The duty free and offshore financial island of Labuan is located just 5 miles from the Sabah mainland, 62km from Kota Kinabalu, at the northern mouth of Brunei Bay. It's a three hour boat ride from Kota Kinabalu and just one hour from Brunei.
There are fringing coral reefs around Labuan and the smaller islands to the south but divers come to Labuan for the wrecks.
There are four wreck dives here that offer diving opportunities for beginner divers as well as serious tech divers:
The Blue Water Wreck is named becausethe visibility on the wreck is normally good at 10-40m. The original name of this wreck was Mabini Padre. It was a Philippine registered fishing trawler that caught fire and sank in 1981.
It now lies 20km from Labuan Island, off the north east coast of Kuraman Island, on it's port side in 35m of water. The shallowest part of the wreck is in 24m. The wreck is 80m long and penetration is possible in several places.
The propeller is still visible at the stern. The upper side of the wreck is covered in soft corals and encrusting coral and barnacles are slowly covering every inch of steel. Schools of snapper and barracuda are resident on the wreck.
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