Kapalai House Reef
Location: Sabah, Malaysia
Dive Site Specs
- Max depth:
- 25m
- Difficulty:
- Open Water
- Coordinates:
- 4.226899, 118.685223 (Directions on Google Maps)
Overview
Kapalai House Reef is a vibrant and easily accessible dive site beneath and around the resort structures at Kapalai. The shallow reef is renowned for its incredible macro life, including frogfish, ghost pipefish, flamboyant cuttlefish, nudibranchs, seahorses, and a variety of crustaceans. Calm conditions, abundant marine biodiversity, and excellent opportunities for both day and night dives make it one of the best house reefs in Southeast Asia for underwater photography.
Access: Boat and resort access
Marine life: frogfish, ghost pipefish, flamboyant cuttlefish, nudibranchs, seahorses, mandarin fish
Nearby Dive Sites
- Mandarin Valley (0.1 km away)
- Check Point (0.2 km away)
- Mid Reef (0.6 km away)
- Great Wall (1.0 km away)
- Cleaning Station (1.4 km away)
- Stingray City (1.6 km away)
Recent Dives
- Kapalai House Reef - 2025/03/27 (by MMaresca · Mar 27, 2025 · Depth: 21.36m · Duration: 66 min)
- Kapalai House Reef - 2025/03/27 (by MMaresca · Mar 27, 2025 · Depth: 21.81m · Duration: 72 min)
- Kapalai House Reef - 2025/03/26 (by MMaresca · Mar 26, 2025 · Depth: 18.08m · Duration: 67 min)
- Kapalai House Reef - 2025/03/25 (by MMaresca · Mar 25, 2025 · Depth: 18.46m · Duration: 67 min)
- Kapalai House Reef - 2025/03/24 (by MMaresca · Mar 24, 2025 · Depth: 16.43m · Duration: 67 min)