Diving in Malaysia

Malaysia has a long and extensive coastline and theeels too.
scuba diving is good along both coasts of Malaysia asThe main land of Malaysia has all year round diving as
well as East Malaysia on the Malaysian Borneo.one side of the coast is dry and the other has
On Sabah, is the world renowned dive location ofmonsoon rains. The islands along the east coast are
Sipdan Island that is normally ranked as one of thepopular location with many travels coming up from
best diving locations in Asia. Previously you could staySingapore. The islands are from the Thai border
on Sipdan but recently the government closed themdown to Palau Redang, Palau Aur and Palau Tioman.
down and now you will need to stay on the nearbyOn the west coast of the main land is Langkawi
resorts.which is just north of Penang which is a good spot
Staying nearby is still worth the trip and Sipdan is anfor snorkelling and divers alike, with a marine park and
oceanic island which means it raises from the oceansome 17 dive sites too.
bed, you can walk of the beach and then dive aAnother nice location to dive is Layang Layang which
600m wall dive.is around 300km from the Borneo coast and is an
Other islands nearby are worth a visit with someisland and 13 reefs, the dive season for this island is
good muck diving at Mabul, where you can dive at afrom MArch to September but most divers go for
old oil rig which has many frog fish and large moralthe hammerhead sharks in the month of July.