Scuba Season
Underwater reef at Kapalai Island
Not surveyed

Kapalai Island

Malaysia · Sabah

Perched on a submerged sandbar between Sipadan and Mabul, Kapalai is a stilted-resort muck-diving paradise where shallow rubble slopes and sea-grass beds conceal an astonishing density of bizarre and cryptic critters.

How this reef is doing

ⓘ How we measure this

Reef state

Not surveyed

Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.

Coral cover

Not surveyed

Fish life

Not surveyed

Heat

Not surveyed

Fishing

QuietBusy

Open to fishing, and the water is fairly quiet.

Open

Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity

What you will see

13 species across the dive sites here

Dive sites

Gear & getting wet

  • Basic kit

    • Mask and fins
    • BCD and regulator
    • 3mm full wetsuit · warm water
    • Dive computer