitfishSiganus guttatusReported here · unconfirmed
• Blackeye ThicklipHemigymnus melapterusReported here · unconfirmed
• Bluespotted Fantail RayTaeniura lymmaReported here · unconfirmed
• Greenfish Sea CucumberStichopus chloronotusReported here · unconfirmed
• ParrotfishParrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
• NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
• Blacktip Reef SharkCarcharhinus melanopterusObserved near here · iNaturalist