History of Tioman Dive Centre

Tioman Dive Centre is a new name for an old operation. Established in 1993 under the name Scuba Point, Tioman Dive Centre was adopted as a new name at the begining of 2002, following a change in management.

Previously managed by Dr Tarek Amin (known to his friends as Pako), Julian Hyde and and Yeen Lee took over the operation in early 2001, after managing it on Pako's behalf for several months. In 2009 Katie Yewdall bought into the centre and began to enhance its environmental focus.

We focus on three areas:

Diver training: we provide a full range of PADI dive training courses, from "try it and see" Discover Scuba Experiences, to the professional Dive Master certification.

Leisure diving: for certified divers, Tioman has a range of varied dive sites, each with its own characteristics. Close by we have shallow reef dives with lots of fish and a wide range of corals. Further away are more challenging deeper rock and cavern sites.

'Conservation' Diving: We organise reef monitoring surveys, research and education projects as well as training volunteers to help us out on Blue Ventures Malaysia and Reef Check Malaysia programs.