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My entire scuba diving career I have been in very cold or moderate temperatures (12’C-26’C) , personally I'm not a fan of the cold, I don't think anyone is. As soon as I got the opportunity to dive in water that rarely ever goes lower than 29’C-30’C I was instantly sold!
But warm water can’t be the only reason I decided to leave my previous Job as an instructor in South Africa's most diverse diving location.
I gathered the majority of my dives (400+-) and experience in South Africa - Sodwana Bay.
Sodwana Bay has exceptionally healthy reefs that stretch over 9 miles of pristine untouched beaches. The Marine life has everything you could want as a diver , from the Best macro diving to the biggest and most beautiful marine life such as whales, dolphins, turtles, Mantas and many more.
Well, I was extremely interested in Muck diving which I have never experienced before. As someone who loves finding extremely camouflaged and hidden creatures, I was ready for a new challenge , and in the beginning it was most definitely not a walk in the park, but I definitely warmed up to it and had some amazing encounters such as finding a clown frogfish with a smaller one underneath its belly and being able to see the extremely rare hairy octopus! And for all my nudibranch enthusiasts I was able to spot a Solar Powered Nudibranch!
Sipadan was the biggest reason I decided to make the move to Scuba Junkie Mabul because it's so close to such a world class island for diving. Sipadan has definitely lived up to expectation as everyday it's providing amazing experiences from the Chevron Barracuda vortex, Bumphead parrot fish, Schooling Jackfish (big eye trevally) and the constant sightings of Sharks which is such a fresh breathe of air compared to complexities of locating macro for my guests. Although diving Sipadan is not easy with all of its oceanic currents and unpredictability, but that's also what makes it so thrilling as when you drop in you will never get the same dive as yesterday. For all the adrenaline junkies out there the currents will definitely make you breathe through your cylinder more than a little bit faster than usual.
