June 6th, 2010 DreamGirl
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
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 »
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May 26th, 2010 coffeemacher
Enjoy Diving 
PADI Scuba Diving Courses from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah – in English, Mandarin & Berhasa Malay
Borneo Dream provides the widest range of diving trips and dive courses – PADI, SDI, TDI, IANTD, BSAC – along the west coast of Sabah, all departing from Kota Kinabalu.
For our range of PADI Courses we have PADI Instructors who can speak fluent English, Mandarin and Berhasa Malay. Course instruction can be provided in a choice of these languages for our more popular PADI courses – the PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience, PADI Open Water Diver course and the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course.
For our range of scuba diving trips we can also provide dive briefings in a choice of these languages too – English, Mandarin, Berhasa Malay. This helps us to provide our diving customers with a personalised dive experience and helps them to fully understand the dive sites they will be diving at and the dive procedures we will follow. All in all, having a dive briefing in a language you understand helps create a more enjoyable, safer dive. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 26th, 2010 coffeemacher
Go Scuba Diving!
潛水是一個非常奇妙的經驗 , 在陸地上生活的我們 , 有機會親眼目賭海底世界的豐富性及美麗 . 身為熱愛大海的我們 , 很希望您有興趣跟勇氣做這樣的嘗試喔 ~
如果您的假期時間不允許您參加三天的課程 , 或是您從來沒有接觸過潛水 , 想在繳一大筆錢報名執照課程之前試試看自己喜不喜歡.
PADI 體驗潛水 ( Discover Scuba Diving Experience ) 需時一天 , 是PADI為大家設計 , 針對潛水做的正規入門介紹活動 – 本活動一共包含兩次潛水 , 最深不會超過十二米 . 參加後的朋友如果在六個月內報名 PADI 開放水域潛水員 ( Open Water Diver ) 的課程 , 體驗潛水的經驗還可以成為有效訓練的一部分 .
Borneo Dream 為大家精心安排的體驗潛水活動如下: Read the rest of this entry »
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May 17th, 2010 DreamGirl
Scuba Diving at Pulau Tiga
Scuba Diving Destination Review – Pulau Tiga, Sabah
When Divers come to Kota Kinabalu they generally will only be aware of diving trips to the nearby Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park. However, via a 60 minute fast boat transfer, you can be diving the beautiful coral reefs near Pulau Tiga. Read on to find out more about scuba diving at Pulau Tiga, Sabah.
Cascade of Barrel Sponges
Pulau Tiga is a group of small uninhabited Malaysian islands in Kimanis Bay off the western coast of Sabah. Pulau Tiga is located approx. 30nm southwest of Kota Kinabalu. The islands were formed in 1897 when an earthquake on Mindanao caused a volcanic eruption near Borneo. Pulau Tiga became well known through the Survivor television series. It was the setting of the first American season of the show.
Pulau Tiga is also located in a Marine Park – Pulau Tiga National Park. The Marine Park was established by Malaysia in 1985 to protect the island of Pulau Tiga and its adjacent coral reef-filled sea plus two adjacent islands (Pulau Kalampunian Besar and Pulau Kalampunian Damit – also known as Snakes’ Island). This is good news for scuba divers looking to dive pretty, remote coral reefs. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 13th, 2010 coffeemacher
加入 Borneo Dream 在亞庇市舉辦 PADI Open Water Diver 中英文課程
你對美麗的海底世界感到好奇 ? 想體會跟太空人一樣 在水中無重力漂浮的滋味嗎? 隨著休閒潛水活動的漸漸風行, 平價航空公司航線日漸增加, 到馬來西亞東部風景秀麗 氣候怡人的沙巴上 PADI Open Water Diver課程. 是這些問題的最佳答案.
踏出第一步 跟隨 Borneo Dream 的專業團隊, 在馬來西亞沙巴進入海底世界. 只要年滿 10 歲 就可以在亞庇市學潛水了.
您可能曾經做過體驗潛水想進一步上課, 或是決心要把潛水學會, 這時您最常聽到別人說的就是PADI 執照, PADI課程等等. 這大概是世界上最普遍及最受認可的潛水組織了. 課程的安排很有效率及實際, 時間需要不長, 也難怪最受大家的歡迎.
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