The diving

The triangle between Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines is one of the most bio-diverse marine habitats in the world. Strong ocean currents, deep sea trenches and sea mounts, combined with active volcanic islands have created a complex oceanographic environment that is paradise for divers. The beauty of this region lies in it's diversity. The dive spots and marine life vary from island to island and we recommend every visitor dive at least a few of them in order to fully appreciate what this area has to offer, from swirling barracuda to juvenile frogfish.

With a 5-star PADI dive center and award winning eco resort on Mabul Island, Scuba Junkie is the only dive operation to visit more than 25 Islands here on a daily basis.

The chemicals in most suncreams are very harmful to reefs and contribute significantly to coral bleaching. We therefore require all divers and snorkellers to only use Reef Safe suncreams during their stay to protect the reefs for generations to come.

Most people come for the world-famous Sipadan Island, home to thousands of turtles, schooling sharks, swirling barracuda, and awe-inspiring coral walls dropping more than 600m / 2,000ft straight down to the sea floor. Sipadan is frequently voted as the worlds number 1 dive destination, but the diving doesn't stop there. The Sipadan Barrier Reef is the largest barrier reef in S.E ASIA and also has the worlds highest marine biodiversity! Diversity is the beauty of this amazing reef: It offers wall dives with vertical drops to over 600M, cleaning stations that attract manta rays, devil rays and all kinds of sharks! 1000's of schooling fish and hidden away in the coral shallows are some of the world's best macro life such as pygmy seahorses, flamboyant cuttlefish, mandarin fish and other marine life that is still to be identified. This is truly one of the last unexplored frontiers on planet earth and its a must you dive here when you come to visit.

Kapalai Island is the third point of the famous Golden Triangle, with Sipadan and Mabul being the other two. Kapalai is not a true island but rather a sandbar that resorts have built upon to form a true water resort. While the resort was originally built for it's proximity to world-famous Sipadan, curious divers quickly discovered the paradise that awaited just beneath. Kapalai is undoubtedly one of the premiere macro dive sites in the world. It's true that many divers come to Kapalai and never even go to Sipadan!

Si Amil Island is just a 45 minute boat ride away from Mabul and offers an incredible variety for our divers.

From very rare macro life, such as Rhinopia, Ambon scorpion fish, blue ring octopus and sea-horses, to dives into the blue offering exciting opportunities to see vast numbers (we have lost count of the number seen!) of rays such as devil rays and eagle rays- this beautiful island truly has something for everyone! 

With sandy bottom dives sites, to coral walls- how could you not love this spectacular gem!