Dive Review of SeaVentures in
Malaysia/Mabul/Sipadan

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SeaVentures, May, 2008, by Rick Tuss, Delaware, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 4082.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	This trip was a little disappointing from a weather standpoint. The winds kicked up the waves and in combination with clouds, really reduced the vis. I didn't get the great wide angle shots that are normal. That said, the macro critters weren't missing. I spent as much time as possible directly under the SeaVentures resort just off Mabul searching out dinner plate size frog fish, nudibranch, crocodile fish, lion fish, scorpion fish, moray eel, bumphead parrot fish, schools of barracuda and jacks. Oh, did I say lion fish? More damn lion fish are under SeaVentures now than I have encountered anywhere else. Add to that the gray reef and whitetip sharks, turtle, huge barracuda schools, napolean wrasse, etc. of Sipadan Island itself and you can't go wrong with the trip. As for the resort and dive operations, both have improved substantially. The place was getting pretty run down, but the current management has it looking great with very nice boats. The food was very edible. SeaVentures does suffer from two things though: 1) the bathrooms are nasty, and 2)there are more cockroaches per square inch than anyplace I have ever been! All in all, I will go back again. Maybe it's the cockroaches falling of the converted jack-up accommodations platform that keep the marine life so vibrant beneath it!!!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	All over East Coast USA, SE Asia, and Caribbean.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, cloudy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	30-70 Ft/ 9-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Time limits when diving with a group.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	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
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The boats aren't set up well for UWPs, but the resort has good rinse tanks and tables. As for the subject matter, it's very easy to shoot through a roll of film under the resort. Yes, I still shoot film!!

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Dive Review of SeaVentures in Malaysia/Mabul/Sipadan

SeaVentures, May, 2008,

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Dive Review of SeaVentures in
Malaysia/Mabul/Sipadan