#4 Diving in Malaysia · 2026
Kapalai and Mabul Muck Diving
🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🤿 Diving
Why go
World-class muck diving: ghost pipefish, frogfish, mandarin fish and octopus on sandy slopes. Easy to combine with Sipadan trips.
⭐ Don't miss: Frogfish and mimic octopus at Kapalai
- Entry fee
- Dive packages vary
- Opening hours
- Daily dives (check before you go)
- Best time to go
- March-October
- Time needed
- 1-3 days
- How to get there
- Fly to Tawau, drive to Semporna, boat to resort.
- Address
- Kapalai and Mabul Islands, 91300 Semporna, Sabah
- Area
- Kapalai / Mabul, Semporna, Sabah
- Facilities
- 🧭 guided tours
- Muslim-friendly
- 🕌 Prayer room (surau) on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Resort food mostly halal-friendly - Accessibility
- Resort piers; not wheelchair friendly
- Kids
- Recommended for certified divers
☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.
- Boats can be rough
- Follow operator security guidance
- Do not touch marine life
Also nearby
Sipadan Island
🤿 Diving · Pulau Sipadan, Semporna, Sabah
Sipadan is world-famous for turtles, barracuda tornadoes and reef sharks off a vertical wall. Daily permits are limited, so book months ahead through a licensed operator.
Don't miss: Barracuda Point and Turtle Cavern
Mabul Island
🏝️ Islands · Pulau Mabul, Semporna, Sabah
Tiny Bajau-style island near Sipadan, with stilted resorts, macro-rich house reefs and friendly village life. Divers love it for critters and as the Sipadan base.
Don't miss: Snorkelling or diving with turtles around the jetty
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