It can be accessed via ferry from Mersing harbour. This is a fan site and location page for Pulau Dayang, also known as Dayang Island. I created it in 2012 when I noticed there wasn't a Facebook location page for the place. Pulau Dayang is a small tropical island located 80km (50 miles) off Mersing harbor - on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. This page is not affiliated to any dive resort o
r dive group. It serves as a geographical location page. It is not to be confused with other islands with similar names in Langkawi or Indonesia. Pulau Dayang is famous for its very white sandy beaches. Visitors usually come here for the weekend from March to October. The best months to visit the place is from April to July. it is closed during the monsoon season November to February. The cost of coming here and staying for the weekend is roughly about US$200; it varies. You have to book with a reputable agency like Blue Reef Scuba Singapore. I've used their services several times to come here. Its a good group. The place is famous for its clear blue turquoise waters, its small white sandy beach and for being more rustic, "homely", and less commercial resort unlike Tioman etc.. Accommodations are -1980s standards- simple wooden huts which thankfully have air-conditioning, albeit a bit noisy. The toilets are shared and basic. Most people come here for the diving and for snorkeling and just to chill out and read a book. During the monsoon season - from November, December to February, the island is closed. Its off the beaten path for most tourists. But its still not too far away from civilization and it makes for a cheap holiday. You're not going to find any touts, or loud tourist groups here. But if you're after a serene, beautiful and quiet beach - this is ideal. The bigger brother of Dayang is Pulau Aur which lies across the small straits of sea seperating the two lands. They were known to ancient seafarers - the Chinese sailors called them Dragon Islands because of the shape of their granite hills which forms a dragon's back. Ancient artefacts such as Ming Dynasty pottery shards are uncovered on the beaches every year. A sunken Japanese fighter plane was found in the vicinity in the 1990s. Not too far away are the wrecks of the British warships Prince of Wales and Repulse sunk during WW2. Phone and internet reception here is not good. But good if you want to get away from it all. :)
