Scuba Diving at Pulau Tiga, Dive Trips, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Coral Pinnacles
Scuba Diving Trip to Pulau Tiga with Borneo Dream, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Borneo Dream ran a scuba diving trip to Pulau Tiga, Sabah over the Christmas period. We departed early from Kota Kinabalu at 7:30am for our boat transfer to Pulau Tiga – the sky was clear, the sea was calm and we had a group of eager divers on board all ready to experience the stunning coral reefs at Tiga.
To Pulau Tiga!
On board our catamaran (Borneo Dream 3) we had Florence, Roger, Melissa, David and Amr who were accompanied by their Dive guide Ron and Jo and skipper Billy.
We arrived at our first dive site on the South side of Pulau Tiga, Sabah at 9:30am. By 10am we were all in the water starting our first dive of the day on ‘The Pinnacle’ dive site.
We had a good Westerly current on our first dive with visibility of up to 10m (not the best vis for scuba diving at Pulau Tiga but enough to still enjoy the plentiful marine life). We part drifted, part dived during our first dive to help us cover the North – South lying coral reef.
Colourful Coral Reefs
After an exhilarating first dive we enjoyed a 1 hour surface interval ahead of our second dive at ‘Barracuda Tip’. The current had reduced slightly for this dive. With the coral reef lying West – East it was also an easier drift dive.
On both dives the fish life was, as always, abundant – Fusiliers, Yellow Snappers, Surgeon Fish, Anemone Fish, Soldier Fish, Puffer Fish, Porcupine Fish, Barracuda, occasional Jacks and lots more. We also saw Nudibranches, Blue Spotted Rays, Sea Cucumbers, Cleaner Shrimps and lots more.
Yellow Snapper
The hard and soft corals were stunning, made more interesting diving around the series of coral pinnacles. The large Black Corals and Whip Corals waving in the currents created a beautiful effect. All in all, two very enjoyable dives and another wonderful scuba diving trip to Pulau Tiga, Sabah!
Borneo Dream run scuba diving trips from Kota Kinabalu to Pulau Tiga on a regular basis. If you would like to join one during your next trip to Kota KInabalu, Sabah then please contact the Borneo Dream team.
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