Hanging Garden is one of the best dives of sipadan. It's great for snorkeling, and underwater photography.
The reef wall is very colourful, covered in soft corals, seafans and large barrel sponges. The coral gives home to a great variety of smaller fish including damselfish, chromis, sweetlips on black coral, clownfish, lobsters in cracks, tiny sea slugs, etc.
In one dive, you can often spot 50+ turtles along with reef sharks, whitetips
Depth: 5-40m (16-131 feet)
Visibility: 30 metres (100 feet)
Location: South of Sipadan island.
Dive site | Min depth | Max depth | Level | Dive Type | |
1 | Barracuda Point | 5m 16ft | 40m 131ft | AOW | Wall, Reef |
2 | Coral gardens | 10m 33ft | 23m 75ft | OW | Wall, Reef |
3 | Hanging Gardens | 5m 16ft | 40m 131ft | OW | Wall, Reef, Sharks |
4 | Lobster lairs | 25m 82ft | 40m 131ft | AOW | Wall, Reef, Big Fishes |
5 | North Point | 25m 82ft | 40m 131ft | AOW | Drift, Wall, Reef, Sharks |
6 | South Point | 20m 65ft | 40m 131ft | AOW | Wall, Reef |
7 | Staghorn Crest | 20m 65ft | 40m 131ft | AOW | Wall, Reef, Sharks |
8 | The Jetty | 3m 10ft | 40m 131ft | OW | Wall, Reef |
9 | Turtle Cavern | 14m 46ft | 23m 75ft | AOW | Cave, Reef |
10 | Turtle Patch | 5m 16ft | 12m 39ft | OW | Wall, Reef, Sharks |
11 | Turtle Tomb | 17m 56ft | 23m 75ft | Divemaster | Cave |
12 | West Ridge | 18m 59ft | 40m 131ft | OW | Wall, Reef, Sharks |
13 | Whitetip Avenue | 17m 56ft | 40m 131ft | OW | Wall, Reef, Sharks |
14 | Midreef | 5m 16ft | 40m 131ft | AOW | Wall, Reef |
15 | The Drop Off | 5m 16ft | 40m 131ft | AOW | Wall, Reef |