Barracuda Point, at the eastern most tip of Sipadan Island is another Sipadan favourite dive site because of the sheer number of fish here and most divers want to do this dive site several times during their stay at Sipadan. 
Huge swirling schools of chevron barracuda can be seen in the currents. Schools can be so big that divers can swim up the middle of the funnel like swirl.
This is one of the best places in the world to get photographs of barracuda. Large schools of jacks can also be seen here. The pelagic fish like the strong currents at Barracuda Point and divers should be wary of down currents.
Grey reef sharks can be seen cruising the reef and manta rays make occasional visits.
Much of this dive site is a wall dive although there is a 20m deep ledge where white tip reef sharks rest on the rubble bottom allowing divers to get very close for photos. As on all Sipadan dive sites there are dozens of green turtles and the humphead parrotfish can also be seen.
Coral Garden dive site also has schools of barracuda and trevally. This is another wall dive with a large variety of soft corals, crinoids and sea squirts covering the wall. Clown triggerfish and titan triggerfish are common as are parrotfish, wrasse and schools of snapper. Turtles also like this area and grey reef sharks can be seen passing by. If humphead parrotfish are in the area you may well hear them coming as they all munch away on the coral with their huge teeth and the excrete plumes of fine coral sand behind them. These fish are big, weighing in at up to 85kg!
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