Dive Review of Borneo Divers in
Malaysia/Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai

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Borneo Divers, Mar, 2011, by Brigitte Lacouture, AK, US ( Contributor 15 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 5984.
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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	The house reef at Mabul Resort is the best house reef we have ever encountered. It had nice corals, turtles, huge cuttlefish, a plethora of pipefish, blue spotted rays, and lots more; well worth doing for your fourth, unguided, dive of the day (the first three are guided using one of their boats). The house reefs at the other resorts on Mabul were not nearly as nice, but the one at Kapalai was good. Diving at Sipadan had lots of reef sharks and turtles and also a huge variety of fish: batfish, butterfly fish, wrasses, scorpion fish, stonefish, schools of barracuda, parrotfish, and many other things: nudibranch, tiny shrimp, tiny crabs... Sipadan allows only 120 visitors a day by permit and Borneo Divers has 14 permits allocated daily, as a result of the resort being only 1/4 full, we were able to dive Sipadan three of our five days (nine dives in all). They maintain several dive boats and they worked fine during our visit. Entry into the water was via backroll and exit was via a ladder lowered over the side of the boat. Dive gear is maintained in a large, secure facility on their large dock/bar/lounge. Each diver was provided a basket to stow their gear and the gear was transported between storage and the boats by the crew who set the gear up for you each morning. There were dedicated tanks for rinsing camera gear, wetsuits, and regulators. Nitrox was available, but not required for the diving profiles. The dive operations staff were top notch and responsible. The Borneo Divers resort was comfortable. The rooms are adequate, nothing fancy, with two separate rooms to a bungalow. Getting your room cleaned and towels changed when you are out diving requires you to hang a card on the door; if you hang the card, it is done. Free Wi-Fi was available in the restaurant and adjacent meeting room, they also have a couple of computers that can be used to access the internet. The restaurant offered a limited variety of food buffet style at each meal which typically included a beef, chicken, or seafood dish, a vegetable dish, and rice; it was adequate. All in all an excellent base from which to go dive Sipadan.
Websites	Borneo Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	St. Vincent & Grenadines, Turks & Caicos, Saba, St. Kitts, Fiji, Tahiti, Cozumel, Australia, Hawaii
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	28-28°C / 82-82°F	Wetsuit Thickness	4
Water Visibility	10-30 M / 33-98 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	50 minute time limit
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or	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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Borneo Divers in Malaysia/Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai

Borneo Divers, Mar, 2011,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Borneo Divers in
Malaysia/Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai