| Kapalai
Island
Between Sipadan and Mabul Island lies a sand bar known many years
ago as Kapalai Island. Unfortunately, erosion has taken its toll
and now the sand bar sits on top of the reef known as the Ligitan
Reefs, a very extensive stretch bordering the deep and vast Celebes
Sea. Sipadan-Kapalai Resort is actually a water village style built
above the water. All structure are erected on water and guests are
able to observe the antics of squids and needlefish from their chalet
balcony.
The underwater scene together with nearby Mabul offers some of the
best “muck-diving” in the world. Rare subjects such as flamboyant
cuttlefish, blue-ringed octopus, sea moths, and mating mandarinfish
are seen on a regular basis. Giant frogfish, ribbon eels, harlequin
ghost pipefish and crab-eye gobies are seen on many of the dive
sites.
The jetty dive itself has plenty to offer including leaf scorpionfish,
pink-eye gobies, ambonian shrimps and the comical antics of the
mantis shrimp. Other frequently seen creatures such as the crocodilefish,
lionfish and scorpionfish are almost ignored as being too common!
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