Dive Review of Borneo Divers/Mabul Resort in
Malaysia/Sipadan

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Borneo Divers/Mabul Resort, Aug, 2010, by jonathan scolnick, Outside USA..., singapore ( 2 reports). Report 5715.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Sipadan is amazing even though I was there off season. Apparently april is the best time of year to go. In august we had rain at night which kept the viz pretty poor. The house reef at Mabul Resort is the best house reef I have ever encountered. It had nice corals, HUGE turtles, cuttlefish, mandarin fish and everything in between. I could have dived all four dives every day at that reef and been a very happy diver. The house reefs at the other resorts, which represent the other dive sites on non sipadan days, were not nearly as nice. As readers likely know, getting to Sipadan itself is based on a lottery system. Contact the resort directly about this. I was told that if I stayed five nights I would be guaranteed one day in Sipadan, but the deals they are running depend on the number of people at the resort. When I got there I was not listed for any days to Sipadan, but when I politely (this is key) mentioned it to the office, I ended up going to Sipadan twice. Diving at Sipadan can be summed up with two words; turtle shark turtle shark shark shark turtle turtle.... Of course you can also find the chevron barracuda schools and many other things. Overall, I hope to go back to Mabul and Sipadan. I will definitely go with Mabul Resort and Borneo divers, A+ resort and dive team.
Websites	Borneo Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Around SE asia, caribbean, polynesia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth limits, max time, air left
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	No rinse tank on the boats because sites are so close to the resort. Was difficult to find a safe place to put camera during boat trips. Back at the resort there was a very large dedicated camera rinse tank. The number of fantastic things to take pics of made me forget about the camera abuse.

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Dive Review of Borneo Divers/Mabul Resort in Malaysia/Sipadan

Borneo Divers/Mabul Resort, Aug, 2010,

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Dive Review of Borneo Divers/Mabul Resort in
Malaysia/Sipadan