For its diverse marine wildlife, Malaysia has become a hotspot for many diving enthusiasts from all over the world. The country is home to hundreds of captivating and breathtaking diving destinations, which include the highly-acclaimed diving sites of Sabah, rated to be among the world’s top ten destinations for diving. Because of the island’s blue waters, beautiful soft and hard corals, and a huge diversity of marine life, diving in Sabah is truly a dream come true for many diving enthusiasts and underwater photographers.

Located in the northern tip of Borneo, which is the world’s third largest island, Sabah Island has become Malaysia’s premier destination for divers, as well as for tourists and adventurers across the world. The island offers spectacular underwater sightings for both new and professional divers. In Sabah, divers have a lot of sites to choose from, all offering unforgettable and unparalleled Sabah diving experience.

The island of Sipadan is one of them. Less than an hour away from the main island of Sabah, Sipadan offers fabulous underwater experience with its huge variety of fish, turtles, and other sea life. There’s the famous Barracuda Point where divers can get captivated as they find themselves surrounded with a spiraling vortex of barracudas, as well as jacks and grey and white reef sharks. Divers can also explore the waters of South Point where they can get close encounter with a pool of bumphead parrot fish and scores of reef sharks. With such extravagant underwater sightings, there’s no doubt why Sipadan Island is listed as one of the world’s top dive sites.

Layang Layang, which lies north of Borneo, also offers an exciting Sabah diving experience and heart-stopping undersea exploration. The island boasts of pristine reefs that serve as home to a huge variety of marine life, which include triggerfish, manta rays, and sea turtles. Whale sharks are also aplenty in this island, but only during the months of April and May. There are also hammerhead sharks performing mating rituals, which are usually observed during the months of March to May.

Meanwhile, for divers who are in for some macro diving, there’s the famous Mabul, the island that offers macro diving paradise and is home to some of the rarest macro world inhabitants, or little critters, never seen in other diving sites. Mabul is heaven for many underwater photographers because of its extremely rare ecological species, which include mandarin fish, ribbon eels, devil scorpion fish, ghost pipefish, and mantis shrimps, among others.

Because Sabah has become a hotspot for diving enthusiasts, dive centers are aplenty in the island. Every dive center in the island is complete with all the diving gears and accessories that divers will ever need to ensure safe and enjoyable scuba diving experience. Many of Sabah’s diving centers also offer PADI diving courses for beginners and novice divers.

With its long line of dive sites that offer majestic treasures for divers, as well as its fully-equipped dive centers, diving enthusiasts are guaranteed safe and exceptional diving in Sabah. In Sabah, every moment spent underwater is truly a dream come true.