sipadan

Hey there, Planning a Borneo trip for Jan/ Feb 2025. I'm reading the trip reports posted here, and wondering if folks have any other Sipadan/ Borneo area diving recs? This includes any land based adventures- I'm hoping to see the orangs, and wary of ending up with an unsavory operator...

I haven't been to many places, and I currently reside in East Asia. Going to Sipadan from here doesn't involve much travel, so I'd like to ask if Sipadan is considered expensive when compared to the whole of Southeast Asia. I don't intend to stay in luxury resorts. From what I found, the...

Hi all, I am new to the community, did not think this would be my first post, but I thought it was too important to share. About a week ago, a ghost net, almost 1km long got tangled up at the coral reefs in Sipadan. Here is the link to the news story. I was forwarded this account of a member...

Here are some Sipadan trip highlights from December, 2019 - shot on Sony AX-100 in a Gates housing:

Here is how my trip went starting from East Coast. Fly to Kuala Lumpur (layover in Hong Kong), stayed one night in Kuala Lumpur to fly to Tawau. But you can do that the same day. From Tawau, spent the night in Semporna in order to take the first ferry to Kapalai Sipadan Resort. From the...

Hey scuba team, Planning a dive trip for late June or early July to either Sipadan or East Kalimantan (probably would stay on Maratua) and am having a hard time deciding between the two. Unfortunately won't be able to do both, so I'd love to hear from those of you who have been to both (or...

I made a You tube channel with some videos from Komodo, Sipadan, Similans, Phi Phi, and Malapascua, All videos with GoPro except Sipadan where some footage is from a professional photographer who accompanied us. Komodo, Similans with GoPro Hero 7 and others with older Gopros. Color correction...

Hi, I am considering to go to Mabul Island to do some amazing Sipadan dives soon! Anyone who has been there recently and can tell me how the security of the island is. I read a lot about the "rough" past of it (with kidnappings and so), and that now army and police are present on the island...

Hi all, I've been living in Vietnam for the past 18 months and have been spending most of my holidays diving around SE Asia. So far I've been fortunate enough to visit Komodo, Bali, Sipadan and Malapascua, as well as other trips to Thailand, Mergui Archipelago and, prior to relocating here...

Hi everyone! I'm trying to decide between these three places to go, Malapascua, Sipadan, or Similan, between mid-April to mid-May. I've talked to several friends' first-hand accounts and they all have different experiences on these places, so I'm hoping to get more opinions here. I like...

I have recently visited Sipadan for a diving vacation and it has totally left me in awe. To anyone who is looking for adventurous dives boasting a huge biodiversity, unspoiled reefs and vertical drop offs this is the place to be! From fierce big sharks to tiny colorful nudibranches. Siapadan...

I just got back from a week of diving in Sipadan, Mabul, and Kapalai. I was really blown away by the diving there. I thought I would share my trip report with the group here in case anyone else is planning a trip to dive there. My Mola: Scuba Diving Sipadan, Mabul, and Kapalai

Hi, Here's a short report on my experience diving with Seaventures on the Oil Rig in late Feb '18. I booked 5 days on the rig with one guaranteed permit on Sipadan. The rig is well equipped with all your diving needs, even a separate room for cameras. My room had a hot shower & comfy bed...all...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to get back into diving and I decided to check one of the items off my bucket list - to dive in Sipadan, Malaysia! I got my license in Malaysia/Singapore many years back but haven't really had opportunity in North America since I returned to Canada, and am really miss...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to get back into diving and I decided to check one of the items off my bucket list - to dive in Sipadan, Malaysia! I got my license in Malaysia/Singapore many years back but haven't really had opportunity in North America since I returned to Canada, and am really miss...

THIS TRIP IS OPEN TO ALL UK DIVERS AND NOT JUST LONDON DIVERS We have a trip to Sipadan Island in Malaysia from Saturday 18 November 2017 to Monday 27 November 2017. We already have good size group at 14 divers but still have spaces left on the trip. We have been wanting to go to Sipadan for...

Summer diving in the Maldives didn't happen due to my husband getting sick. Would LOVE to get a last minute trip planned to Malaysia...want to dive Sipadan. Dates would be the first two weeks of October. Recommendations for something that's more on the economical side. If you have a trip review...

I am planning a dive trip for 7-day vacation in early September. I am now considering Komodo, Indonesia (maybe a liveaboard?) or Sipadan, Malaysia (aiming the dive rig). I will be most grateful if someone can give me some advice on these two locations. Thanks in advance. Information giving: I...

I will dive there in August and some of my friends who dove there said the visibility was poor in August. They also said that there was no more schools of barracudas in Sipadan.

I will dive there in August and some of my friends who dove there said the visibility was poor in August. They also said that there was no more schools of barracudas in Sipadan. I also wonder that if it's possible to dive 2 days in Sipadan if I buy the Kapalai 5D/4N diver package.