Sipidan Island: Summer Camp for Divers

Divers are flabbergasted at the fact that they virtually have to push all the sharks and turtles out of the way to see anything else in the hotbed of biodiversity that is Sipadan Island. This tiny island off the coast of Borneo is world renowned for sightings of large pelagic species that come in mind-boggling numbers. Sipadan hit the world stage in 1984 when Jacques Cousteau chose it as the site for his film Ghost of the Sea Turtles. The same Turtle Cavern can still be visited today and houses tens of skeletons of sea turtles as well as a dolphin skeleton or two. Because the island is so small (taking only 20 minutes to walk full circle), and the fact that only 100 guests are allowed on any given night, Sipadan evokes an air of a Summer Camp for Divers. In this respect, it is like no other dive destination in the world.

Continue Reading July 26th, 2004