Whitetip Avenue
Location: Sabah, Malaysia
Dive Site Specs
- Max depth:
- 40m
- Difficulty:
- Advanced Open Water
- Entry type:
- Boat Dive
- Coordinates:
- 4.120260, 118.634346 (Directions on Google Maps)
- Tags:
- Boat Dive, Reef, Deep
Overview
Whitetip Avenue is a spectacular wall dive on Sipadan’s eastern side, named for the numerous whitetip reef sharks commonly seen resting on ledges or cruising along the reef. The wall features terraces, crevices, gorgonian sea fans, sponges and black coral, with frequent encounters with green turtles, grey reef sharks, bumphead parrotfish, trevally and occasionally manta rays. Depths typically range from about 17–40 m, with excellent visibility often around 30 m
Access: Boat dive
Marine life: White Tip Shark, Green Turtles, Grey Reef Sharks, Bumphead Parrotfish, Trevally
Nearby Dive Sites
- Barracuda Point (0.5 km away)
- Turtle Tomb (0.7 km away)
- The Jetty (0.8 km away)
- Drop-Off (0.9 km away)
- North Point (1.0 km away)
- West Ridge (1.2 km away)