How time flies! The Christmas holidays are just around the corner and we are sure everyone is busy with their lists. Holiday planning with the family, gift shopping and of course getting something special for yourself. If you have yet decided what to get for your loved ones, think scuba diving with Borneo Dream.
Have a try dive with a friend or your family and discover the exciting underwater world together. The Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park is the perfect training ground for beginners. An easy dive to the depth of 12 meters followed by a delicious lunch on one of the breezy islands of TARP.
For divers wanting an easy leisure dive whilst on holiday, TARP is located just 20 minutes outside of Kota Kinabalu. Easily accessible from the city center with over 25 dives sites waiting to be explored, Borneo Dream look forward to showing you a great day of diving! Search for the ever colorful Frog Fish or photograph the ever photogenic Clown fishes. Nudiebranch and Spotted stingrays, there are more just waiting for your visit. Read the rest of this entry »
Scuba Diving Trip to the WW2 Rice Bowl Wreck with Borneo Dream – Video by Scubazoo
On the 8th July 2010 Borneo Dream ran a scuba diving trip from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah to the WW2 Rice Bowl Wreck. On board our RIB we had Billy, Our TDI Rebreather Instructor, with his two Closed Circuit Rebreather students – Neil & Angela Hadley. They were enjoying their first leisure dive on rebreathers on the wreck. We also had Roger Munns and Jason Isley join this diving trip to take some underwater video and photos of both the Rice Bowl Wreck and Mayne Rock – two of our long distance dive sites accessible from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
Enjoy a video taken during their first leisure dive on the WW2 Rice Bowl Wreck. The video was taken by Roger Munns from Scubazoo who kindly shared it with Borneo Dream. It is awesome!!!
Borneo Dream offers the widest range of scuba diving day trips from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. From wreck diving through to pristine coral reefs that no other Dive Operators go to. We focus on providing high quality, safe and enjoyable scuba diving trips from KK, Sabah. If you would like to come scuba diving with Borneo Dream during your holiday in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia then please contact the Borneo Dream team.
Wreck & Reef Scuba Diving Weekend (10th – 11th July) from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Already a Diver and looking for a scuba diving adventure? Then join Borneo Dream for our next wreck & reef diving weekend on the 10th – 11th July in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
Come diving the amazing Usukan WW2 wrecks and the boulders at Mayne Rock off the West coast of Sabah. We are the only Dive Operator running diving trips to dive sites – so not only will you enjoy great diving but you’ll be the only Divers in the water! Boat transfers will be on our new 9m x 3m RIB. Our RIB cruises at 30 knots meaning it will take only 1 hour to reach the dive sites. And you get a fast, fun ride on a RIB
Wreck Diving in KK
For our wreck dives we will dive the 150m WW2 Rice Bowl Wreck. You can expect to find schooling Barracuda, large shoals of Yellow Snapper, Bat Fish, Ed the resident adult 1.5m Grouper and a good chance of finding sleeping Nurse Sharks. The wreck lies in 25m – 40m and there can sometimes be strong currents. So we only take divers who are a minimum of PADI Advanced Open Water Diver to these wrecks. Read the rest of this entry »
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
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
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 »
Our new RIB has arrived – creating the Borneo Dream fleet!
Borneo Dream has just taken delivery of a custom built 8.75m x 2.9m RIB. Our RIB arrived last week in a 40ft container at Kota Kinabalu Port. It had been travelling for 25 days from the UK, with a short stopover at Singapore, to Sabah.
Our new RIB will truly transform scuba diving day trips from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. It is the first RIB in Kota Kinabalu to be used for recreational diving. We’ve chosen a larger model with seating to create a fast AND comfortable boat transfer for our scuba diving day trips.
Here’s a little bit about the specification:
It has a cruising speed, when planing, of 30 knots and a top speed of approx. 50 knots!!
It will be fitted with the latest navigation equipment – GPS Plotter, Sounder and Sidescan Sonar.
