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Sipadan Water Village: "Sipadan Adventure", May, 2016, by Joel Nitzkin, LA, US ( 1 report). Report 9057.
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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
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Comments	Diving was phenomenal. Downside is that the dive operator is limited on how many divers can go in one day so on the days you are not going to Sipadan, you dive near the resort - not too shabby either. The house dive was good too. But nothing compares to Sipadan. Amazing is to small a word. The dive resort though - Sipadan Water Village - well thats something else. The week we were there they had a drought and we had nothing but salt water in our rooms. They did give us large bottles of fresh water for drinking and rinsing. And the air conditioning was very problematic. We had one of the better rooms but there were soom rooms where it was completely nonfunctional. Temps in high 90s with humidity to match. This was a real problem. Otherwise the resort was fine. People were friendly and they would do what they could for you. To get there, we took a one hour bus ride from Tauwau, then about 45 min by boat to the resort. Malaysia airlines is awful and will try to rip you off on overages at every turn.
Websites	Sipadan Water Village
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport	Tauwau	Getting There	small planes
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	86-87°F / 30-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dived with the group. Diving was mostly pretty easy.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	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	Boats were very small. No rinse buckets on the boats or tables.

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Dive Review of Sipadan Water Village in Malaysia

Sipadan Water Village: "Sipadan Adventure", May, 2016,

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Dive Review of Sipadan Water Village in
Malaysia