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One grey sea cucumber with pinkish-brown ridged stripes lying on coral rubble beside a small brown coral head — Pulau Hantu & Singapore's Southern Islands

Pulau Hantu & Singapore's Southern Islands · Singapore · Reef · Sand slope

West Reef

Flat sandy bottom around the corner from the North Jetty

Area photo: Ria Tan from singapore · CC BY-SA 2.0

West Reef sits just around the corner from Hantu's North Jetty and is the island's other main dive site. Its flat sandy bottom makes it a popular dive for divers of all levels, and it shares the 4 to 20 m depth range of Hantu's two main sites.

Also known as Pulau Hantu West, Hantu West.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of West Reef: typical dive to 20 m (to 66 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit20 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

1.2257° N, 103.7464° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

The dive takes place over a flat sandy bottom on the west side of Pulau Hantu, nestled just around the corner from the North Jetty. Together with the jetty, the two main Hantu sites sit between 4 and 20 m, and the sandy bottom is popular with divers of all levels.

Marine life and season

The sources we used don't single out particular species here.

Month-by-month season rating for West Reef
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Season follows Pulau Hantu & Singapore's Southern Islands: Boats go to Hantu every weekend all year and no month stands out; Pulau Jong's strong currents call for a weather check in the monsoon season.

Dive videos

Diving in Singapore's pulau Hantu · Vassilios Vonikakis on YouTube

Sources

  1. Pulau Hantu West — ScubaGo
  2. Diving in Singapore — PADI Blog

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