Dive Sipidan Island From Seaventures Dive Rig

Sipidan Island in the Borneo region of Malaysia much like Raja Ampat in Indonesia, is one of the most pristine dive locations in the world.  The Sipidan waters are so protected that the Malaysian government requires special permits granted to only 200 or so divers per day there.  So expect marine life in terms of both diversity and sheer numbers to be much higher here than anywhere in the Caribbean.

For this dive trip, we are staying at Seaventures which is the only former oil rig turned into a dive base in the world.  This in itself makes this trip very unique in addition to being able to dive Sipidan and surrounding areas.  In addition to boat dive trips daily, there is a house reef right underneath the dive rig which can be dived any afternoon as part of dive packages at Seaventures.

As expected for such an amazing dive location, the travel will not be straight forward compared to the typical Toronto to Caribbean destination trip.  One would have make a long journey to Asia landing in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia with connections along the way.  Then from Kuala Lumpur, a regional flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau in the Borneo Sabay region of Malaysia.  From Tawau, there will still be a land transit as well as a boat transfer to Seaventures all provided by their staff as part of dive packages.  So it’s a long journey to the dive rig.

I will be doing a five night dive package at Seaventures arriving June 4 and departing June 9, 2025.  Anyone interested in coming on this big dive trip can contact me.  I am also staying in southeast Asia for most of June and will not return back to Canada until June 29.

For more information along with photos of Seaventures and Sipidan, see their website (even if you are not going on this trip but just curious)