(Fish) Tornado Hunting

December 3, 4, 5, 2016

We went diving for two days at Pulau Sipadan National Park, and one day at Pulau Bohay Dulang.

 

  PulauSipadan is a vocanic island surrounded by deep water.  

There are lots of larger fish, and regular schools of baracuda and jack fish.

School of jack fish.

 School of baracuda

 Giant (5 ft+) clam

 Day octopus.

 That is not just a sponge, but also a frog fish at Bohay Dulang.

 Large box fish.

 There were so many turtles we stopped counting.

 LARGE bump-head parrot fish.

 Our dive guide Cooze gets bored and surfs his fins.

 

Large turtle tracks on the beach in Sipadan.

Strangler figs at the rest area. 

(Previously there was guest lodging on the island that has now been removed.)

Sama Bajau houses built on shallows reefs.

 

Sama Bajau near town for supplies and trading.