Perhentian marine-life and monsoon/clarity context.
Perhentian Islands
Perhentian wreck dive with fish shelter and boat access.
Perhentian wreck dive with fish shelter and boat access.
Maritime Wreck is a Perhentian artificial reef where a decommissioned patrol vessel sits upright and creates a compact wreck dive with sheltering fish and cleaner-station behavior. It is a wreck-focused target rather than a reef drift, and it rewards controlled buoyancy, steady navigation, and a guide who knows the boat-access logistics.
Site Conditions
Safety Notes
As a wreck dive, treat it as an overhead environment and avoid entering enclosed areas without appropriate training and equipment.
Access Restrictions
Boat access from Perhentian dive centres; treat it as an intermediate wreck dive and avoid penetration without wreck training.
Legal Notes
Follow local operator briefings and marine-park practices for the Perhentian area, and treat any wreck penetration as overhead-environment diving.
Community notes to help plan your visit.
Scuba Diving
An intermediate wreck dive. Good buoyancy and situational awareness matter more than raw depth tolerance.
Snorkeling
Not a practical snorkel objective because the wreck sits well beyond comfortable surface viewing.
Species commonly reported at this site, with direct links into their wildlife guides.
Conservative baseline from public research. No community dives logged yet.
Last Updated
Research Sources
Perhentian marine-life and monsoon/clarity context.
Perhentian dive-centre roster and logistics context.
Official tourism context for wreck-diving trips around Pulau Perhentian Kecil.

Perhentian reef slope with sharks, turtles, and coral


Boat-access Perhentian reef with coral and easy conditions.