Malaysia - Borneo Diving Sites

Diving Adventures in Sabah

Malaysia plays host to an amazingly diverse range of scuba destinations. From cavorting with turtles and swirling tornadoes of barracuda in Sipadan Island to the pristine coral atoll and hammerhead sharks in Layang Layang. You can find migrating whale sharks around Lankayan and macro diving in Mabul and Kapalai islands, to name just a few of the spectacular opportunities available here. Read on for details of the dive sites you can explore from our Malaysia dive resorts.

Sabah (Malaysian Borneo) is the basis of Malaysia's claim as home to world class scuba diving. If you're looking for a memorable break on beautiful equatorial islands with pristine white sand beaches coupled with outstanding underwater marine beauty and diversity, then scuba diving in Malaysia is bound to have something for you. Just budget plenty of spare time - there are so many outstanding opportunities on offer for diving in Borneo!

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Borneo Diving Season

Dive season runs all year round in Borneo, depending on the location of your choice. For more detailed information of exactly when the best time is to visit at each of the destinations, check out the individual dive site descriptions below.

Reef Basics

Great for: Large animals, small animals, dive value-for-money, advanced divers and beginner divers
Not so great for: Non-diving activities
Depth: 5 - >40m
Visibility: 5 - 50m
Currents: Gentle
Surface Conditions: Calm
Water Temperature: 25 - 30°C
Experience Level: Beginner - advanced
Number of dive sites: >125
Access: Malaysia dive resorts
Recommended length of stay: 1 - 3 weeks

Sabah, Borneo Dive Sites

Nothing beats scuba diving in Borneo. There are loads of premier scuba destinations that offer spectacular underwater sights. If you can name it, then there's a destination in Borneo that has it; from macro life to pelagics, wrecks to wall dives, coral gardens teeming with a rich diversity of corals and fish, underwater caves where sleepy sharks go to chill out, and caverns where turtles go for eternal rest... Borneo diving has it all and then some.

Sipadan Island and Layang Layang are the most popular and well known destinations. Some 3,000 species were first found and classified while diving fabulous sites in Malaysia such as Sipadan. Lankayan is the latest hot destination that offer new frontiers if you're looking for something different. Mabul and Kapalai are world renowned destinations for macro dives.

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