Sipadan, Mabul and Kapalai, Malaysia, Aug 2002 Page 1

Turtle.

Sipadan is famous for it's turtles, and out of 18 dives, there was only 1 dive that did not enjoy their company. On most dives we lost count of how many turtles there were.

Turtle.

Turtle.

Turtle.

This turtle was about 1.5 metres long and looked to be achieving a state of nirvana as she rubbed her right fin against the coral. We watched her for a few minutes as she moved back and forth.

Turtle.

Turtle.

3 Turtles. Around this one small coral head 9 turtles were visible at one time.

White tip reef shark.

There were many reef sharks around barracuda point and this site proved to be the best for seeing sharks and large schools of fish.

White tip reef shark.

White tip reef shark.

White tip reef shark.

White tip reef sharks.

A 2 metre leopard shark. This was the only leopard shark we saw over 4 days of diving. We also saw a couple of grey reef sharks, but these fish swam away from us as soon as they spotted us.

An example of the accomodation at Sipadan Water Village.