Sipadan Island

Diving in Sipadan is, for many, a once in a lifetime experience. Avid divers and snorkelers from all over the world are willing to spend precious time in the waters off Sipadan Island, and other popular dive sites in the area, such as Mabul and Kapalai islands.

This tiny island is Malaysia’s only oceanic island, rising 700 metres from the ocean floor. One of the highlights of every diver’s to encounter the residential schooling barracuda which group in thousands forming amazing tornado, can be spotted at barracuda point.

It is not only the big fish that amaze scuba divers coming to Sipadan, the macro life is equally fascinating. Mantis shrimps, garden eels, leaf scorpion fish,  fire gobies, and are guaranteed at various dive sites. The abundance of marine found at Sipadan gives it its reputation of being one of the top ten best dive locations in the world.

“I have seen other places like Sipadan 45 years ago. Now we have found again an untouched piece of art”. – Jacques-Yves Cousteau