Usukan Bay WW2 Wrecks Diving Trip
Fancy a scuba diving adventure? Then go wreck diving from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia with Borneo Dream. Go on a scuba diving trip, or diving trips, to the three, large Usukan Bay World War II Japanese wrecks. Wreck diving on the ‘Usukan Wreck’, ‘Upside-down Wreck’ and the ‘Rice Bowl Wreck’ is an awesome scuba diving experience.
All of the wrecks lay in 26m – 40m of water and can have small to medium strong currents present, making them a wreck scuba diving adventure for experienced leisure divers (minimum PADI Advanced Open Water Diver) and technical divers. You can find a brief description of each wreck dive below.
The Rice Bowl Wreck
So-called because a cache of rice bowls was found in the bow when it was first dived, this is a relatively long vessel lying in a North Easterly direction in 40m at its deepest and 26m at its shallowest. The superstructure is punctured in many places, making exploration possible and interesting, and the metalwork is robust. The soft coral garden is memorable.
The Upside-Down Wreck
The name gives away the orientation of this ship, which lies in the same direction and at similar depth to the Rice Bowl wreck. This one has good swim-throughs, though a torch is essential and is good for exploring as well as a training ground for Wreck Diver specialty.
The Usukan Wreck
This is the deepest of the three at 35m – 45m and consequently only available to technical divers. We use rebreathers, but also support twin-tanks/Trimix and decompression diving if required. The wreck is interesting and has a spectacular whip coral coverage that can give it a frosted appearance in a certain light.
You can enjoy some photos and video from our wreck diving trips.
All of the wrecks are covered in stunning soft coral gardens and hard corals, teeming with fish life and home to an amazing range of marine life. Find schooling Barracuda, Nurse Sharks, large Groupers and large shoals of Yellow Snappers and Fusiliers. The variety of marine life makes scuba diving the wrecks a fantastic dive for the experienced Scuba Diver.
Please find at the bottom of this article drawings for each of the Usukan Bay Wrecks.
We recommend scuba divers use Nitrox when diving the wrecks with Borneo Dream - diving on Nitrox extends your bottom time when wreck diving the Usukan wrecks in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. We offer FREE Nitrox EANx30 or EANx32 for PADI Enriched Air Divers when on a wreck diving trip with Borneo Dream.
Find out more about the itinerary for this trip, what is included and diver requirements for our dive trips from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo.
Borneo Dream offers fun, high quality and safe wreck diving trip experiences. So what are you waiting for? Book your Borneo Dream wreck diving trip from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia today! If you fancy wreck diving for a short holiday, try our 4D3N Get Wrecked diving package.
Please note - minimum 4 persons per wreck diving trip.
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