25th - 28th: Borneo Bound

Thursday, 25th June (Boheyan)
Dive 060: Green Marker
Max Depth: 29.8m ; Bottom time: 51 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 15-20m

Dive 061: Coral Wall *
Max Depth: 22.5m ; Bottom time: 67 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 15-20m

Dive 062: Timba Timba, Sting Ray City
Max Depth: 15.2m ; Bottom time: 47 min
Water Temp: 28c; Visibility: 15-20m

Friday, 26th June (Mabul)
Dive 063: Seaventures **
Max Depth: 18.5m ; Bottom time: 67 min
Water Temp: 28c; Visibility: 15-20m

Dive 064: Froggies **
Max Depth: 12.8m ; Bottom time: 77 min
Water Temp: 29c; Visibility: 5-15m

Dive 065: Artificial Reef *
Max Depth: 16.4m ; Bottom time: 47 min
Water Temp: 28c; Visibility: 10-15m

Saturday, 27th June (Sipadan)
Dive 066: South Point *
Max Depth: 36.2m ; Bottom time: 66 min
Water Temp: 28c; Visibility: 15-20m

Dive 067: Barracudas Point **
Max Depth: 31.4m ; Bottom time: 63 min
Water Temp: 28c; Visibility: 15-20m

Dive 068: Barracudas Point **
Max Depth: 16.1m ; Bottom time: 66 min
Water Temp: 28c; Visibility: 15-20m

Sunday, 28th June (Mantabuan)
Dive 069: Black Corals Garden *
Max Depth: 25.3m ; Bottom time: 63 min
Water Temp: 28c; Visibility: 15-20m

Dive 070: Sham Sham
Max Depth: 20.1m ; Bottom time: 60 min
Water Temp: 28c; Visibility: 15-20m

Dive 071: Corner *
Max Depth: 14.3m ; Bottom time: 49 min
Water Temp: 28c; Visibility: 15-20m

Comment: 4 days of diving from Semporna, Borneo with Scuba Junkie. We covered 4 different islands, starting with Boheyan, Mabul, the famous Sipadan, and Mantabuan. Except for the windy condition on the first day and dive, the entire trip was spectacular. Mabul was great for macro, saw Mandarin fish at noon, around 4m depth at Froggies. The marine life underneath Seaventures' ugly Platform were quite exquisite. Sipadan delivered more than I have expected with one of my absolute best dives, whale shark, turtles, white tip reef sharks, and school of 1000s barracudas and jacks "rocked my senses" for 66 minutes. Mantabuan is on my highly recommended dive sites for this area. Macro life are awaiting with great variants of nudibranches, leaf scorpionfish, juvenile batfish, plus the usual colorful angels and butterfly fishes that are not seen in the Andaman Sea. Some of the dives photos are uploaded to my Facebook Album.