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Barracuda Point

Sipadan, Malaysia · 5–40m · advanced · exposed

The tornado of chevron barracuda that made Sipadan famous, plus turtles on every dive.

Conditions today

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marginal

Marginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.5m
Wave period
4.4–5.8s
Wind chop
0–0.2m
Sea temp
30.1–30.4°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Exposed — open water with nothing to block the swell, so it is scored at full height.

Next few days

  • TodayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • FridayMarginal — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • SaturdayPoor — 0.8m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.poor

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

This is an advanced site dropping to 40 metres in exposed water. Conditions are marginal today — 0.5m effective waves made worse by short-period chop. The raw swell is holding at 0.5m with a period of 4.4 to 5.8 seconds, and wind-wave height is minimal at 0 to 0.2m. Water temperature sits at 30.1 to 30.4°C. The chop will make it a working dive, so your buoyancy control and awareness of your position need to be sharp.

Divers commonly log green sea turtles and whitetip reef sharks here. You'll often record crocodile flathead, harlequin sweetlips, bumphead parrotfish, bluespotted fantail rays, common lionfish, and pacific trumpetfish. This is advanced diving in a challenging location; go in with a clear plan and a guide who knows the site.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

Commonly seen here

Most-recorded species near this site, ranked by research-grade iNaturalist sightings from divers, snorkelers, and naturalists.

Species come from iNaturalist — research-grade sightings logged by divers, snorkelers, and naturalists nearby. The ranking reflects what people photograph most, not guaranteed abundance. Ask a local operator what's actually being seen. Species names link to iNaturalist for range maps, seasonality and more photos. Photos by iNaturalist contributors under Creative Commons licences — individual credit on hover.