Marine Park
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About this site
Marine Park Centre Reef is Tioman's protected house reef, located near Tekek jetty within Tioman Marine Park, Malaysia. The reef runs from 5 m to a maximum of 10 m depth, making it one of the shallowest and most accessible dive sites on the island. It is well suited to beginner divers, refresher courses, and night dives.
The reef bottom is light current, with good visibility, and the shallow, sheltered nature of the site keeps conditions manageable for new divers. The diving season runs from March through October, with the monsoon closing the site from November to February; peak conditions fall between June and August.
Marine life at the site includes giant grouper, moray eel, damselfish, sergeant majors, wrasses, parrotfish, triggerfish, Napoleon wrasses, adult blacktip sharks, batfish, angelfish, banded pipefish, nudibranchs, blacktip reef sharks, and leopard sharks.
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Access is by boat from Tekek jetty. All divers must pay the Tioman Marine Park conservation fee before entering the water. A Marine Park fee of RM 30 for foreign adults applies at the Marine Park Centre near Tekek jetty.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
TriggerfishTriggerfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
GrouperGrouperConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
DamselfishDamselfishReported here · unconfirmed
WrasseWrasseConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseReported here · unconfirmed
Leopard / zebra sharkLeopard / zebra sharkReported here · unconfirmed
SweetlipsSweetlipsReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
Dusky NembrothaNembrotha kubaryanaReported here · unconfirmed
Moon WrasseThalassoma lunareReported here · unconfirmed
Ocellaris AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellarisReported here · unconfirmed
Starry PufferArothron stellatusReported here · unconfirmed
Boring Giant ClamTridacna croceaReported here · unconfirmed
Black Longspine UrchinDiadema setosumReported here · unconfirmed
Banded Sea UrchinEchinothrix calamarisReported here · unconfirmed
Bluespotted Fantail RayTaeniura lymmaReported here · unconfirmed
Greenblotch ParrotfishScarus quoyiReported here · unconfirmed
Pustulose Wart SlugPhyllidiella pustulosaReported here · unconfirmed
ParrotfishParrotfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
BatfishBatfishReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed
Blue DragonPteraeolidia semperiObserved near here · iNaturalist
Hawksbill Sea TurtleEretmochelys imbricataObserved near here · iNaturalist
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