Semporna: Sipadan World-Class Dives Permit with 3 Dives

Most people come to Sendabena not only for diving or jumping island trips, it is recommended to reserve for three to four days, it is worth noting that you can not get on the plane on the day of diving, this is very important.

Travel arrangement: It is recommended to stay one to two nights on the water house, then stay on the island for a few days to jump island tour.

The small islands in Sendabena are basically water-sandy and small, and the design of the water houses is roughly the same, and you can go to the most popular small islands. The island is very dirty, although there are many seafood restaurants, but be careful to choose, to avoid being stolen by lions, if you don't understand the price, go directly to the old mother's seafood restaurant to eat, save time and save water.

Highly recommended !
Sipadan is stunning,clear water,amazing marine life and well preserved. Truly one of the best diving spots in the world!

A tiny unhabited island about 45 minutes speedboat ride from Sempurna town. You need a permit to snorkel n dive here. Only the Sabah Park official n a Army post guard the island. Beautiful fantastic corals n fishes , reportedly the top 5 diving sites in the World.
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In 1 word for the under water life.........Heaven.

Sipadan is a scuba diver’s paradise and a snorkeler’s dream! 🌊🏝️ The island is pristine and stunning. Located off the coast of Semporna (Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia) it is most famous for its huge and colorful coral reefs, crystal-clear waters, and incredible marine biodiversity and offers World-Class Diving & Snorkeling: Sipadan is home to thousands of fish species, vibrant coral gardens, and jaw dropping underwater walls. You can swim alongside huge sea turtles, black tip reef sharks and massive schools of barracudas.

Sipadan diving was great (not the best in the entire world, but very good). Only ~175 people per day are allowed to dive around the island of Sipadan; this is controlled by a system of permits doled out by the (Malaysian-government) park administration to the dive centers nearby where potential divers might live. The dive centers are generally part of a hotel/resort, and where you live says to its guests "we'll give you one of our limited number of dive-Sipadan-for-a-day permits if you stay with us at least x nights." But in our experience, aside from the "reward for x nights" thing, at least right now, you can always dive Sipadan if you say to a dive center (assuming you have the PADI AOW cert the Sipadan park administration requires) "aside from the 'x nights' thing, what's it cost for you to allocate to me one of your Sipadan permits?" ... probably something like USD35/pax. This week we dove Sipadan once with each of two resorts. From what we saw, the permits are not all being used; it looked to us like there were ~130 people at Sipadan our first day and ~100 our second day. For you to be able to go with your dive center to Sipadan, your dive center must ask permission on your behalf from the park by 09h00 the previous morning (so, if you want to go, don't delay asking your dive center admin!), and the "ask permission" needs to include a copy of your passport and of your AOW cert card/e-card (e.g. which you've delivered to your lodging / dive center via e-mail or WhatsApp). Assuming there's nothing obviously wrong with you, that "ask permission" will be approved, and then when your dive boat pulls up to the Sipadan beach at maybe 06h30, you hop off and go up to the park administration shack, your dive party administrator gives the registration desk photocopies of your passport and AOW cert, you're ticked off the list as "yup, we knew you were coming," and then you all pile back into your boat and go dive. After one dive, all the ~20 dive boats return to the park-admin beach where your dive center staff set out breakfast for you on one of the picnic tables; then you go do your second dive; then you pick up your breakfast-staff folks (who've cleaned up after you) and head back to your home resort in time for lunch (and a local third dive after lunch if your dive center's willing). The majority of the dive boats we saw at Sipadan were from Scuba Junkies, Borneo Divers, Mabul Water Bungalows Resort (aka SMART; includes Sipadan Mabul Resort), and Sipadan Water Village Resort (all on the island of Mabul, a 20min boat ride from Sipadan; we stayed 3n in each of SWV and MWB; the latter's much bigger, the former a bit more "down-to-earth," but they were both very nice and had pretty similar facilities). As far as we can tell, one dives Sipadan only in the morning; by noon, the island's left alone to the administration/military folks who live there.