Sipadan is the world's number one dive site ~ the shock she brings is unparalleled. It is formed due to volcanic movement, the seabed land mass from the depth of the sea up ridge from the sea depth of 2000 meters upwards, so it has unique conditions.
Sipadan is the large aquarium, malaysia's only deep ocean island and one of the world's largest diving sites. The island covers an area of about 40,000 square meters, protruding directly from the 600-meter-deep seabed, and the underwater part resembles a chimney, a pillar of power. So on the edge of Sipadan Island, just one more step, the water depth directly changes from 3 meters to 600 meters. Sipadan is a mushroom-shaped marine island. Located around 4 degrees north latitude, it is very close to the equator, but it is very cool. It is known as the "Mecca Sanctuary" of divers all over the world, the "Aquarium of the Gods", and the father of world diving, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, called it "an uninhabited work of art".
The water temperature is mild, the water flow is gentle, the visibility in the water is also medium and high, and the fish are abundant, and Sipadan Island has a total of twelve diving bases, namely West Reef, North Cape, Steep Slope, Turtle Cave, Barracuda Point, Coral Garden, White Top Passage, Middle Reef, Turtle Cover, South Horn, Deer Horn Peak, Lobster Nest and Suspended Garden. The most notable strongholds are turtle dens, barracuda horns, south corners and hanging gardens.
The underwater world of Sipadan Island is undoubtedly fascinating, due to the different water depths, you can see corals, anemones, sponges of different shapes from shallow water to deep water, in addition, you can see turtles and so on! Let me take you into this beautiful underwater world.
The first dive site is Barracuda Point, which has a depth of 10-28 meters and visibility of 10-30 meters, where the water flow is gentle and the underwater terrain is sloped. Arguably the best place in the world to watch a seawolf storm, divers from all over the world come every year to see the shock of a seawolf storm. In general, the sipadan waters have excellent visibility, but occasionally there are large currents. For this dive, you can prepare a stream hook to fix yourself to the cliff and watch the sea wolf storm.
Usually in addition to sea wolf storms, jackfish flocks, bulging parrots, and thousands of swallowfish can be seen flying in front of them. It's exciting to encounter spectacular "sea wolf storms", and it's exciting to imagine people swimming around them, even within their moving circles.
Seawolf Storm
Divers are commonly known as "sea wolf storms", here the "sea wolves", that is, real golden barracuda and ghost golden barracuda, they swim quickly, often collectively hunt other fish, extremely fierce, but usually do not actively attack humans.
Jack Fish Storm
The fish are largely clustered in cylindrical clusters, resembling storm scenes. The "Jack" of Jackfish Storm is derived from Jackfish. Jackfish is the common name for trevally fish, and because the trevally (especially the six-banded trevally in the trilisk family) particularly likes this cluster, it is called the Jackfish Storm. Fish storms are not unique to the trilis family, and other fish can also do this.
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Bulging parrot group
Also known as the hump large parrotfish, commonly known as parrot, it is one of the suborder Parrotfish of the order Bulbophyllum of the order Rayfin fish. The body of the fish is elongated and slightly flattened, the head contour is vertically angled and the surface of the outer surface between the tooth plates has a granular protrusion, and it prefers to swim in the sea outside the reef bay or coral reef, and eats live coral as the main food.
The second dive site is coral garden Coral Garden, which is 10-40 meters deep and has visibility of 10-25 meters, where the water flow is gentle, the underwater terrain is cliffs, and the main creatures here are corals. Corals are home to fish and build a platform on which marine life depends. Sipadan is home to so many fish species that it is inextricably linked to this beautiful hard coral. This coral garden is in very shallow water, the sun gently sprinkles on the coral under the blue water, and countless small fish of various colors patrol through.
Coral garden
The third dive site is white-capped channel White–Tip Avenue, which has a depth of 10-30 meters and visibility of 15-25 meters where the water flow is gentle and the underwater terrain is sloped. Here you can see 15 whitetip sharks marching in formation.
Whitetip Shark Avenue
The whitetip shark is also known as the three-toothed shark, so named because the tip of the fin is white. They spend most of their time on the seabed, often resting in reef shelters. They grow slowly, growing only 2 to 4 centimeters a year and up to 210 centimeters long, feeding on fish and squid, harmless to humans, and sometimes stabbing fishermen.
The fourth dive site is Mid Reef and Turtle Patch, which is 5-20 meters deep, 10-35 meters in visibility, gentle in flow and steep underwater terrain. The point is about 12 meters deep and is surrounded by swimming turtles and sharks.
There is a naturally formed cave 15 meters underwater near the Drop off dive site, where the road is complex, there are many branch holes, turtles will occasionally run in to sleep, wake up and want to swim out of the hole to breathe, but can not find the exit, the result is forever left in the hole, turned into a pile of skeletons.
The entrance to the Turtle Cave has a warning sign and is no longer open to ordinary divers after several divers have been buried in the cave. Unless you have a certificate for cave diving, you can arrange to dive here.
Green sea turtle
The green sea turtle is named because of its green fat, its body is large, the outer flat round carapace, only the head and limbs are exposed outside the shell, the body length is 80 to 100 cm, and the weight is 70 to 120 kg (the giant green sea turtle can reach 150 cm, 250 kg). They feed on fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and seaweed.
The fifth dive site is the Hanging Garden, a suspended garden with a depth of 10-30 meters and visibility of 10-25 meters, where the water flow is gentle and the underwater terrain is sloped. Large fish and sea fans are the characteristics of this area, and the distribution of soft and hard corals is also very complete, and you can also carefully observe some small things such as nudibranchs, leaf fish, baby fish, etc
The sixth dive site is the Black Ray Channel, which is 5-15 meters deep and 10-15 meters in visibility, where the water flow is gentle. Next to the underwater reef there is a passage made of sand, and there is a fish you can only see here - the Arowana. These fish live in pairs on sand and feed on invertebrate critters. There are also some leaf fish, large rays and angel fish.
The seventh dive site is Little Okinawa, with a depth of 6-20 meters, visibility of 18-30 meters, gentle water flow and flat underwater terrain. It's a paradise for macro photography, where the seabed is filled with a variety of rare creatures, where striped sunflower fish and blue-spotted stingrays can be found.
The eighth dive site, Sweetlips Table, is 5-18 meters deep, 8-13 meters in visibility, and the water flow is gentle. The underwater terrain is sandy. The seabed is commonly conch and sea urchin, and the sand bottom is very flat. Leaf fish and squid are often found here.
The ninth dive site is Cleaning Station, which is 5-17 meters deep, 12-17 meters in visibility, and the water flow is gentle. The underwater terrain is sandy. There are more sea hares and seahorses and the like.
Sea Hare
This colorful little guy is called the sea slug, commonly known as the sea hare, the sea hare is not a rabbit, but a kind of snail, belonging to the shellfish of shallow sea life, is the sea hare marine gastropod collective name, because of the two pairs of tentacles on its head protruding like rabbit ears and named.
sea horse
A small marine animal with a length of 5-30 cm. Named because the head is curved and the body is nearly right angled, the head is horse's head shape and forms a horn with the body, the snout is long tube-shaped, the mouth is small, and the dorsal fin is composed of fins. The eyes can move independently.
sea anemone
It is a very simplely constructed animal with no central information processing mechanism, which means that it does not have even the lowest level of brain foundation. Although the anemone looks a lot like a flower, it is actually a predator, and its dozens of tentacles have a special spiny cell that releases toxins.
The tenth dive site is Flambo Reef, which is 5-15 meters deep, 8-15 meters in visibility, the water flow is gentle, and the underwater terrain is sloped. Corals and tropical fish of all colors can be seen, and moray eels and large schools of small camouflage creatures can be seen.
Conger
Moray eels feed on shrimp, crabs, small fish, octopus, as ferocious carnivorous fish, swim quickly, often inhabit mud caves, often forage in the turbid waters, and are more active in the evening and early morning.
You embrace the island of warmth...
You accumulate many flights...
You carefully choose souvenirs...
You have collected the wind and sun beauty of Sipadan every time...
It is because of the protection of Sipadan Island that we can see so many beautiful views. Since 2005, Sipadan diving requires a permit, and there are only 120 places per day!
What are you waiting for, pack your bags and fly with me to Sipadan!
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