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Borneo mantabuan scuba diving - mantabuan
island dive sites of borneo Malaysia.
Mantabuan Island, located behind the ancient volcano of
Bohedulang, can be reached
within app. 40min from
Semporna. It‘s best dive site, the Black Coral Forest, can be
found at the end of a gentle slope at a depth 25m-30m. Here the
precious coral can be found huge bushes, ranging from white to neon
green to purple in colour.
Turtles often can be found resting there, and whenever the current
picks up eagle rays can be spotted overhead. The huge coral boulders
at shallower depth are excellent places to look for lobsters,
frogfish and a large variety of other coral fish.
At nearby Mantabuan 2, an underwater mountain that raises from 60m
to a depth of 10m below the surface, some of the best soft coral and
large table coral can be found, often with nurse sharks or blue
spotted stingrays resting underneath. Dive sites further to the
north and west of the island on the other hand are great to look for
turtles, barracudas and a wide variety of smaller critters.
Next: Gaya
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