III.7
Sipadan
Permit-only · the famous wall
[04° 06' 54" N 118° 37' 41" E]
Season
Apr – Dec
Visibility
20 – 40m
Water Temp
27 – 30°C
Certification
Advanced +
III.7 · Conditions
Sipadan is a six-hundred-metre vertical wall rising to a five-hectare island, gazetted as a permit-only marine park. It is the most famous dive site in Malaysia and one of the most famous in the world. The barracuda tornado, the bumphead parrotfish dawn parade, the green turtles in the cavern at Turtle Tomb. Every cliché is real.
Permits are issued daily, capped at one hundred and seventy-six divers across all operators. We hold a recurring slot through the Sipadan Liveaboard programme. Day-trip access exists from Semporna but is harder to secure and not recommended.
7 sites at Sipadan — pick yours
- 01 · Barracuda Point20m · Schooling fish
- 02 · South Point30m · Wall
- 03 · Turtle Tomb22m · Cavern
- 04 · Hanging Gardens30m · Wall
- 05 · Drop-off40m · Wall
- 06 · Coral Garden16m · Reef
- 07 · White Tip Avenue20m · Sharks
Trips · Sipadan