Pandanan House reef

★★★★★ (359)

Pandanan House Reef, a shallow, easy dive spot with colorful corals and lots of fish. Perfect for beginners! See clownfish, turtles, and reef sharks. Gentle slope, sandy bottom. Best at high tide. Great for snorkeling too! Boat ride: 10 mins. Daily trips available. Safe and relaxing.

Pandanan House Reef, a shallow, easy dive spot with colorful corals and lots of fish. Perfect for beginners!

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 200

Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel

Moray Eel
10 Sightings
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Green Turtle

Green Turtle
6 Sightings
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Hawksbill Turtle

Hawksbill Turtle
3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 600

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Wrasse

Wrasse
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Common Dolphin

Common Dolphin
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Leatherback Turtle

Leatherback Turtle
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Loggerhead Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 27

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Barracuda

Barracuda
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Total number of species approx.: 300

Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus

Octopus
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Total number of species approx.: 12

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Lionfish

Lionfish
33 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 100

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Parrotfish

Parrotfish
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Total number of species approx.: 28

Udo Kefrig
Clownfish

Clownfish
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Total number of species approx.: 130

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Pufferfish

Pufferfish
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Total number of species approx.: 90

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Angelfish

Angelfish
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Total number of species approx.: 130

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Butterfly Fish

Butterfly Fish
4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 50

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Frogfish

Frogfish
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Total number of species approx.: 8

Alamy-Reinhard Dirscherl
Bannerfish

Bannerfish
4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 250

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Scorpionfish

Scorpionfish
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Total number of species approx.: 85

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Surgeonfish

Surgeonfish
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Total number of species approx.: 40

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Triggerfish

Triggerfish
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Total number of species approx.: 3400

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Shrimp

Shrimp
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Total number of species approx.: 250

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Grouper/Basslets

Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species approx.: 30

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Sand Eel

Sand Eel
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Total number of species approx.: 110

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Snapper

Snapper
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Total number of species approx.: 150

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Sweetlips and Grunts

Sweetlips and Grunts
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Total number of species approx.: 25

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Boxfish

Boxfish
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Total number of species approx.: 80

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Emperor

Emperor
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Total number of species approx.: 120

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Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish
2 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 30

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Stonefish

Stonefish
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Grey Reef Shark

Grey Reef Shark
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 80

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Stingrays

Stingrays
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Total number of species approx.: 250

Alamy-Nature Photographers Ltd
Skate Fish

Skate Fish
1 Sightings
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Common Seahorse

Common Seahorse
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 130

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Pipefish

Pipefish
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 2

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Tarpon

Tarpon
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 300

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Snake Eel

Snake Eel
1 Sightings
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Wolf Eel

Wolf Eel
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Total number of species approx.: 40

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Jackfish

Jackfish
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Total number of species approx.: 60

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Soldierfish

Soldierfish
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 60

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Squirrelfish

Squirrelfish
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Total number of species approx.: 350

Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish

Damselfish
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Total number of species approx.: 90

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Goatfish

Goatfish
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Total number of species approx.: 15

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Garfish

Garfish
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Total number of species approx.: 20

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Porcupinefish

Porcupinefish
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Garibaldi Damselfish

Garibaldi Damselfish
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 3

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Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 300

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Squid

Squid
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Total number of species approx.: 7000

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Crab

Crab
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Total number of species approx.: 20

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Sea Nettle

Sea Nettle
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Ribbon Moray Eel (Ghost Eel)

Ribbon Moray Eel (Ghost Eel)
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 3000

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Nudibranch

Nudibranch
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Leaf Scorpionfish

Leaf Scorpionfish
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 15

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Spade Fish

Spade Fish
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 2000

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Gobies

Gobies

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Infinity Scuba Dive Centre

Infinity Scuba Dive Centre

Lot 34, Block F, Semporna Seafront Resort Town, 91308 Semporna, Malaysia

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Manukan shore <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.4)</span>

Manukan shore (★4.4)

Situated close to Manukan Island Jetty, this dive site houses a few artificial objects submerged underwater and is now a thriving reef. Used more comanly as a site to train new divers this site has good sandy bottom area that is comfortable for diver to learn scuba diving.
Mares
Clement Reef <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.4)</span>

Clement Reef (★4.4)

Located North to North West of Sepanggar Island, this dive site is a slopping bottom with diverse hard coral and is only accessible via boat. Visibility is often very clear at this dive site due to its strategic location between Sepanggar mainland and Sepanggar Island.
Like Scuba Center, 88300 Kota Kinabalu
Meringgis Bay, Gaya Island <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.3)</span>

Meringgis Bay, Gaya Island (★4.3)

A beautiful and magnificent thriving dive site located at the back of Gaya Island sitting in between Bunga Raya Resort and YTL Resort. Great for beginners and training.
Ronald C. (#2496453)
Mari Mari Shore <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.2)</span>

Mari Mari Shore (★4.2)

This dive site is situated 20 minuted from Kota Kinabalu mainland and 10 Minutes from Sepanggar mainland. It is right in front of Mari - Mari Resort. The characteristic of this dive site is shore based. It has a maximum depth of 18 meters during high tide and the bottom is mixed sandy and muddy.
Mares
Mari Mari Wreck <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.4)</span>

Mari Mari Wreck (★4.4)

The Mari Mari Wreck dive is located at Sepanggar Island where close to Mari Mari dive operator, it’s took 20 minutes boat ride from Shangri-la Tanjung Aru Resort to get there. You may found this dive site by following a descent line at 2m, the top of the wreck is 18m, sandy bottom reachable 25m.
JAW Scuba and Swim Academy, 88000 Sabah
Nexson Reef <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.5)</span>

Nexson Reef (★4.5)

This dive site is specially for Deep Diving, it takes 15 minutes boat ride from Dreamer Island. This dive site require free descent all the way down to top reef at 24 meters.Actual depth might defer due to the current tide.There’s a slight slope for descending down to a maximum depth of 35 meter from the top reef.
Mares, Janez Kranjc
Pancang <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.4)</span>

Pancang (★4.4)

Located North of Kota Kinabalu, approximately 20 minutes from the mainland and the first point of view when entering Sepanggar Island form Kota Kinabalu. The location of this dive site is inhabited therefore a boat is needed to dive here. This dive site can be characterised as a sloping bottom with good visibility
Scubapro
Dreamer Shore <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.6)</span>

Dreamer Shore (★4.6)

Located right in front of Dreamer Island (Sepanggar Island), this dive site is a shore dive based site that offers customers abundance of marine life throughout the year.
Aqualung
Fendy Rock <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.6)</span>

Fendy Rock (★4.6)

This dive site just takes 5 minutes from Sepanggar island to reach Fendy Rock dive site, its very suitable for newly certified divers and macro lovers, it’s sandy slopping bottom.
Scubapro, Stephen Frink
Ah Long Rock <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.7)</span>

Ah Long Rock (★4.7)

It takes a 8 minutes boat ride to reach Ah Long Rock, it’s head is to North- west. This is a dive site great for beginner entry level, it’s slopping to the bottom.
Aqualung
AH KONG TONGUE <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.5)</span>

AH KONG TONGUE (★4.5)

From Dreamer Island it takes 4 minutes by boat to get there. It’s started the name from a diver who called Ah Kong but the the top reef is looks like a tongue so this dive site become AH KONG TONGUE.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic
Barracuda Point Udar Besar <span class="text-color-primary text-sm"> (★4.6)</span>

Barracuda Point Udar Besar (★4.6)

The dive site is located in between southeast of Pulau Uda Besar and northwest of Sepanggar Island. Accessible via a boat it is 5 minutes away from both, Pulau Uda Kecil and Sepanggar Island.