Sangalaki/derawan

[davidlkh]

By the way Nabucco is run by the extra divers group
http://www.extra-divers.li/index_1024.html

Overall it is good site, lots of big stuff at the channel. Lots of macro if you know where to look.

 

[Albion]

Not done Nabucco or Derawan although heard accom is nicer there. Y Sangalki accom is basic but functional, its actually quite fun. dives are good, We typically did two morning dives on the manta sites (snorkled with 30+ Mantas ), and afternoon dive around the other side where the macro is, nice balance. Also did trips out to kakaban. Its a couple of years since i dived there and i know the staff has changed a lot, so cant comment on what service will be like now. The best non diving part about Sangalaki is that it is an active turtle nesting ground with an average ten a night coming ashore to lay. We had one laying about 3m from our hut, and would often find turtle tracks under our hut in the morning. Also one night i found a bunch of hatchlings had got confused by the resort lights and headed the wrong way up the beach so we all got buckets and rounded them up for a trip back to the beach great fun.

 

[davidlkh]

Was there in 2004, it is still like that in regards to turtle and ambience.

Sangalaki suppose to have a booth and talk on diving in that area at the coming ADEX mid April 2004. You can find out about the latest developments.

 

[JONATHAN A]

Thans for all the replies which much appreciated. I've now decided to do do Sipadan followed by Layang Layang this time and next time I will focus on a 2 week break split between Derawan/Sangalaki and Nabucco !

 

[scubashooter]

When you do Sipadan, consider also splitting the trip between Mabul/Kapalai and Sipadan. The macro around M/K is top notch and accessible via shore dives as well. By splitting the trip you can do more dives a day at each location and not spend so much time on a boat btw Sipadan and M/K plus that surface interval. Plus if you stay at the right resort, you can have EAN to dive sites like the platform to the fullest. I usually choose the time of month according to the tide charts or moon too.