Turtle Tomb Dive Site

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WOW! Once in a lifetime experience!
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Am I dreaming?! 30m+!
Level Advanced Divers
Dive depth Deep diving, 25-40m

Turtle Tomb is a very special dive site! It is one of the must dives in Sipadan for any cave divers! Turtle Tomb is part of a huge cave system located after Turtle Cavern. There are many side tunnels with dead ends. You can go up to 200 m from the entrance of the cave. Be careful to not disturb the thick layer of dust on the floor of the cave. Along the dive you can discover many skeletons of turtles as well as a dolphin and a marlin. Along the cave there are several turtle skeletons, making it an eerie sight deep within the reef, with a story behind it. Be aware that this dive site is only for dive masters with special cave equipment and a very experienced guide who knows caves very well!

This is a Cave diving spot, make sure you have all required certifications. This location is a Reef. This is great place for spotting and diving with Sharks! Ready to swim around this Wall structure?

You can dive Turtle Tomb all year long. Access: from the Shore. See the map of Turtle Tomb on the right for the exact location.

Turtle Tomb Turtle Tomb is a very special dive site! It is one of the must dives in Sipadan for any cave divers!... Julien 5

Fishes you may spot while diving Turtle Tomb

  • Moray Eel Moray Eel
  • Turtle Turtle

Photos

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  • Clown fishes waiting in front of their blue anemone house, Clownfish
    Clown fishes waiting in front of their blue anemone house
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Blacktip Shark patrolling the crystal clear water... EPIC photo! Black Tip Shark
    Blacktip Shark patrolling the crystal clear water... EPIC photo!
    Photo by Yann Hubert
  • Huge Hammerhead Shark patrolling the reef in French Polynesia
    Huge Hammerhead Shark patrolling the reef in French Polynesia
    Photo by Yann Hubert
  • Beautiful & Colorful Mandarin Fish
    Beautiful & Colorful Mandarin Fish
    Photo by Rich Guest
  • Yellow Seahorse in Lembeh Strait
    Yellow Seahorse in Lembeh Strait
    Photo by Agnes Tjandranegara
  • Lion Fish swimming in crystal clear water
    Lion Fish swimming in crystal clear water
    Photo by Agnes Tjandranegara
  • Surreal Life
    Surreal Life
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Crab On Coral Reef
    Crab On Coral Reef
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Grey Fish
    Grey Fish
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Diver Blacktip Sharks
    Diver Blacktip Sharks
    Photo by Matthieu Billaud

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One Dive Log in “Turtle Tomb”

  1. I think it was May 2013. Apparently I was there just before the busy season and dived Sipadan 8 out of 10 days.

    I dived the tomb the day before I was leaving and wished I had had time to do it again. An awesome calming experience.

    Visibility was marvellous on all dives at Sipadan. The only bad viz was on a muck diving jaunt.

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