{"id":5727,"date":"2013-12-09T22:51:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T21:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=5727"},"modified":"2024-10-24T08:52:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T06:52:18","slug":"sipadan-photos-sous-marines-uw-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/sipadan-photos-sous-marines-uw-pics-20131209\/","title":{"rendered":"Sipadan underwater in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sipadan. Three mythical syllables for divers in Asia! Sharks, turtles, swirls of barracudas and jacks...<\/p>\n

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Fish swirls<\/h2>\n

July 2013. This is my 3rd trip to Sipadan<\/a>. To be pronounced \"if no donkey\"... \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n

This small island located off Borneo, in East Malaysia, is one of the most famous diving spots in Southeast Asia. Cousteau was the first to explore it in his time. Today, it is a protected site, which attracts divers from all over the world. I place it in my personal top 3 of the best dive sites in the Indo-Pacific area, with Raja Ampat<\/a> and Komodo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for the neighboring islands of Mabul and Kapalai, the dives have nothing to do with the big show offered by Sipadan, but they remain very interesting for the\u00a0muck-dive<\/a>\u00a0and the small fauna. What mix photo macro and wide angle with happiness ...<\/p>\n

I already talked a little about this new trip and my impressions underwater in the previous posts :<\/p>\n

\u2192 A video, a shark, a minute<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2192 Diving in the blue of Borneo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

New compared to my previous dives there in 2006 and 2009: this time I have my Canon Eos 7D<\/a> with me. A beautiful toy acquired in 2010, with the waterproof case that goes well to take it underwater ...<\/p>\n

I knew I was going to have fun with it... \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\"Among<\/a>
Among the highly appreciated divers, this spectacular school of jacks. (Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The school of fish is incredibly dense. (Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sometimes<\/a>
Sometimes, the jacks start spinning, forming a ball of silver scales. (Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The school of jacks is just below the surface, shallow. (Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Great<\/a>
Great show! (Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had a lot of fun, as far as pictures are concerned, with this impressive swirl of trevally. The school is easy to observe, as it usually stays in the same place, in a shallow area, near the reef.<\/p>\n

It's a sight I never tire of. Seeing this mass of silver scales split in two, regroup, stretch, reform, curl up into a ball and start again is absolutely fascinating. I was able to photograph and film this large school of jacks on each of my trips to Sipadan in this month of July 2013. And it gave me the impression of being even bigger than the previous years... \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n

Barracudas of Sipadan<\/h2>\n

We also regularly meet a school of barracudas, which plays hide-and-seek in the blue or near the reef. The encounter is more random, however. Sometimes, we do not find them at the site they are supposed to be, Barracuda Point... But sometimes they appear unexpectedly, during another dive. A small preview in the video below:<\/p>\n

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