Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Sipadan Diving ~ 1

快要去 Sipadan 潜水了! 出发前,做了一些功课……

13.08.2010 (Fri)
飞去 Tawau 机场
到 Semporna 过一夜 (车程 70 分钟)
14.08.2010 (Sat)
乘船去 Mabul (45 分钟)
在 Mabul 住3晚
在 Mabul/Kapalai 潜水
15.08.2010 (Sun)
到 Sipadan 潜水
(Sipadan 每天只允许 120 人潜水,之前必须已申请好 permit)
16.08.2010 (Mon)
在 Mabul / Kapalai 潜水
17.08.2010 (Tue)
飞回 KL
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Sipadan Island:
The island is only 12 hectares (30 acres) and is covered by pristine rainforest.
Sipadan is the only oceanic island in Malaysia, rising 600m (2,000 feet) from seabed. It was formed over thousands years by living corals growing on top of an extinct volcano.

Enjoy amazing diving scenes such as:

~ School of baraccudas in a tornado-like formation.
~ Mating hawksbill and greenback turtles.
~ Big-eye trevally in vortex-like formation.
~ Pelagics such as manta rays, eagle rays, reef sharks, hammerhead sharks and whale sharks.


Top Dive Site:-
Barracuda Point [ Depth= 40+ m Visibility= 30m ] ( Dive type: Wall, reef )
amongst the top 5 dive sites in the world. great barracuda shoal in a tornado-like formation. dozens of turtles, schools of whitetip sharks, batfish, jacks and barracuda. And everything from nudibranchs to hammerhead sharks.
South Point [ D= 20- 40m V= 30m ] ( Dive type: Wall, reef )
Fantastic wall of coral formations and pelagics such as manta rays and hammerhead sharks (early morning).It's a deep wall dive with the wall dropping at a vertical angle into the depths. The dive ends on the reef where you may spot the blue ringed octopus.

Turtle Cavern [ D= 14-23m ] ( Dive type: Cave, reef )
This tunnel is connecting Turtle Cavern with
Turtle Tomb a small cave system which contains many turtle skeletons. This is due to the great number of turtles that they simply enter the cave and are unable to find the exit. This dive needs an experienced guide and special equipment.

West Ridge [ D= 18-40m V= 30m ] ( Dive type: Wall, reef, sharks )
Great for black corals, turtles, groupers etc. Good for marine biology, snorkeling, free diving, underwater photography, wall dives, sharks.
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Mabul Island:
The island itself has white sandy beaches and a colorful Philippino fisherman village.
Mabul is the home to the most amazing sea creatures:
~ Hawksbill turtles and greenback turtles
~ Nudibranchs
~ Crocodilefish
~ Octopus
~ Frog fishes
~ Mandarin fishes
~ Mantis shrimps
~ Flamboyant cuttlefish
~ Blue-ringed octopus
~ Lobsters
~ Garden eels




Top Dive Site:

Lobster Wall [ Depth= 25- 40m Visibility= 20m ]
This dive site features a nice wall full of lobsters and many more inhabitants.

Froggy Lair [ D= 5- 10m V= 5m poor ]
Need a divemaster with excellent eyes: Nudibranchs, ghost pipefish, frogfishes, if lucky: flamboyant cuttlefish.

Seaventure Platform [ D= 12-18m V= 20m ]
A world of wonderful muck diving and lies under the metallic platform of a converted oil rig. Nudibranchs, frogfishes, crocodillefish, stonefishes, murray eels and uncountable small creatures.

Paradise [ D= 5- 25m V=10m]

Excellent sunset and night dive spot famous for its mandarinfish mating.
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Kapalai Island:
Kapalai is a beautiful wooden resort sitting on a shallow reef.
It is possible to see underwater creatures such as:
~ Large greenback and hawksbill turtles
~ Huge giant morrays
~ Nudibranchs
~ Crocodilefish
~ Octopus
~ Frog fishes
~ Mantis shrimps
~ Flamboyant cuttlefish
~ Blue-ringed octopus
~ Lobsters
~ Garden eels
~ Small wrecks


Top Dive Site:

The Jetty Named the 5th best dive site in the world last year. This is Kapalai house reef and is where the 5 wrecks are located. This dive site offers a good mix of both large pelagic and small critters!

Mid Reef
Go down the ball line to around 25m here the current can be very strong so this is a dive site for the more experienced diver. This dive site is famous for its pigmy seahorses.
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原本还没什么感觉的,做好功课后,就有种迫不及待的感觉了!
以前我去旅行是没做功课,后来学到大少爷了。觉得做了功课会更有安全感,也能更充分的利用时间和不会错过特别的事物。
海岛对 divers 来说,海底世界是我们要去探索的,因此海底有了许多固定的旅游景点,让我们计划要去哪里‘游玩’^^

11 comments:

路人㊣ said...

一路顺风,旅途愉快~

Joanne Low said...

這是我一直夢想去的地方...
拍多多照回來哦,一路順風=)

SockPeng said...

玩得开心
等着看游记

[SK] said...

嘩, 好替你開心哩.. 本來我是有聽說過Sipadan很美麗etc etc, 就是這樣啦, 不過看了你的research資料後, 真的是有衝動要去哦.. 其實我才去過Langkawi和Tioman罷了, 連Redang Perhentian說了N年都還沒去.. 哦, 你有潛水執照嗎?? 記得拍多多照片回來和我們分享..

have a nice trip!! :)

BB_hwiyee said...

真棒。又要出游去玩了^^
期待你的照片咯~

YT said...

Ok, now I am very very jealous.

Sipadan has always been my dream but I can't swim or dive :P

邱祥珲 said...

听说这地方很美,尽情享受吧 !期待你的旅后感及照片。

nons said...

哇~ 爽咯! 祝你玩得开心,记得拍多一些照片来给我们看哦~ 呵呵~

三吉 said...

呵呵。。我刚刚也去了tioman 岛一游。。
去海边, 要和自己熟悉的人一起。。

那感觉更棒了。。!!

Ashley said...

其实Sipadan 的外貌不比 Redang / Perhentian 美。
她真正的美是在海底世界和清澈的海水。
可惜我没有潜水相机,无法在漂亮的海里拍照留念。
我会用心去好好感受美景 ^^

Ashley said...

>> [SK]
我有 PADI 的 Advance Open Water 潜水执照,是在三四年前考取的 ^^