Talk:Redang

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I think that might be the biggest jump in a single edit ever on Wikitravel. Hope you enjoyed your trip -- Pulau Redang looks like a great place. --Evan 10:19, 26 Jul 2005 (EDT)

Ta — three cheers for a saved copy, a laptop and a few hours to kill on an airplane. And Redang is OK, but the Perhentians are much better value for money... Jpatokal 10:55, 26 Jul 2005 (EDT)

[edit] Redang Bay Divers

I'm not sure when the above was written, but I've been diving with them since '97, and in all of these years, safety was the number ONE concern. This is obvious even from the OW training sessions, where lessons are repeated and repeated until the student is familiar. This is not generally practised by most of the other "better" dive centre staff. Part of the reason why their rates are so low is because they rent their tanks and equipment out to the other dive centres on the island that have less equipment. -- R.Yeoh Jul 6 2006

The comment was based on my experience last year, diving with a friend who is a nervous novice diver. She asked for help with checking her gear, but none was given. She was told that the dive would be easy, but the site had strong currents and choppy waves. The boat was crammed with way too many people, the pre-dive briefing was a joke and the DMs were tattooed ah bengs who barely spoke English and obviously didn't give a fuck about anybody other than their buddies (who have also been diving with them since '97?). The contrast to Coral Bay Divers, who we switched to for the next day, was like night and day. Jpatokal 05:16, 6 July 2006 (EDT)

Note : August 22 2006. I'm a divemaster and just returned from a 3-week stay at Redang Bay. None of what is written above seems to be true. They have lots of equipment sets but still turn away divers whenever they come up short. This happened on 6 of the days that I was there. They even had to reject Discover Scuba customers. The reason why they can "cram" in so many divers is cos they have 5 active instructors working there for both PADI and NAUI as well as an instructor trainer. 1 of their twin-agency instructors is also a licensed lifeguard instructor and has trained 6 of their own staff. NONE of the other resorts were willing to send their staff for the course. There're lots of things that R. Bay does that not many people are aware of. Like, they built the wooden mobile jetty outside Pasir Panjang beach for safety reasons when none of the other resorts were willing to invest in it. I will continue to use R. Bay when I go back. Nuff said. (added by [[User:Deep End)

I've rewritten the description to sum up the three experiences we have so far. Jpatokal 01:53, 22 August 2006 (EDT)