17-22 Nov 2011 Roach Reef & Sipadan Diving Trip

This is my first dive trip in Sabah, first dive trip in Sipadan, first dive trip in Roach Reef…. Very very excited.

My first sighting of:

1. Orang Utan Crab
2. Clown Triggerfish
3. Red Tooth Triggerfish
4. Bus wreck (Interesting bus wreck full of tayar…. 7 of busses creating a artificial reef, very successful)
5. Juvenile Dragonet
6. Juvenile Nudibranch
7. Dogtooth Tuna
8. Postlarval Spiny Lobster
9. Squat Lobster

Dive site visit:

Sipadan – Barracuda Point / South Point / Turtle Cavern

Real GEM of Malaysia, when I first step on the jetty, register myself.. I see lionfish swimming in mid water, travally, barracuda, etc…. wonderful startup of a day…..I know this is different dive experience I will ever had..

First dive trip In Sipadan, very lucky of us, we see almost all famous stuff in 1 dive… when we decent the first dive, thousand of jacks welcoming us… then follow by sharks… napoleon wrasse, and then big school of barracuda…… bumphead…..turtle….. what a wonderful dive……!!!!!

2nd dive, South Point, wanna search for hammerhead shark…. Although we didn’t see…… but 2 eagles ray come n visit us… they are at about 40m, I go all the way…oooppss~ haha.. too excited. Then follow by a big school of bumphead too…

3rd dive, the famous Turtle Cavern…. Scary & mystery place…. We just went into the entrance (cavern), feel of the darkness… phhewww~ I will not want to go in to the tomb.. imagine turtle also got lost… we are human leh…. Forget it la…. Hehehe~ safety stop time, we have thousand of jacks farewell to us…..

Wonderful & awesome dives……..

Roach Reef – Bus Stop / Corner / House Reef / Mid Rock / Viking / Twin Peak / Lobster Point

Roach Reef On Land, Roach Reef is a very small man made island, which have only 9 guest room… very very private and cosy place. We have a lot of good food.. from big fishes, crab, sotong, chicken, beef, wonderful BBQ night on Sunday, tea time, popiah banana – BEST!!, and plenty of biscuit & bread for our snacking 24 hours….. Although no air-con in the room, but its windy and comfortable enough with the ceiling fan…. HOT water shower is really good….. loving it…. Room is big and with a wooden platform, which you can have a afternoon snap there… or, many hammock is hanging under the coconut tree… very nice to snap in there… windy~

And about the staff there, FANTASTIC !!! I never had such a pampered diving trip before… no need to change tanks, staff help us to wear fins sometime, help us on wearing BCD… hahaha… sometime feel like a “Fei Yan”… hahaha….. very very attentive staff they have… Clap Clap x 1000 for them……

Roach Reef U/W; a lot a lot of macro stuff to see…. This is the first dive trip, which I see so many kind of shrimps… starfish shrimp, bubble coral shrimp, mushroom coral shrimps, cleaner shrimps, alien looking shrimps…. And many kind of Nudibranch, octopus, squids, scorpionfish, mantis, lobster, dartfish, goby, jawfish, and a lot a lot more…..

Great closing dive for 2011…….We are planning to go back there next year already… hahaha~
Will be dry for the next 3 months before open season…. Hang in there… cheers~

Buddies of this trip: Nizam / Jacqueline / Nikki / Albert / Ah Wah, thanks for the company, great trip~