Cleaning Station
Protected Area
Sipadan Island Park
Why dive here
With 119+ marine species recorded in the area - including blue-spotted stingrays, giant moray eels, grey reef sharks, pygmy seahorses and sea turtles - Cleaning Station offers some of Mabul & Kapalai's richest reef diving.
Mabul's Cleaning Station is exactly what it sounds like, a busy hub where reef fish come to get tidied up. You'll often find a good variety of wrasse and gobies attending to larger groupers or even reef sharks. It's a fairly shallow dive, good for photographers hoping to capture some interaction shots. We usually find it's best in the mid-morning when the activity picks up.
Typical Cleaning Station Dive Profile
Illustrative profile based on site depth and type. Actual dive profiles vary - always follow your dive computer and training.
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Seaventures Dive Rig SDN. BHD
Uncle Chang's Sipadan Mabul Dive Lodge
The Buwan Dive Resort
TB Sipadan Carib Dive Center
Nemo and Friends
Seabunny Scubacations Sdn Bhd
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