What We Can See There? Si Amil Island

I am coming back with some photo of Si Amil dive. We don't have many underwater picture to show u. We will work more harder in the future to bring more picture and more fun to u all. Come and join us. Enjoy diving with us!


One of the side view in Si Amil Island. Nice what?


Nap time? Diving can make people tire! Believe it or not? See....this is the prove!


U can see nice coral in Si Amil Island also! Not only in Sipadan Island....Believe me...! For those macro lover, u will feel like dun want to go back.....wanna try?

Wow...!This picture is very nice, right? Even i am quite pity with the fish that been eaten. But what can i do? It is one of the natural food chain. Dive master here also been trained to be fish watching guide. We will do our best for u!

Heron Ardeadoris nudibranch (Ardeadoris egretta)

Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commersonii)


Pygmy Seahorse

What We Do Other Than Just Diving in Si Amil Island?

Hi....everybody....Miss me or not? Sorry for being late updating the blog. I am having problem with the wireless here, so i cannot complete my mission. Forgive me.....! As i promised u before, this time i am going to show u about Si Amil Island dive. If u wanna try picnic dive, then just sign up for Si Amil dive. Actually, we try to promote this island as a diving site as well as honeymoon picnic site. Ok... Then, i will tell u what we normally do...!

Yeah...what a wonderful day...! Let's go diving! Chiao!Chiao!

The two island which is Si Amil Island and Denawan Island


Good view with a coconut tree as a symbol for this island.

Wow...!How about this? Very romantic right? Just try to imagine ....walk or kiss with someone u love .....he he!

Surface interval at the beach....!

Fishing competition? Winner will get 2 pieces of tissue paper....go go go....do your best!

Before BBQ

After BBQ. Look like over cook....hehehe... Still can eat?

Hi..gal! How is it ? Good? Delicious?

Coconut stall at Si Amil Island? but a bit expensive....hehehe....

Coconut not enough? Don't worry! We have one creature called "human monkey". See "its" can get coconut for u.


Cheers....! For Italian group...Chiao....!

After lunch, we have performance from dive master. Actually we are well trained for circus. Watch carefully....And....

See! Clap your hand....Don't be shy to say good.....!we know that...hehehe


Naughty boy playing around? Just to make time pass....cannot sleep what...what can do? Play loh!
Who is this? As i know,Sipadan Water Village Resort don't have old man dive master....We didn't accept over age dive master...hahaha...



What is this? Ha Ha Ha....Mouse! Made by Carlo. Made in Italy?

I think i am going to end here. Hope u all enjoy! See ya!

Congratulation...! Carlo's 400 dives

Hello everybody....Today i only have this picture for u. I will come back with Si Amil dive's photo. Anyway, congratulation to Carlo for reached his 400 dives. Chiao....! See ya....

27 AUGUST 2007

Weather :
Rainy and cloudy (Sun come out late in the afternoon)

Water Temperature:
27 Celsius and below with depth

Visibility:
very bad! Less than 8meter from surface to 15meter, and more better at deep site.

Dive Master:
Alex, Jimmy, Allan, Bobby, Ron, Jay and Froilan

Good evening everybody.... Jay is coming again!
Our sun is lazy for a few day. We are facing cloudy and rainy weather. Maybe our earth is getting sick already. Global warming maybe is the main issue that we should concentrate. Since these few year, weather keep changing. As one of the "freeloader" in this earth, we should keep our earth clean and healthy. Save our earth and do not forget our oceans. Everybody please shout together with Jay : " Earth, I Love U !"


Mandarin Fish (Synchiropus splendidus)

Is't Mandarin Fish cute? Wanna see them? Hahaha... come here and we show you! Dun miss it!

(Hypselodoris bullockii)

This is the common nudibranch that we can see them a lot in Mabul and Kapalai.

Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commersonii)

Giant Frogfish :" What u looking for? Never see beautiful lady !hem.. leave me alone!"

Have u see circus underwater? Very interesting! U must see it once in ur life. This guy is walked on very thin rope without falling down. "Sugoi ne...Yeah ! Yeah!" "Children, dun do this at home!"

As u can see here, divers sometime get bored after their dive. They tend to do anything include......see see see...i not yet finish my word already have sample for u to see. haha...kidding.!

26 AUGUST 2007

WEATHER : Cloudy and rainy day
VISIBILITY : About 15 meter
WATER TEMPERATURE : 27 Celsius (deep site more cool)
DIVE MASTER : Bobby, Ron, Jimmy, Allan, Richard, Jay


Hi....i am coming back again with some information and photos. Today Bobby's group saw hammerhead shark....How lucky are they..???... Chiao....They are Italian. Good Luck for the next day Sipadan dive. Try your luck !!!!



Wei....do not show your back side here! Who is this? do not like that.... is me! the written word is Japanese word kanji (1) mean : one you dive is no more ashore, put your soul inside. (2) mean : nice to meet you or work together.

Bumphead parrotfish in "Lubang" entry point when we just entered Barracuda Point. School of them, but my guest only get this one very clear.

hahaha....actually this picture is taking from Mabul. Sorry for mixing up with Sipadan dive. So as you can see, you still can see big school of fish in Mabul.


These two picture are took from Barracuda Point. We manage to meet them but the current is quite strong. We become "Superman" haha....!


School of Jack fish move from Turtle Cavern to Barracuda Point. So, we manage to see school of Jack, school of barracuda, school of batfish and school of bumphead parrotfish. Wonderful dive...! Yeah...Yeah...!

Ah.....time to go...see ya... Good night...Chiao...Mata ne

Small creatures in Mabul and Kapalai

Whip Coral Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus)

Special thank to Isaka Yoko for share this picture with us. Whip coral crab is a special crab that can be observed on whip corals.

Chromodoris magnifinica

Haha..... this picture is taking by....by...by...me lah.....must be Jay. That why the quality is not so good...Dun complain....i have no professional training.... hehehe... Anything i like this picture because its tell me.... "i can stand". see ya....wait ya...mata ne.....

Semporna Dive....Paradise of Macro

We went to Semporna for diving (Jay, Alex, (2 professional photographer : Stephen Wong and Takako Uno) and our heavy repeater Eiko san. Semporna dive is very good for macro. Mainly for gobies and nudibranchs. Sometime also can see seahorse. Here we want to thank Takako Uno for share some picture to us. Some gobies and nudibranchs's name cannot be found in the book. Maybe our references not so update and hope you all can assist us for these.

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Mahidolia-sp

Yongeichthys criniger (Shadow goby)

Myersina-lachneri (Black spear shrimp goby)

Oxymetopon compressus (Robust ribbon goby)

Cryptocentrus-sp

Hope u all enjoy these photo and I will try my best to bring more photos and information for you all....Bye....Chiao....

Congratulation ---- 400 dives

Hi....everybody! Now Jay is assigning paradise log job. Hope you all will have more picture and information. As my first assignment, i would like to share this picture to you all. This is a 4oo dives memorial picture that taking 2 days ago. Our guest name Bartelli Virna has reached 400dives. Yes....no doubt...Please shout loudly for her---- "Congratulation Virna"

For the next session, we will share more photo about macro which we have found in Semporna. Please wait....I be back.......

Happy Birthday To You!

On the 12 August we celebrated one of our guest's birthday.

Tanjoobi Ometedo Gozaimasu to Goto Shoko!!

Happy birthday to you.....

Happy birthday to you.....

Happy birthday to Shoko.....

Happy birthday to you!!

Make a wish and may you dreams come true!!

Chocolate cake decorated with eagle ray and turtle.

Mango pudding especially for Shoko.

Sawatikap! Welcome to Sipadan!

We address our warm welcome to you to the Diving Paradise - Sipadan Island.

Of course! coconut tree is the symbol of island!

View of Drop Off from the jetty.

Relax and enjoy the sunshine and breeze ....you are in Paradise!


Thai group Charlie and Angels !

Pikaciu Nudibranch (Theacacera spp.)

Nudibranch Berthella martensi found at deep site of Stingray City.

Diver up close with turtle.

Dawn dive with Bumphead Parrotfish.

School of Batfish......can you count how many ?

School of Barracuda.....how about this one? ha ha ha


Diver's ring with the background of Jack fish.

They are from http://www.dumnam.com/

Si Amil & Danawan island Diving Trip

The optional diving trip to Si Amil and Danawan island now promote to all the interested divers to dive in beautiful reefs and good visibility condition with nice beach area for relax. Last month and this month we have brought a few groups from Kuala Lumpur, Japan and Italy to dive in Si Amil and Danawan Island.

Wonderful sunshine for a wonderful day!

Beautiful beach view.

Danawan Island.

Dive in good visibility and nice reefs.

Varieties of corals at the shallow site.


Divers enjoy taking photo of corals too.

Beautiful and huge table coral flourish at some dive site at Si Amil.

About 2 m in diameter.

Fish Island diving group leaded by Taguchi Yoshihide from Japan.



Asther's group from Kuala Lumpur.

Beside the beautiful reefs, Si Amil and Danawan islands are another paradise for macro after Mabul and Kapalai islands. Superior macro life been spotted there like Harlequin shrimp, Flamboyant cuttlefish, Pygmy seahorse, Giant frogfish, Leaf fish, gobies etc........

Crab-eyed Goby (Signigobius biocellatus)


Leaf fish (Taenianotus triacanthus)

Spiny Waspfish (Ablyabys macracanthus)

Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)

Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commersoni)

Soft Coral Crab (Hoplophrys oatesii)

Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti)


Xeno Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus)

Cheers!

Dive Team

This is Cool!

We have a great news for you! On the 28 July, fantastic dives at Sipadan in the morning. A few groups went to Sipadan and they come back with unbelievable stories. Richard's group saw Devil Ray(Mobula tarapacana) at Coral Gardens, Nina's group saw school of Hammerhead shark(Sphyna lewini) at South Point(but very far oh...) , Bobby's group saw Sunfish (Mola mola)from the surface on the way to Sipadan (but he don't dare to jump in to the water) and they also saw the Tresher shark(Alopias vulpinus) at Barracuda Point!!!! What a lucky Bobby!

Woww! can u believe it?!

This Tresher shark showing off in front a bunch of divers.

The 10th Anniversary Mabul Marine Day

Mabul Marine Day is an annual conservation programme that adopted from Japan "Marine Day" (a National holiday in Japan) by Sipadan Water Village (SWV) Resort. This programme aims to create awareness among the fisherman, local communities and divers on the importance of conserving the marine environment around Mabul.
This year we are proudly present to you our 10th Mabul Marine Day jointly organized by SWV Resort and Borneo Divers Mabul Resort. We also very happy to have 6 invited proffesional speakers from around the world : Prof. Dr. Masayashi Hayashi (Director of Yohosuka City Musuem Japan), Dr. David Gulko (Aquatic Biologist Coral Reef state of Hawaii), Dato Seri Tengku Zainal Adlin (President of Sabah Tourism Board), Prof. Dr. Ridzwan Abd. Rahman (Marine Biologist of Borneo Marine Research Institute,UMS), Dr. Annadel Cabanban (Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Eco-region Manager, WWF Malaysia) and Ms. Christine Valette (Director of Marketing and Communication and vice president of PADI Project AWARE, PADI Americas).

Besides the talks at the night time, consevation activities carried out during the day time on land or underwater, such as the beach clean-up, underwater clean-up, school children activities, marine craft and coral transplanting.
We would like to address our thousands thanks to the participants from Senior Diving Club (SDC) and Shiraishi Kenichi group from Japan, also the Globa scuba and Pacific Dome from Kuala Lumpur. Thank you to all the participants of 10th Mabul Marine Day! The succeed of the Mabul Marine its all because of you!

Welcome to Opening Ceremony of 10th Mabul Marine Day

DINNER TIME !

MC of Mabul Marine Day - Nina & Bobby

Welcoming speech from Clement Lee (Managing Director of Borneo Diver Resort),

Allan (Chairman of 10th Mabul Marine Day) and Ken Pan ( Director of SWV Resort)

Invited guests:

Perfromance from staff and school children:

They are so enjoy of the dance.....

Invited Speakers:
Thank you so much Dato Seri Tengku Zainal Adlin,
President of Sabah Tourism Board.

Thanks also to Prof. Dr. Ridzwan Abd. Rahman,
Marine Biologist of Borneo Marine Research Institute, UMS.

Thanks a lot to Dr. Annadel Cabanban,

Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Eco-region Manager, WWF Malaysia.

Thanks to invited speakers from Hawaii

Dr. Dave Gulko, Aquatic Biologist,

Coral Reefs, State of Hawaii.

Thanks a lot to Dr. Masayoshi Hayashi,

Director of Yokosuka City Museum, Japan.

Thanks to Ms. Christine Valette,

Director of Marketing and Communication, PADI Americas.

Marine Craft introduced by Dr. Masayoshi Hayashi.

Participated by school children from MABUL island.

Alex wanna join too.....but too old. hahaha

1st Day event : Underwater Clean-up


Jimmy breifing on the underwater clean-up programme.

Our chairman with garbage bag.

Underwater clean-up

Group photo of the underwater clean-up programme.

All the Divemasters with the garbage.

2nd Day Event: Coral Transplanting

Group photo of Coral Transplanting Programme!

Yes! We did it!


Prize for drawing competition and creative recycle decoration:

Ceremony to put on signature on the banner and certification to all participants:

Borneo Divers Director and staffs with speakers.


Last group photo with all participants of 10th Mabul Marine Day, 2007!
YES! MABUL BOLEH!


SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR MABUL MARINE DAY!