Dive Sipadan Sites
South Point
This is a good place to get a bit deeper in the morning as long
as you don’t mind a thin layer of narcosis-on-toast for breakfast.
South Point is one of the most likely sites for the more rare sharks such as hammerheads
and thresher sharks, both of which tend to stay at depths here of forty plus metres.
On this Sipadan dive you will descend down to a ledge and then fin out gently
into the blue, scanning the waters for a glimpse of action. If you are lucky
enough to encounter hammerhead sharks or threshers you will be the toast
of the resort and the object of envy.
Then, often you'll hear them coming nearer, long before you see them. The noise comes through the water like a riot in a school dining room, the enormous bumphead parrotfish grinding and munching the corals for the algae. At 85kg and easily more than one metre long, the fish have humped and scarred heads, small eyes, and jutting teeth-like fused beaks. They excrete white exhaust plumes of pulverised coral sand, like a locomotive train. Watch as they take pizza-sized bites out of the table corals and then march on by.
The wonder of Pulau Sipadan is that visitors get used to countless turtles,
white-tips, bump-headed parrotfish and massive schools of other
fish, that the crossbar is always raised, and South Point is often
the site for the crowning glory.
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South Point Reef Basics: Coral heads and steep wall
Depth: 20- >40m
Visibility: 20 - 30m
Currents: Can be strong
Surface Conditions: Can be choppy
Water Temperature: 27 - 30°C
Experience Level: Advanced only
Number of dive sites: 1
Diving Season: All year round
Distance: 14 km (30 minutes) south from Mabul and 12 km (23 minutes) southwest from Kapalai
Access: Sipadan diving by boat from Mabul and Kapalai scuba resorts
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