The Buwan Dive Resort - Mabul & Kapalai
The Buwan Dive Resort puts you right where you want to be: Mabul, with Kapalai just a short boat ride away. We like their setup as a PADI 5 Star Dive Resort, meaning quality instruction if you're looking to advance your certs or even just get started. They're well-versed in the muck diving Mabul is famous for, think frogfish, nudibranchs, and mandarinfish after dusk. If you're planning a trip to dive Sipadan, this resort also offers good access, though permits are always the tight squeeze.
- Location
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia, Southeast Asia
- Coordinates
- 4.452497, 118.635124
- Website
- https://travel.padi.com/dive-center/malaysia/the-buwan-dive-resort/
- Certification Agencies
- ["PADI"]
- Courses
- PADI 5 Star Dive Resort [padi:29376]
- Address
- Jln Tampi-Tampi, Malaysia
Dive Sites Near The Buwan Dive Resort
The Buwan Dive Resort provides access to 15 dive sites in Mabul & Kapalai.
- AL MALYN - 45m (wreck)
- AWAS
- BANOWATI - 10m (wreck)
- Barracuda Point
- BUNGA INDAH - 5m (wreck)
- CAHAYA MACCOLILOLOS - 9m (wreck)
- Chanel
- Check Point
- Cleaning Station - 10-25m (reef)
- Coral gardens (reef)
- Coral Slope - 5-20m (reef)
- Corner Reef (reef)
- Creepy garden - 5-18m (reef)
- Crocodile Avenue
- Danawan reef (reef)
Other Dive Centres in Mabul & Kapalai
- Bigfin Divers Semporna - ["PADI"]
- Divers Armada Borneo Sdn Bhd - ["PADI"]
- Go Aquatic Semporna - ["PADI"]
- Mussah Poteh Holiday SDN BHD - ["PADI"]
- Nemo and Friends
- Seabunny Scubacations Sdn Bhd
- Seaventures Dive Rig SDN. BHD - ["PADI"]
- Sipadan Pom Pom Resort & Tours Sdn Bhd - ["PADI"]
- StormDive
- TB Sipadan Carib Dive Center - ["PADI"]
Marine Life in Mabul & Kapalai
Home to 127 recorded species including 77 reef fish, 28 hard corals, 8 seagrass & algae, 3 sharks & rays, 3 clams & mussels, 2 other.
Notable Marine Life
- seagrass (Halophila ovalis) - Seagrass & Algae
- Thin birdsnest coral (Seriatopora hystrix) - Hard Corals
- halodule (Halodule uninervis) - Seagrass & Algae
- Staghorn coral (Acropora aculeus) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora caroliniana) - Hard Corals
- cymodocea (Cymodocea rotundata) - Seagrass & Algae
- thalassia (Thalassia hemprichii) - Seagrass & Algae
- Staghorn coral (Acropora longicyathus) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora humilis) - Hard Corals
- Fluorescence grass coral (Galaxea fascicularis) - Hard Corals