Dive Sites

Due to the fact that the marine life found around Mabul Island varies greatly from that of Sipadan Island, combination of the two islands for diving make a diver's diving holiday more complete. Mabul and Kapalai is heaven for studying the micro aspects of marine life and guarantees hours of fascinating fish watching with ample opportunities for photography. At world-renowned Sipadan Island, divers get different experience as one dive amongst the giants of sea and its only 20 minutes away from the comforts of Sipadan Water Village.

There are about 17 dive sites in Mabul and about 13 dive sites in Kapalai. It takes less than 15 minutes to get from the resort to any of the Mabul dive sites by the dive boat and less than 15 minutes to Kapalai. Most of the diving in Mabul and Kapalai is very shallow with depths from 60 feet to as shallow as 10 feet. These places are "macro heaven on earth". On one given dive, divers may get to see as many as 25 or 30 remarkable photo subjects including squid, cuttlefish, anemone shrimp, gobies with blind cleaner shrimp, porcelain crabs, juvenile batfish, harlequin ghost pipefish, mushroom coral pipefish, mandarin fish, dragonets and many more.
In the Sipadan area, there are about 13 dive sites. From Mabul, it is about 20 minutes boat ride to Sipadan and most of the diving here is a combination of wall and drift diving. The walls are covered with hard corals, soft corals, gorgonians, spongest etc. You can see many more turtles on one dive here than in a lifetime of diving anywhere else in the world. Divers will also get a chance to view huge resident schools of barracudas, which make beautiful circling patterns on top of the reef.

The diving packages includes 3 daily boat dives, tanks weights and weight-belts. Boat dives will be at Mabul, Kapalai and Sipadan (permit allowing) each day. Unlimited House Reef diving is also included.

Unlimited Mabul House Reef Diving

The unlimited Mabul House Reef diving are shore dives exiting from the dive center platform. These dives are confined to Paradise 1 and 2 sites. When conducting this program, divers are required to register before diving. It is mandatory for participants to go down in a buddy team. No dive master will accompany the divers unless prior arrangements are made. All shore dives must be completed before sunset at 1800hrs.
House Reef diving is available from 0600 to 1800 hrs and all divers will be required to show proof of diver training. Divers that wish to review their skills may opt for the refresher courses available. See Dive Courses.
All diving activities are subject to bad sea and weather conditions and poor visibility. The Dive Center reserves the final decision to either proceed or abort dives for safety reasons.

Orientation Dives

First dive on arrival day will be an orientation dive with a dive master. Orientation dives are shore diving from the Dive Center platform and are conducted at the following hours:

A Scuba Skill Refresher course is required for any diver who cannot provide proof of diving in the last 12 months and/or exhibit uncertainty in their skills. This cost is at additional cost. Repeat customers who return within 6 months of their last stay is NOT required to go through orientation dive.

Night Dives (Optional)