Borneo - Dive Happy

Layang Layang and Labuan, Borneo

Worawan Simaroj writes a fascinating piece on exploring Borneo's Layang Layang islands and going to explore remote reefs beyond Layang Layang that have remained virtually untouched (more...)

Flamboyant Cuttlefish Video

Youtube is becoming a gold mine for finding quick video clips of amazing underwater creatures. This footage of the flamboyant cuttlefish at Kapalai shot at night is quite spectacular (more...)

Malaysian Prime Minister Angry About Sipadan Fiasco

The Sipadan reef destruction fiasco rumbles on, with Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi publicly attacking his Minister Of Tourism for letting the building works go ahead against his express wishes (more...)

Layang Layang, Borneo: Weekly Dive Reports

As well as being a hotspot for seeing schools of hammerhead sharks along with whale sharks and manta rays, Borneo's Layang Layang island now also has its own ongoing blog to vicariously keep up with the action (more...)

Lankayan, Borneo: Paradise Under Threat

Lankayan is one of Borneo's best dive destinations thanks to its conservation area status. But the island paradise is fighting a continual war with poachers who could destroy the fragile balance of Lankayan's reefs. Chris Mitchell reports. (more...)

Sipadan Damage Contractor Gets Off With Apology

The Sipadan controversy continues to rage with the contractor responsible for causing huge damage to the reef getting off with an apology and the Malaysian Deputy Chief Minister accusing the foreign press of exaggerating the damage. (more...)

AirAsia.com Launch Special Diver Airfares

Hoping to entice more scuba divers to visit the amazing sights of Malaysian Borneo, budget air carrier AirAsia are offering discount fares for divers (more...)

Sipadan Island Reef Disaster

A huge contruction barge has recently decimated one of Sipadan Island's reefs, causing untold damage to the island's fragile eco-system. What happens next is anyone's guess. (more...)

Dive In Style: Tim Simond

Dive In Style is a lavish coffetable book that's packed with photos of the best places to dive around the world - and chill out afterwards too (more...)

Lankayan, Borneo: Some Underwater Pictures

Here's a few photos, from both above and below water, that I took at Lankayan island in Malaysian Borneo last year. (more...)

Sipadan Tsunami

Was Sipadan Island damaged during the tragic tsunami of 2004? Definitely not - the Malaysian Borneo island reknown as one of the world's best dive sites was far away from the tsunami's effects (more...)

Cousteau’s Calypso to be scuttled?

Once the ship that helped pioneer scuba exploration of stunning dive sites like Sipadan, Jacques Cousteau's Calypso now lies rotting in a La Rochelle harbour (more...)

Borneo Diving: An Introduction

Borneo has long been known for the superlative beauty of its scuba diving. Home to thousands of different aquatic species, Malaysian Borneo's islands boast a staggering range of biodiversity. Coupled with postcard-perfect tropical islands set amongst shimmering azure seas under the vast canopy of the Indo-Pacific sky, Borneo is quite simply one of the best places in the world to go diving. (more...)