Dive Review of SeaVentures in
Malaysia/Mabul, Kapalai, Sipadan

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SeaVentures: "A fantastic dive trip to Malaysia/Borneo", Oct, 2023, by Richard P Tucker, CA, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 12663.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We spent 8 nights at SeaVentures, a decommissioned oil rig off the coast of Sabah, North Borneo, converted into accommodations, cafeteria, game room, sundeck and PADI dive center. SeaVentures is close to the island of Mabul and is only a 20-minute boat ride from Sipadan. SeaVentures arranges airport pickups and drop offs. We arrived in Tawau too late to get to SeaVentures that day, so instead they picked us up at our hotel lobby in Tawau the next morning. It was an unforgettable holiday, and we’re already looking at our schedules to arrange a return trip! The rig closes each November for renovations (it needs to be scraped and repainted each year), so mid-October we had the place almost to ourselves. On a couple of days, only six divers were at the rig. That also meant that extra slots were available for Sipadan, and we were able to dive there on four consecutive days. We arrived at the rig around noon and were taken out on two check out dives: one in the nearby Mabul muck, and one at the house reef under the rig. Divers reach the dive boats by taking an elevator down to the sea; when diving under the rig the elevator goes right into the water, making entrance and exit remarkably easy. On Sipad ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	SeaVentures SeaVentures
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Micronesia, Red Sea, Hawaii, Caribbean, Florida, California, Sipadan
Closest Airport	Tawau	Getting There	We flew Cathay Pacific San Francisco to Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur, and Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur to Tawau. After spending a night in Tawau, SeaVentures picked us up and drove us to Semporna, where we met a dive boat that took us to the SeaVentures rig. Coming home we spent a night in Semporna and arranged for a driver to take us to the airport near Tawau the next morning.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	87-88°F / 31-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-80 Ft/ 9-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Divers needed to do a check out dive before diving the house reef.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	There is a sheltered camera room with a lot of power, and a dedicated rinse tub. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of SeaVentures in Malaysia/Mabul, Kapalai, Sipadan

SeaVentures: "A fantastic dive trip to Malaysia/Borneo", Oct, 2023,

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Dive Review of SeaVentures in
Malaysia/Mabul, Kapalai, Sipadan