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

June 10th, 2010 DreamGirl
Learn to Dive in KK!

Learn to Dive in KK!

Congratulations to David, Joshua, Eleora, Eunice and Grace on becoming PADI Open Water Divers! They decided to learn to dive with Borneo Dream during their trip to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

We hope you all enjoy many happy, safe days of scuba diving as PADI Open Water Divers :) .

Usukan Wrecks & Mayne Rock Scuba Diving Trip from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah – Trip Report

June 6th, 2010 DreamGirl
Mayne Rock

Mayne Rock

Trip Report – Usukan Wrecks & Mayne Rock Scuba Diving Trip from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (30th May 2010)

It was 8am on Sunday morning (30th May 2010) as our 9m x 3m RIB berthed at Jesselton Point Jetty in central Kota Kinabalu. All aboard! Once Nick, Poul, Eng Tatt, Richard, Silvia, Billy and Jo were all on board we started our journey 30nm north west of Kota Kinabalu to Usukan Bay – where our two dive sites for the day were located.

RIB Boat Transfer

RIB Boat Transfer

The sea was very calm, the sky was blue and we had a slight south westerly breeze – perfect conditions! Once away from the port area we quickly accelerated to a cruising speed, on plane, of 30nm. Fast and comfortable. The boat transfer went by quickly. We had views of Mount Kinabalu (4km high), the Crocker Range, Nexus and the Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort, Tuaran Beach and Pulau Usukan.

WW2 Rice Bowl Wreck

WW2 Rice Bowl Wreck

We arrived at our first dive site – the WW2 Rice Bowl Wreck – at 9am. We did a full pass over the length of the 150m wreck (lying south west to north east) then came over for a second pass to drop the shot line. Billy, our TDI Instructor, went down on  his rebreather to secure the shot line and to conduct an environmental check. Slight surface current, sediment in the water for the first 10m then lovely visibility down to 40m and no current on the wreck. Read the rest of this entry »