About 10 minutes boat ride from Sipadan Island and 5 minutes Mabul Island is a beautiful water village resort. It's built on wooden stilts by a small sand bank known as the Ligitan reefs. Divers stay here to have access to Sipadan island, but there is a marine wonderland literally underneath their feet. Stingrays, squid, lionfish and trumpet fish can be seen from the bungalow balconies.

However to see the real wonders requires donning scuba gear and getting wet. Currents are mild at Kapalai and visibility is usually better than at neighbouring Mabul Island.

With a maximum depth of 20m the dive sites here are suitable for beginner divers but will probably appeal more to more experienced muck diving enthusiasts.

Divers staying at a Mabul Island resort will get a chance to dive Kapalai reefs during their stay and vise versa. The dive sites at Kapalai and Mabul are very similar. Continued >>