Kapalai House Reef

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Kapalai, Malaysia

Best timeYear-round

Water temp27-30°C / 81-86°F

Visibility5-20m / 16-65ft

AccessShore Dive

Dive typesScuba

DifficultyBeginner

Max depth20 m

Avg depth12 m

Nearest airportTWU

Artificial reefMuck divingMandarin fish

Scuba

Kapalai is a luxury water village resort built on a sandbar, and its house reef is a fantastic muck diving site. A series of artificial structures and small wrecks have created a haven for macro life, and it's a great spot for watching mandarin fish mate at sunset.

Features

A combination of natural reef and artificial structures creating a superb macro and muck diving environment. It's famous for sightings of giant frogfish, blue-ringed octopus, and flamboyant cuttlefish. A dedicated area is known for mandarin fish mating rituals at dusk.

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