Due to its distance from the mainland of Peninsula Malaysia, Aur Island offers clear water at its dive sites.

[citation needed] The Aur Island weather is affected by the monsoon winds that blows from South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca.

The northeast monsoon blows the wind from South China Sea from November to March and this is the time when the east coast has heavy rainfall.

The west coast of Aur Island is influenced by the southwest monsoon that blows the wind from the Straits of Malacca during the months of May to September.

The 1804 naval Battle of Pulo Aura between the British and the French took place in the island's vicinity during the Napoleonic Wars.