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Sipadan (Borneo) Dive Sites - ,

Sipadan - home to large Pelagics
Sipadan is reknowned as the best diving in Malaysia and offers world class sites. The key draws are the schooling Barracuda, funnelling into a tornado like formation, big pelagics, mantas, eagle rays, reef, hammerhead and whale sharks, close up views of mating Hawksbill and Greenback Turtles, and vortex of 1000s of big eyed trevally.

Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island (5-40m/16-131ft)
At the very far northern point of Sipadan Island is the famous diving site of Barracuda Point. This is where thousands of large pelagics come to feed in swirling and circling schools above the coral gardens. Mix with feeding schools of tuna, wrasse, groupers, batfish, parottfish and frogfish,reef sharks and hammerheads for a dive you will never forget. As strong, converging currents meet here this is an advanced divers site which provides a thrilling experience and photo opportunity without par. This is a wall and reef dive.

Mabul Island - macro heaven (5-40m/16-131ft)
Here you will find one of the world's best macro and muck diving locations. See Hawksbill and Greenback turtles, blue ringed octopus, lobsters, garden eel, stonefish, crocodilefish, frogfish, mandarin fish, devil scorpionfish, ghost pipefish, mantis shrimp, snake eels, seahorses and brightly coloured nudibranchs and cuttlefish.

Kapalai Island - photographers heaven (5-20m/26-66ft)
Here the shallow reef allows you to take time to view the amazing cuttlefish, rare invisibile frogfish and all manner of superb and beautifully coloured life that inhabits the sandy bottom. With  no current and shallow depths, photographers will marvel at the kaleidescope of colours. See Greenback and Hawksbill turtles, huge giant morays,garden eel, blue-ringed octopus and lobsters.

Si Amil Island
- more muck diving
The main diving sites are East Point, Celebes Reef, Maratua Reef, and Jeffery’s Reef. This is also excellent for muck diving and similar to Mabul island. Spot nudibranchs, pygmy seahorses, coral shrimps, sea dragons,frogfish, scorpionfish and unique trunkfish. Reef sharks can be spoted as well as colourful sea fans, hard corals and spectacular wall diving on the east side of the island.

Dive Holidays Sportif

Sportif Dive is a specialist tour operator offering a wide range of diving holidays all over the world. Our choice of destinations is extensive from established locations in the Red Sea, Maldives, Caribbean and the Far East to the exotic and unusual such as Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, Wakatobi, Truk, Palau, South America & the Pacific. Whether you are looking to for a Learn to Dive course, group expedition or trip of a lifetime we can help. With over 30 years experience and a personal approach, we can advise on the ideal location to suit your needs, at a price to suit your budget.

Our extensive knowledge of the destinations means we can recommend the right location for you. Our diving centres are selected for their excellent standards of service and safety. Whatever your priority, whether starting out or wishing to dive a technically challenging site we can recommend a range of options offering the best diving for when you wish to travel. We can organise all your travel arrangements for you, pre-book equipment and diving packages in advance to maximise your time when you get there.

As an independent tour operator, we select only the hotels, liveaboards and diving centres that offer the best standards and quality of service but at the right price. Without the overheads of a large mass market operator, we can offer the best value diving holidays often with great discounts and special offers.

Our consultants have many years experience in travel and are divers. They are able to closely match your needs and take time to recommend from a carefully selected range of accommodation and diving packages. With first hand knowledge, they are passionate about diving and travel and providing the perfect holiday for you.

Sportif also have a specialist multisport division offering instruction and rental packages for windsurfing, kitesurfing and surfing. Our specialist centres are located in some of our diving resorts, often minutes from the Dive Centre for easy coordination of activities. Packages offered included taster and learn to right through to intensive coaching weeks up to expert level. Children can start from 8 years.

Sportif Dive are an ATOL bonded operator which means that every element of your holiday is secure. With the worry of disruption to your holiday plans from weather disruption or airline failure you can be sure that we will be there to help every step of the way.
 

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