The 34 meter SY Oriental Siren is built from the finest Asian teak and ironwood. She is a traditional twin mast junk, rigged with traditional style sails that are both functional and beautiful. The custom-made vessel has all the luxury facilities a diver demands today and is set up with the underwater photographer and videographer in mind. Camera tables, big rinse buckets and digital hardware are all provided.
Accommodating up to 14 guests, the SY Oriental Siren offers an expansive leisure deck area and seven individually controlled air-conditioned cabins, each with personal computer, AV entertainment system and en-suite bathroom. All rooms are lavished with luxury extras including hair dryers, towels, mood lighting; bathrobes are also available on request.
The air-conditioned salon has a large selection of fish and wildlife books, novels, travel guidebooks, a music collection plus a range of current movies. Free-flow soda and beer and gourmet food, from European cuisine to Thai and Indonesian specialties, are provided. Also on offer are laundry service, Thai massage, PADI courses, Nitrox for certified divers, a boutique, waterskiing, wakeboarding and kayaks.
Layang Layang, also known as Swallows Reef, is the most renowned island in the Spratly Island chain, situated in the South China Sea. During the 10 night safari you will dive and explore the Malaysian governed islands. Hammerhead sharks are one of the main draws of this little explored diving hot spot, with reefs providing a haven and necessary cleaning stop for the traveling sharks.
The 20m deep lagoon has some great macro creatures to be found including seahorses, cuttlefish and pipefish but it is the pelagics visiting the outer walls that truly excite divers. Schools of scalloped hammerhead sharks, grey reef sharks, leopard sharks and the occasional threshers and silvertip sharks can all be seen. Stingrays are also regular visitors including manta rays, pygmy devil rays, marbled rays and eagle rays. Rare sightings such as whale sharks, orcas and melon headed whales have all been seen over the last few years. Spinner and bottlenose dolphins also can be seen following the dive tenders to and from dive sites.
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