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Sipadan,
located 30 km off Semporna on the East Coast
of Sabah is rated as the world's top dive sites.
For the true diving enthusiast, the island needs
no introduction. Praised by the internationally
renowned oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques
Cousteau as one of the best diving spots in
the world, it is unique as the only oceanic
island in Malaysia. Its geographic position
puts Sipadan in the centre of the richest marine
habitat in the world, the heart of the Indo-Pacific
basin. Sipadan rises 600m from the seabed to
provide spectacular wall dives and underwater
garden. More than 3,000 species of fish and
hundreds of coral species have been classified
in this richest of ecosystem.
No
other spot on the surface of this planet has
more marine life than Sipadan. This oceanic
island rises as a pristine coral mount from
the floor of the Sulawesi Sea to give awesome
2000 foot wall dives, just 50 feet from the
shore. Lying five degrees north of the equator
off the mainland of Borneo, Sipadan Island is
covered with a luxuriant, untouched rain forest
surrounded by pristine sandy beaches.
Sipadan
is well known for its unusually large numbers
of green and hawksbill turtles which gather
there to mate and nest. It is not unusual for
a diver to see more than 20 turtles on each
dive at Sipadan Island. Another unique feature
is the "Turtle Tomb", underwater limestone
cave with a labyrinth of tunnels and chambers
that contain many skeletal remains of turtles
that became disoriented and then drowned.
Barracuda
Point is where a diver may experience the thrill
of swimming amidst schooling barracuda and big-eye
trevally, which gather in thousands forming
spectacular tornado-like formations. With the
possibility of seeing pelagic such as mantas,
eagle rays and hammerhead sharks, each dive
at Sipadan is a highly anticipated event.
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