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Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort

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Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort is just a short boat ride away from the islands of Sipadan and Mabul.

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The resort features fifty-nine chalets that are linked by miles of wooden walkways that are perfect for guests to take in their surroundings during morning jogs. Guests can even spot thousands of fish swimming just feet below you. All chalets offer twin and triple sharing accommodation and are attached with a private balcony that is perfect for sunbathing and tanning. The chalets are equipped with ensuite bathrooms that have a shower and bathtub, basic toiletries, coffee and tea making facilities, and 220v electrical outlets. The spacious rooms offer great views of the sea. Dinner is served buffet-style under the terraced, open central building. The restaurant has a west-facing sundeck that is great for post-dive drinks and watching the sunset over the ocean.

Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort has access to easy, shallow dive sites with sandy bottoms and coral heads that are home to countless colorful critters. Divers often spot cuttlefish, frogfish, and an array of macro life that is perfect for photographers. The dive center provides guests with dive and snorkeling gear, kayaking gear, beach rental equipment, souvenirs, and has a game room with internet access. The dive center also offers a number of PADI courses to expand your diving skills.

Dive Conditions

Diving in Malaysia is suitable for all levels of divers as waters are generally calm and reefs are protected. The east coast of Peninsular Malaysia can be dived from March to September while diving in East Malaysia is year-round.

Sipadan Island is the first word on everyone's lips when discussing diving in Malaysia and it is one of the finest dive spots on the planet, but there is much more. Layang Layang is a little atoll off the north coast of Sabah which is fringed by some of the best coral fields you are likely to see. However, it is for the huge schools of scalloped hammerhead sharks that patrol around the island that Laying Layang has developed the reputation as a must-see diving destination of Malaysia.

Sipadan is a year-round destination with the optimum overall conditions being from April to December. July and August are often described as the best months with visibility sometimes exceeding 40m around the island. Mabul never experiences such good visibility but, as a macro destination, it doesn't need to.

January and February can see unsettled weather. These months are the start of the rainy season in Sabah and although Sipadan and Mabul might not experience much rain, the air and water temperature can be a little cooler and visibility can be low during this period. There are fewer divers here at this time but it is still possible to enjoy excellent conditions. The normally calm seas can also be a little unsettled at this time.

The weather is different in Layang Layang, off Sabah's west coast, where the diving season runs from March to August. March to May is considered the best time to see the marquee creature of this destination, scalloped hammerheads. Constant currents waft over the island's reefs all year round which bring in the marine life. The seas can be rough, even during peak season, beyond the calm lagoon where the resort is located. Visibility is generally very good, averaging 30m+ with the normal range considered to be from 10 to 40m. The resort closes between September and February.

Water temperature ranges from 25 - 30°C and visibility is usually 5 - 40m.