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Seaventures Dive Rig

$1595 USD / 7 nights

PADI 5 Star Certified

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Seaventures Dive Rig is a five-star dive resort located near Sipadan, Malaysia. It maintains the look of a working oil platform, however, it offers comfortable rooms and world-class diving.

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There are three options for accommodation: the Standard Room, the Deluxe Room, and the Dormitory. All rooms have air conditioning and a hot shower. The Standard Room has two twin beds while the Deluxe Room has a king-size bed. Both rooms accommodate two people and the Deluxe Room has a sofa and satellite TV. The Dormitory accommodates four people across two bunk beds, has a shared bathroom, and personal storage lockers.

The Rig has an open-air buffet-style dining area, sundeck, game room, gift shop, bar, conference room, free Wi-Fi, and a well-equipped camera room that is perfect for photographers.

The Rig is surrounded by sandy beaches and an ocean filled with diverse marine life. The Rig offers unlimited diving at their famous house reef and access to the waters of Mabul Island and Kapalai. Kapalai is home to countless strange and wonderful creatures such as ghost pipefish, giant grouper, scorpion leaf fish, and nudibranchs. The man-made dive site has plenty of nooks and crannies inside the artificial reefs for divers to explore. The Rig schedules daily boat dives at Kapalai that are typically in the morning to avoid the strong currents.

Diver packages include scheduled return transfers, three boat dives daily, unlimited optional house reef dives, accommodation, and full board meals. Non-diver packages include scheduled return transfers, three daily boat snorkeling trips, accommodation, and full board meals.

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Dive Conditions

Diving in Malaysia is suitable for all levels of divers as waters are generally calm and reefs are protected. The east coast of Peninsular Malaysia can be dived from March to September while diving in East Malaysia is year-round.

Sipadan Island is the first word on everyone's lips when discussing diving in Malaysia and it is one of the finest dive spots on the planet, but there is much more. Layang Layang is a little atoll off the north coast of Sabah which is fringed by some of the best coral fields you are likely to see. However, it is for the huge schools of scalloped hammerhead sharks that patrol around the island that Laying Layang has developed the reputation as a must-see diving destination of Malaysia.

Sipadan is a year-round destination with the optimum overall conditions being from April to December. July and August are often described as the best months with visibility sometimes exceeding 40m around the island. Mabul never experiences such good visibility but, as a macro destination, it doesn't need to.

January and February can see unsettled weather. These months are the start of the rainy season in Sabah and although Sipadan and Mabul might not experience much rain, the air and water temperature can be a little cooler and visibility can be low during this period. There are fewer divers here at this time but it is still possible to enjoy excellent conditions. The normally calm seas can also be a little unsettled at this time.

The weather is different in Layang Layang, off Sabah's west coast, where the diving season runs from March to August. March to May is considered the best time to see the marquee creature of this destination, scalloped hammerheads. Constant currents waft over the island's reefs all year round which bring in the marine life. The seas can be rough, even during peak season, beyond the calm lagoon where the resort is located. Visibility is generally very good, averaging 30m+ with the normal range considered to be from 10 to 40m. The resort closes between September and February.

Water temperature ranges from 25 - 30°C and visibility is usually 5 - 40m.