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#1 Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island, Malaysia

This is the “meeting point” for all sorts of underwater creatures, with shoals of barracuda regularly seen swimming in a tornado-like formation.

Depth: 5-40 metres

Visibility: 30 metres

What to expect: Barracuda, jackfish, hammerhead sharks, and sea turtles.

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#2 Tubbataha, Palawan, Philippines

The pristine water of remote Tubbataha allows you to enjoy this underwater garden of multi-coloured corals teeming with more than 300 species of marine life.

Depth: 5-60 metres

Visibility: 5-45 metres

What to expect: Guitar sharks, black-tip sharks, nurse sharks, boxfish, scorpion fish, manta rays, and sea turtles.

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#3 Liberty Wreck, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia

Home to sunken artifacts and thriving marine life, the 120-metre long wreck was once a USS Liberty, a World War II cargo ship that was by a Japanese submarine in 1942.

Depth: 10-25 metres

Visibility: 10-20 metres

What to expect: Black-tip sharks, garden eels, surgeonfish, jackfish and big potato groupers. 

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#4 Japanese Gardens, Koh Tao, Thailand

This is a great place for beginner divers. It has an amazing variety of corals and sea-life with a small wreck noticeable on site.

Depth: 2-18 metres

Visibility: 10-25 metres

What to expect: Rabbit Fish, eagle rays, juvenile batfish, eels, catfish and sea turtles.

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#5 Layang-Layang, Sabah, Malaysia

This place is rather pricy due to it having only one exclusive dive resort nearby. However, it’s certainly a diver’s paradise thanks to wide choices of coral reefs.

Depth: 5-50 metres

Visibility: 30-60 metres

What to expect: Seahorses, cuttlefish, pipefish, green and Hawksbill turtles, hammerhead sharks, grey reef sharks, and leopard sharks.

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