Snorkeling trip at Tioman Island

I went to Tioman for its famous underwater scenery, even though I wasn’t able to view those beautiful underwater scenery during my first diving trip, I managed to get what I want during my snorkeling trip the next day.

Fishes under the jetty

Me and Amy got a contact from the hotel receptionist and soon got ourselves a boat and a tour guide. We mentioned to the tour guide that we wanted to see beautiful fishes and corals, luckily he was more than happy to bring us to some of the nice snorkeling spot.

Our tour guide

The tour guide brought us to 3 different places to snorkel for the whole day trip. We snorkeled around some of the small islands off the main island where pollution was at a minimum level.

The crystal clear water was really nice as I can still see the white sands a few meters in the water. There were also a lot of beautiful corals but too bad I cannot afford a underwater camera... if you really want to see the corals of Tioman Island, please google it.

Once we jumped into the water the fishes were swimming towards us, at first I thought there were welcoming us but later on the tour guide told us that the fishes were waiting for humans to feed them.

I took some biscuits I bought and in no time all the fishes were swimming towards me. The fishes had no fear towards humans and soon my hand which was holding the biscuits was surrounded by fishes trying to have lunch. It was like the fishes had been starved for a billion years.

If you are holding the food I suggest that you let it go, because sometimes those fishes can't really tell which one is food and which one is your hand. I got bitten a few times because I was holding the food for too long.

Snorkeling in Tioman is definitely a must if you have the opportunity to visit Tioman.

And the other thing you must do at Tioman is to buy alcohols and cigarettes because Tioman is a free tax district in Malaysia. A can of Heineken beer is only RM3, you can drink till you drop at Tioman.