# A Tioman dive ends in a drowning

> A 65-year-old tourist survived her first scuba session, then slipped off the ladder climbing back aboard the boat.
- Title: A Tioman dive ends in a drowning · Malay Mail | Shortify
- Summary: A 65-year-old tourist survived her first scuba session, then slipped off the ladder climbing back aboard the boat. The fatal moment came after the dive was…
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- Source: Malay Mail — https://malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/13/indian-woman-drowns-after-falling-from-boat-during-tioman-diving-trip/234999
- Published: 2026-09-13T09:04:41+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: tioman, scuba diving, drowning, malaysia, police, news, world
## A drowning off Renggis
Sabiya Shiek, a 65-year-old Indian national, drowned in the waters of Renggis, Pulau Tioman, on Saturday. She had just finished a scuba diving activity.
## The call came at 10am
Rompin district police received a call from the Tekek Health Clinic on Pulau Tioman reporting the drowning.
## A family in the water
Sabiya was on a discovery scuba diving session with six family members, supervised by two instructors and a dive master.
## She wanted to go back
With the session finished, she told her instructor she was ready to return to the boat.

> After the session, the victim informed the instructor that she wished to return to the boat.
## A slip on the ladder
Her child helped her out of her diving gear. Climbing the ladder to board, she is believed to have slipped and fallen backwards into the sea.

> Sabiya is believed to have slipped while climbing the ladder to get on board and fell back into the sea
## Fifteen minutes to find her
The diving instructors went in after her straight away. They found her about 15 minutes later, unconscious on the sandy seabed near the dive site.
## Pronounced dead onshore
A medical officer at the Tekek Health Clinic pronounced her dead. A post-mortem is set for Monday at Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan.
## Key takeaway

The fatal moment came after the dive was over, on the boat ladder, with her gear already off.