Dive Review of Sipadan-Mabul Resort in
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Sipadan-Mabul Resort, Jul, 2012, by Jamie Pollack, NY, US ( Reviewer 3 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 6622.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	Mabul Water Bungalow is a beautiful 5 star luxury resort that sits on top of the water. The service is fantastic, the food pretty decent (we asked for hamburgers and fries and the chef made them special and the diving is good. You have three scheduled dives each day with a chance to dive Sipadan. You can dive the house reef as many times as you like. I did it for a night dive and it was really fun. The diving on Kapalai and Mabul is macro diving but pretty interesting. I saw some critters that I had never seen before including an orangutan crab, ghost pipefish, and others… Each dive is only 50 minutes including safety stop. They have a nice set up for gear, rinse tanks and fresh water showers. The spa is not to be missed. I purchased a spa package including: coconut body scrub, mud mask, and one of the best massages I ever had with Vivian. My only real complaint was that we had no hot water in our room even after asking Ava (the director) that we should have had it. So that was a big bummer.
Websites	Sipadan-Mabul Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	all over the world
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	75-80°F / 24-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	60-90 Ft/ 18-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	50 minutes max
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	nice rinse tank just for cameras on the dock right near the fresh water showers

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Dive Review of Sipadan-Mabul Resort in Malaysia/Sabah

Sipadan-Mabul Resort, Jul, 2012,

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Dive Review of Sipadan-Mabul Resort in
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