Creatures I saw for the first time on the bottom of the sea: large lobster, octopus, Cuttlefish, Barracuda, Devil Ray, Black-tip Shark,
It’s the first time that there are as few people as chartered ships, and the ratio of diver and DM is 1:1
In the first diving accident, failing to do a safety stop resulted in obvious diving sickness
For the first time, I got up at 5 o'clock in a row for four consecutive days and went to the island to dive with the sunrise
Sipadan
schedule:
Day0: Hangzhou → Api (to Api is 1 am the next day)
Day1: Yapi → Tawau → Semporna Pier → Seaventures Platform → Mabul Island check dive
Day2: Sipadan 3 dives + 1 platform dive
Day3: Sipadan 3 dives + platform 1 dive + platform night dive 1 dive
Day4: Sipadan 3 dives + 1 platform dive
Day5: Sipadan 3 dive → return to Semporna pier → eat seafood
Day6: One-day trip to Dun Shakalan National Park Island Hopping→Eating seafood
Day7: Tawau → Api → Hangzhou
Actual consumption (per capita):
Round-trip 4-way air ticket + baggage allowance + drop-off + other transportation = 2400
5D4N Diving Package + Sipadan Island Fee * 4 + Equipment Rental = 7850
Semporna two nights accommodation + one day trip = 410
Food + Gifts + Phone Card + Visa + Insurance = 830
Total actual cost: 11490
Photographic soap flakes that won't light up
I didn't take a few photos in the whole process, mainly because there is no external flash + the camera's built-in internal flash is not familiar yet. Welcome to the advice of the water camera! Only four can be seen.
School of fish under the platform
Pipe fish
Lobster Nest in Sipadan
Sea anemone crab seen during night diving
Sipadan Dive Site Log
Sipadan Island is very primitive. Although it has been developed for many years, only a small area on the island is allowed to enter. Other areas are not allowed to cross the line and are stationed by Malaysian troops. During the break, we asked the dive guide if we could go to the forest in the middle of the island to play. He jokingly said: ``No, there's king kong inside, and he likes man.' (There is a king kong inside, and he likes man. You must pay attention to safety if you want to go in and play). There are simple toilets and showers on the island, as well as a few cats🐈🐈🐈.
After the first dive in the morning, getting ashore is the best time to take pictures. The sun is already abundant, shining on the sparkling water surface, and the diamond-like transparent waves lightly beat the beach, and you can get a good picture with any shot.
There is a nest of hermit crab hidden under the big tree by the sea.
Going to the other side of the wooden bridge is a very shallow beach. The dead trees on the beach are very remote islands.
This side is suitable for treading water, take a picture and pretend to be 13.
Compared to the Philippines, Malay beaches have fewer leaves and broken aquatic plants, so they look cleaner.
When I made this video, I forgot to remove the waterproof case of the camera, so there are a lot of water drops in the picture.
Barracuda Point dive site
We went to this dive site five times. After all, it has been ranked first in the world for many years. Except for the large-scale sea wolf storm that was not really encountered (only a small group was seen from a distance of 22 meters), everything else should be feasted on. Piles of whitetip sharks, schools of swallows, dragon head parrots, Jack Storm can be seen almost every time. There is basically no flow at the launching point, and in the second half it will cross a shallow depression. There will occasionally be a small to medium flow over there, and there are particularly many whitetip sharks over there. LZ is cautiously walking on the ground 😂, the dive guide will swim in the forefront, if there is a strong current, it will remind everyone, don’t worry too much.
Whitetip sharks all appear in piles
Whitetip Shark and Garden Eel
Blacktip sharks have a spindle-shaped body.
The gesture made by the little friend meant that a shark appeared.
The first time I saw Jack Storm up close in Sipadan, Buddy turned his head and motioned to me.
The black fish blocked a large area of light, and the depth was only about 12 meters.
Schools of Batfish
Sea turtle tickling on coral
LZ is more surprised by the length of its tail😄
We are gone, the turtles are still tickling, happily
The turtle that just went to the surface to evoke it
Octopus hiding in the cave🐙
The grouper encountered in the waterway is said to have a bigger one.
The pufferfish are not afraid of people only when they reach this size. The small pufferfish I encountered before were hiding in Tibet and couldn't get close at all.
This puffer fish 🐡 not only didn't avoid it, but also came over and looked at me carefully, watching this little eyeball turn...
Nemo family
600-meter cliff
The fish of Sipadan are too large in terms of species and quantity, and the dense school of fish is worthy of the title of "God's Aquarium".
The sea wolf storm was far away, too far away, and everyone did not dare to pass, only a shadow was captured.
An unknown school of fish with the dragon head parrot
When staying at 5 meters and 3 minutes, the dive guide led everyone to start making bubbles
Summary: This dive site is worth brushing more~ If you go in peak season, the probability of seeing a sea wolf storm should be higher. If LZ comes to Sipadan again, it should be for Sea Wolf.
South Point dive site
Diving at this dive site will pass a lobster nest. To be honest, LZ was surprised by the size of the lobster at first. There were 7 or 8 lobsters gathered under a flat rock, the largest one was 1 meter long. Had it not been for Sipadan’s prohibition on fishing and hunting, the brood of lobsters would not have survived today. Lobsters mainly eat plankton, so there are usually a lot of particles at the door of a lobster nest.
As always, the turtles are numb...
Sipadan is mainly hard coral, but soft corals are rarely seen here.
I didn't pay attention when filming it. When I came back to watch the video, I found that a small fish was getting into the mouth of the big fish and was giving him an oral spa.
This kind of small blue fish is also very common in Sipadan
After swimming for a while, I heard that the dive guide started to tap the cylinder with a tintin stick, probably there was something to see.
What caught your eye was the figure of Devil Ray (Devil Ray). Although it was far away, it was still very excited.