KK Marine Park

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dive kota kinabalu

Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park (TARP) also nick named the KK Marine Park features five beautiful islands Gaya, Sapi, Manukan, Mamutik and Sulug. This famous marine park has been a marine park for more than 40 years and its marine life is carefully monitored and protected by Sabah Parks. As a result this area is home to thousands of schooling fish, pristine coral reefs, cool creepy critters such as Frogfish, Octopus, Sea horses, Orangutan crabs and much more! We also have some of the larger marine life such as Turtles, Black Tip Reef Sharks, Eagle rays, Cowtail Rays and even during Spring season the Whale Sharks sometimes come and visit.

All types of divers are welcome here, it is a great place for beginners and also fantastic for experienced divers who want to do a bit of photography. We often have snorkelers too who enjoy the sites of the outer reef rather than the beach seeing much more and get a bit of island time between intervals. There is something here to meet every divers and snorkelers tastes.

the islands

gaya island

A mixture of shallow macro diving and shallow sloping walls full of coral reefs! Dive sites around this Island range from 5-30m and offers some amazing macro life such as Frog Fish, Scorpion Fish, Lion Fish, Seahorses, Nudibranchʼs as well as larger marine life such as Turtles, Barracuda, Tuna and even Reef Sharks can be seen.

sapi island

This is known to be the most beautiful Island within the KK Marine Park and offers some amazing white pristine beaches. Diving ranges from 8-25m and divers can expect to see Stingrays, Fusiliers, Crocodile Fish, Cuttlefish, Octopus, Moray Eels, lots of nudibranchs, Stone Fish and Anemone Fish plus much more.

manukan island

This Island has very healthy coral reefs teeming with many reef fish and you can even see the very rare and valuable Black Coral diving at this Island. Dive sites vary from 7-25m which makes this island ideal for all levels of divers. At Mid Reef there is a small wooden wreck in which many unusual critters await divers such as shrimps, cuttlefish, frog fish and moray eels. We recommend you dive this Island on your second diving day.

mamutik island

This is the smallest of the Islands within the KK Marine Park. However this island goes to show that size is not always everything! Mamutik Island offers divers and snorkelers very healthy coral reefs teeming with a large variety of large and small reef fish. There are also lots of rare macro life such as Frog fish, Lion Fish, Leaf Fish, plus many more. This island is also home to a giant underwater statue of a Seahorse! The Island itself is like an Island post card with pristine white sandy beaches-most of our divers never want to leave.

sulug island

Located at the most southern tip of the KK Marine park, this Island has no amenities for tourists, thus this island offers nature at its best. The diving here is ranked among the best in the marine park with common sightings of sea snakes, turtles, rays, frog fish, morays, lots of nudibranchs, and the coral is pristine with an abundance of marine life-truly a divers haven. We highly recommend you dive here for your 2nd or 3rd day diving within the park.

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