Dive Review of Borneo Divers in
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Borneo Divers: "No dive boat when we surfaced", Jul, 2024, by Joan Huke, CO, US ( 1 report). Report 13009.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	On one dive I went on, it was me and a dive master diving. There was also two snorkelers with a guide and the boat driver. The divemaster and I did a 1-hour drive. As we were getting in I did hear one of the snorkelers say she did not want to snorkel there. Upon surfacing after our 60-minute dive, we did not see our boat. The water was the roughest I had seen it the whole week. It wasn't terrible but I do get seasick and was worried about it. The dive master cursed a bit and then waved his safety sausage around. Later he began blowing his whistle. I opened my safety sausage and waved it too. We were not extraordinarily far from shore or from other dive boats. I told him I was going to swim to shore or to another boat. The divemaster was not pleased with that and said no no he's coming He's coming. After about 20-30 minutes of bobbing around he said "there's the boat". It was on the horizon and with the waves I knew there was no way he could see us. But of course he knew kind of where we were and finally found us. It was an interesting experience and not that scary with my BCD inflated and knowing I could swim to safety if I had to. My concern is Borneo divers were doing a lot of open water certifications. Lots of newbies. And luckily there was no current. It appears the boat driver decided to take the snorkelers back to the dive shop while we were diving. Good thing we didn't have an emergency.
Websites	Borneo Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Lots in Caribbean. Raja Ampat. Maldives, Malaysia
Closest Airport	Tawau	Getting There	Long trip. 4-5 flights from Denver. Read luggage rules closely for domestic flights Malaysia.
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	81-°F / 27-°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
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

Borneo Divers: "No dive boat when we surfaced", Jul, 2024,

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Dive Review of Borneo Divers in
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