Etquah
- Etquah's trip Mataking Sipadan 2018
2018-09-15 - House Reef, mataking, Malaysia
19.9m - 40 min - Dived with Andrie A. Tahang from The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
2018-09-15 - House Reef, mataking, Malaysia
13.2m - 43 min - Dived with Andrie A. Tahang from The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
2018-09-16 - Barracuda Point, Borneo, Sipadan Island, Malaysia
16.6m - 45 min - Dived with Andrie A. Tahang from The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
2018-09-16 - Barracuda Point, Palau Sipadan Marine Reserve, Malaysia
16.1m - 49 min - Dived with Andrie A. Tahang from The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
2018-09-16 - South Point, Sipadan Island, Malaysia
20.5m - 48 min - Dived with Andrie A. Tahang from The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
2018-09-17 - D'wall, Mataking Island, Malaysia
24m - 37 min - Dived with Andrie A. Tahang from The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
Our first dive of the day at the northern part of Mataking Island. The moment we descend, there was moderate current drift us along the wall. Not much interesting along the wall, except we spotted the Black Frogfish. The local dive master called us off much earlier as there was down current as he claimed. He mentioned to us that normally there won't be any current during morning. As for us it is just another drift dive.
2018-09-17 - Shipwreck Post, Mataking Island, Malaysia
26.6m - 50 min - Dived with Andrie A. Tahang from The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
The 1st underwater Post Box in Malaysia since 2006 @ a depth of 27m below. I slot my post card in the box and the post card reach my kids at home after a month. While everyone were busying of taking photo with the post box, that is where our buddy Nuril lost his 2nd camera down there. He asked Mun Wah to take the photo for him, but the camera was not working, Mun Wah then use her camera to snap, forgetting that Nuril camera was not in wristband. We were not able to find the camera after several searching. We managed to find some turtle bone in the shipwreck, where those turtle died due to trapping in the wreck for long time.
2018-09-17 - Magic Rock, Pom Pom Island, Malaysia
13.1m - 47 min - Dived with Andrie A. Tahang from The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
The dive site has been contaminated, it was full of dead corals.
2018-09-17 - House Reef, mataking, Malaysia
15.7m - 51 min - Dived with The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
A very interesting night dive, witnessing how the creatures protecting the nest and hunting the food. The big Red Lionfish showing the great skill of hunting their victim. The Blunt-head Parrotfish forming mucus shield like the spider web to protect the nest.
2018-09-18 - Barracuda Point, Palau Sipadan Marine Reserve, Malaysia
19.6m - 49 min - Dived with Andrie A. Tahang from The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
Our 2nd trip dive at Sipadan Island. We paid extra for it. For sure we want to go for the best dive site of Sipadan, Barracuda Point. The surface water is not as rough as day before. The current is quite mild even though we had get closer to our Barracuda check point. We didn't see many Barracudas nor Jack Fish this round compared to the last dive. Barracudas like to fight current, if the water is too calm then you won't be able to see a spectacular view of schools of Barracudas. For Barracudas we always have to \"work hard\" if we want to join their parties.
2018-09-18 - Barracuda Point, Palau Sipadan Marine Reserve, Malaysia
19.7m - 55 min - Dived with Andrie A. Tahang from The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
2018-09-18 - Coral Garden, Palau Sipadan Marine Reserve, Malaysia
7.9m - 33 min - Dived with Andrie A. Tahang from The Reef Dive Resort Mataking Island
Our last dive of the trip. The 2 local dive masters kept pushing us to end the dive earlier as they said no diving for 24 hours before we fly back to Pg on the next day. We actually aware of that. That's the reason we chose shallow dive site for the last dive. And we also know that the most accurate timing is based on our own dive computer. The No Flight symbol was lifted very much earlier before we boarding for flight at around 21 hours.
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