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PADI Courses & Scuba Diving Trips with Borneo Dream from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah – April 2010

March 26th, 2010 DreamGirl
Scuba Diving with Borneo Dream

Scuba Diving with Borneo Dream

PADI Courses & Scuba Diving Trips with Borneo Dream from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah – April 2010

Borneo Dream offers the widest range of scuba diving trips and diving courses from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah – choose from PADI, SDI, TDI, IANTD. From try dives, learning to dive all the way through to rebreathers and technical diving.

During April 2010 we are running a wide range of scuba diving trips and PADI courses. Find out more about our current diving schedule below. There is limited availability left for many of these scuba diving trips and courses so contact the Dream Team soon if you want to join us :)

PADI Open Water Diver Course

PADI Open Water Diver Course

PADI Courses:

All diving courses are run in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park just in front of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Read the rest of this entry »

PADI Open Water Diver Course – Learn to Dive with Borneo Dream in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

March 17th, 2010 DreamGirl
Gareth with his Dive Instructor

Ready to dive!

PADI Open Water Diver Course – Learn to Dive with Borneo Dream in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Congratulations to Gareth Reece who has just become a certified PADI Open Water Diver with Borneo Dream. Welcome to the wonderful underwater world!

Gareth was on holiday in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah with his girlfriend Alice. Alice is a certified BSAC Sports Diver so Gareth decided it was about time he learned to dive so they could dive together.

Starting a Dive

Starting a Dive

Gareth completed his PADI Open Water Diver course in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park which is home to > 20 dive sites and easy diving along shallow pretty coral reefs. Gareth took to diving like a fish and during his ocean dives saw Turtles, Eagle Rays (3 on one dive!), Ghost Pipefish, Nudibranches, Barracuda and lots more. What an introduction to scuba diving!

Enjoying the dive :)

Enjoying a dive :)

Alice decided to enjoy three days of leisure diving whilst Gareth learned to dive. She joined our Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park 3 dive trip which meant they were both on the same boat – our catamaran Borneo Dream 3 – and dived some of the same dive sites together. We wish them many happy dives ahead as buddy’s :-)

If you want to lean to dive and complete the PADI Open Water Diver course with Borneo Dream during your holiday in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah then please contact the Dream Team. We look forward to getting you wet!

Feature of the Month – Ghost Pipefish

March 17th, 2010 DreamGirl
Ghost Pipefish

Ghost Pipefish

Scuba Diving with Borneo Dream in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

During many of our scuba diving day trips to Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park recently we have been lucky enough to spot several Ornate Ghost Pipefish. We’ve found them scuba diving along some our favorite dive sites in TARP, near Kota Kinabalu, such as Edgell Patches, Sulug South Reef, Sulug North Reef and Ron’s Reef.

Ornate Ghost Pipefish

Ornate Ghost Pipefish

Ghost Pipefish are stunning to look at and typically very hard to spot. This makes seeing several of them whilst diving in our local Marine Park a real find.

Ghost Pipefishes are related to Pipefishes and Seahorses. They are found in tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, from Asia to Africa. Ornate Ghost Pipefish reach a maximum length of 12 cm. They vary in color from red, yellow to black and are almost transparent. Read the rest of this entry »

Reef Clean Up Event (24th April) in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

March 12th, 2010 DreamGirl

Protect our coral reefs

Protect our coral reefs

Reef Clean Up Event (24th April) in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Project AWARE Dive for Earth Day (on 22nd April 2010) is an annual event aimed at raising awareness of the importance of conserving our underwater world and encouraging marine conservation activity. As part of Dive For Earth Day, Borneo Dream will be hosting a coral reef clean up event in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on the 24th April 2010.

During the reef clean up event we will enjoy two dives cleaning up coral reefs (to be chosen by Sabah Parks). So you will get to enjoy scuba diving along coral reefs as well as make a positive difference to the underwater world!

If you’d like to join us on this marine conservation event in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, then contact Joanne at Borneo Dream. Read the rest of this entry »

Easter Weekend Night Dive Trips in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

March 6th, 2010 DreamGirl

Night Dive in TARP

Night Dive with Borneo Dream

Easter Weekend Night Dive Trips in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Night diving is an altogether different, and exhilarating, scuba diving experience! Experience diving along a coral reef in the pitch black with just your torch light to help you guide your way and see what is around you. You’ll see completely different marine life at night – Lobsters, Crabs, Shrimps, Moray Eels, Lion Fish and more – while the fish life hides amongst the coral reef for protection.

Night Dive with Borneo Dream

Night Dive with Borneo Dream

Over Easter weekend Borneo Dream will be running two Night Dive Trips to Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah – on the 3rd and 4th April 2010.

During our Night Dive trip to TARP we’ll take you on one (1) dive along one of the more protected coral reefs, normally near Pulau Sapi or Pulau Sulug. This night dive is suitable for confident certified leisure divers. If you fancy taking a night dive speciality course over Easter weekend then why not choose the PADI Night Diver speciality course with Borneo Dream. Read the rest of this entry »