According to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, Sipadan is the only oceanic island in Malaysia, rising 600 metres (2,000 ft) from the seabed. It is located in the Celebes Sea east of the major town of Tawau and off the coast of East Malaysia on the Island of Borneo. It was formed by living corals growing on top of an extinct volcanic cone that took thousands of years to develop. Sipadan is located at the heart of the Indo-Pacific basin, the centre of one of the richest marine habitats in the world. More than 3,000 species of fish and hundreds of coral species have been classified in this ecosystem.
Normally rare diving scenes are frequently seen in the waters around Sipadan: schools of green and hawksbill turtles nesting and mating, schools of barracuda and big-eye trevally in tornado-like formations, pelagic species such as manta rays, eagle rays, scalloped hammerhead sharks and whale sharks.
I consider myself extremely fortunate to now be able to say that I have been able to visit one of the wonders of the world and see some things with my own eyes that others only dream of.
Here are some of the Photos from the roughly seven hundred and something that I took.
Rare Cowrie
Nemo's just for my mom
Leaf Scorpion fish
Nudi's galore - I lost count
My favorite - Frogfish
Crocodile fish - such posers
Juvenile Crocodile fish
Pipefish
Zebra Moray - he was very shy
Eggshell cowrie
Hiding
The most amazing patterns and color on these corals
Strange sea cucumbers
Juvenile cuttlefish on a night dive
Juvenile crocodile fish - very small must be days old
Spanish Dancer
Thorny Seahorses - There must have been at least thirty
Decorative Crab
Cutie pie - frogfish
Banded pipefish
Mmmm - you would be great with a lemon butter sauce
Spider crab
The most amazing flatworm, I've ever seen
Check out this scorpionfish - the colour is out of this world
Elegant Squat Lobster (about two centimeters long)
Pin Cushion Sea Star
Hallo there (This turtle was bigger than me)
The deadly ones (stonefish)
One of the holy grails of diving...
Ornate Ghost pipefish (Harlequin)
Loved him, he came out to inspect the camera (hopefully not my fingers)
Ribbon Eels (Open wide)
How cute is this little box fish
Another holy grail - Robust pipefish
If you keep going here you will never come back. It drop off to 600 meters. Nothing but blue underneath you
Massive schools of Barracuda
Closer and closer (White tips and grey reefs)
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