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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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excellent

Excellent — calm morning with 0.2m effective waves.

Limiting factor: none

Wave height
0.2m
Wave period
6.2–6.6s
Wind chop
0m
Sea temp
30.3–31.2°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

  • TodayExcellent — calm morning with 0.2m effective waves.excellent
  • SundayExcellent — calm morning with 0.2m effective waves.excellent
  • MondayExcellent — calm morning with 0.2m effective waves.excellent

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

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are excellent today, with a calm morning and 0.2m effective waves. You'll descend into depths of 5 to 40 metres at an exposed site, so this is an advanced dive. Water temperature sits between 30.3 and 31.2°C, so you'll stay comfortable throughout.

Divers commonly log green sea turtles on every dive here, along with whitetip reef sharks, bumphead parrotfish, harlequin sweetlips, lionfish, and rays. The site's signature draw is the chevron barracuda — watch for them and you'll understand why this place became famous.

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.