Five minutes in a boat and the grime of Semporna is left far behind you, instead a group of tropical reef fringed islands presents itself. There are about 20 islands within 30mins by boat with 4 to 5 making up the most popular dive sites. Above: View from the boat of Sibuan
No one officially lives on Sibuan, there is an arm base and a small settlement of Philippine refugees. The army tolerate the refugees and it seems even look after them, the result a lot of extra kids fathered by the soldiers. You can walk round the whole island in about 10 minutes so the kids really don't have a lot to do, they are very friendly and love looking at photos of themselves on the camera.
We did 3 dives today from the island, the first to 30m to see some pygmy sea horses living in a sea fan. The other 2 dives were over some very nice reefs close to the shore. Below: Shelley relaxing between dives.
Highlights: Fantastic visibility for the dives
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