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Scuba Diving at Gaya Island Resort | Kota Kinabalu

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Relax and unwind at Gaya Island Resort in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Why not combine your stay with some beautiful scuba diving, snorkeling or even learn to dive whilst you are away. We offer some exclusive Stay & Dive Packages with Gaya Island Resort, so Contact Us for more information.

Dive computer rental

Monitor your dives with a dive computer rental. We offer Mares Puck Pro dive computers for rental. They are very simple to use and are also Nitrox/Enriched Air capeable. The replacement cost should you lose or damage it is RM 1000.00/unit.

U/Water Digiatal Camera Rental

Why not capture a few underwater memories with an underwater camera rental? We offer a Nikon W300 rated to 30m or GoPro Hero 11 with an underwater housing and float handle rated to 40m. Your images will be uploaded to a Google Drive, and a link will be shared with you. Photos will be available for download for approximately ten days. Please be aware that there will be a charge for loss or damage to the camera and housing RM 2500.00

Scuba Diving at the 5* Gaya Island Resort in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, Kota Kinabalu

There is now a perfect choice for those looking to stay at a 5-star Island Resort during your holiday in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Who would also like easy access, from the comfort of their Resort, to scuba diving and snorkeling experiences in the tropical warm waters of the South China Sea. The 5-star, exclusive Gaya Island Resort is located on Pulau Gaya in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park – a short 15 minute boat transfer fro Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Borneo Dream (#36409) is the official PADI 5 Star Dive Facility for Gaya Island Resort with daily access to our PADI Dive Team at the Resort at the Lobby Activity Desk, and collection from the main jetty at Gaya Island Resort for guests joining our daly scuba diving trips, PADI courses and snorkeling day tours.

All our tours start in the Gaya Island Resort lobby with an 08:45 meeting for small amount of necessary paperwork, then the boats arrive at around 09:00 to 09:15 for your collection. All our boats are un-crowed and offer super low ratios, well below all the other competitors in the area. Our boats return to the resort depending upon the nature of the tour at around 15:30 – A 3 dive scuba diving trip can run a little later. So, what are you waiting for explore beyond Gaya Island Resort with a scuba diving day trip or a guided snorkeling adventure

The PADI Dive Facility run by Borneo Dream at Gaya Island Resort offers a full range of PADI dive courses as well as leisure diving and snorkeling trips including PADI Snorkeling Experiences (guided snorkeling), Try-Dives, PADI Open Water Diver Course, PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course, PADI Speciality Courses and dive courses for children from eight years of age.

Scuba diving at Gaya Island Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Gaya Island Resort, Scuba Diving Packages in Kota Kinabalu, Stay and Dive with Borneo Dream.

Guests at the Gaya Island Resort will enjoy easy access to a ‘five-star’ underwater experience in the tropical waters of the South China Sea with boat transfers on some of the nicest diving day boats in Kota Kinabalu, instruction by a team of qualified and experienced PADI Instructors, small groups per PADI Instructor for our dive courses and trips and instruction available in fluent English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and Berhasa Malay.

We can also help you book your stay and dive or stay & snorkel packages at Gaya Island Resort. Find out more about our current promotional packages at Gaya Island Resort.

For further help arranging scuba diving and snorkeling activities, or accommodation, at Gaya Island Resort during your holiday in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah just contact the Borneo Dream Team. Your 5 star underwater experience awaits you. This resort offers a wide range on land based activities along with our selection of water based ones. It’s position on the largest island in the local marine park make it perfectly suited to an activity based holiday.

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  • Do I need a scuba review or a refresher?

    We often get asked, Can I have a scuba refresher? or Do I need a scuba review? The simple answer is it is up to you and your abilities. There is a massive difference between a diver who has not dived for 2 years and had logged 75 dives to a diver who completed his diving course 2 years ago and has not dived since. I’m sure many of you would now be quoting me section from various diving agency manuals and instructor guides, telling anyone who has not dived for 6 months should take a refresher or scuba review.

    Well, this is great advice. But that is all it is. At Borneo Dream, we have seen literally thousands of divers, new and old, since we began in 2006. And what I would say is this: If you are very comfortable in the water, you are in control of your own destiny, such as ascents and descents, with no assistance, and you are able to control your position in the water, buoyancy. Then we are happy to take you leisure diving in Kota Kinabalu.

    It is worth noting that on leisure diving or fun dive trips, your guide, whether it be a Divemaster or Instructor. They are there for the group as a guide, not your personal assistant. He is there to keep the group safe and show them items of interest in the water.

  • Can I fly after diving or climb a mountain?

    Flying after diving or going to Mount Kinabalu Park can be risky, and you need to know and understand this. Anytime you have been scuba diving, you should not go above 300 metres above sea level until you have met the following requirements:

    • A minimum of 12-hour surface interval was recommended for the single no-decompression dive.
    • A minimum of 18-hour surface interval for multi-day repetitive diving.
    • Substantially longer than 18 hours after diving involving compulsory decompression or using heliox and trimix.

    Further information can be found on the Divers Alert Network site or DAN – Please click here.

  • Is it easy to get from the city centre to Jesselton Point Jetty?

    Most watersports trips depart from Jesselton Point Jetty (https://g.page/JesseltonPoint) in central Kota Kinabalu. If you are staying at a city centre hotel or guest house you will often find it far quicker to walk to Jesselton Point. If you are staying at hotels or resorts such as Shangri-La Rasa Ria or Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa then I would certainly grab a taxi.

  • Will we still go diving if it is raining?

    The quick answer is “yes”. Sabah has a tropical climate and as part of this, we will typically have some tropical rain later in the day on most days. This rain is warm, often a welcome relief and for most activities does not stop play. Specifically for our scuba diving and snorkeling activities from Kota Kinabalu:-

    • It is still safe to snorkel and dive when it’s raining.
    • You won’t get cold if it rains as the sea temperature, for most of the year, is a toasty 28C – 30C. We also provide all our divers and snorkeling customers with 3mm tropical wet suits for thermal protection.
    • The tropical marine life will still be there to see as you enjoy your scuba diving or snorkeling activity.

    Whilst Sabah’s tropical climate means there’s a good chance it will rain at some point during your holiday, it’s this climate that also supports the rainforest, and it’s inhabitants, found here. Most days in Sabah, especially during the Dry Season, start off with blue sky, sunshine and a calm breeze with a chance of rain typically later in the day, evening or night time. As long as you come on holiday prepared for a hot, humid and sometimes wet tropical climate you will have a great time! Find to more about Sabah, and Sabah’s climate, on Sabah Tourism’s web site.

  • Where can I see whale sharks in Borneo?

    The whale shark is considered the largest fish in the world and is often on the bucket list of divers for their dream sightings on a dive. The whale shark inhabits tropical and warm-temperate seas and we are lucky to have a Whale Shark migration season on the west and east coast of Sabah, Borneo although possible sightings are quite small in number. If you don’t get to see a Whale Shark during your holiday to Borneo, don’t worry. The tropical waters off Sabah are located in the Coral Triangle making them home to an amazing variety of marine life waiting to be seen. The following are locations in Sabah offer the chance to see Whale Sharks during the Whale Shark migration season (if luck is on your side):-

    Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, Kota Kinabalu

    Whale sharks come to feed on the plankton during the cooler months typically between November and February. Most years we have had a handful of Whale Shark sightings during a Borneo Dream snorkeling and scuba diving trip within the Marine Park.

    Lankayan Island, accessible by boat via Sandakan

    Whale shark sightings on Lankayan Island off the east coast of Sabah, Borneo are far from guaranteed. The whale shark season runs from March-May, when the sharks are migrating through the Sulu Sea, often passing close to the island to feed near the drop-offs.

    Layang Layang, accessible by flight via Kota Kinabalu

    Layang Layang is an atoll located 300 kilometres north-west of Kota Kinabalu. The island offers world-class diving along its drop-offs with regular sightings of pelagics in its waters. The diving season at Layang Layan is from

    March to August and divers, of they are lucky, may also encounter whale sharks during their migration season.

    For guaranteed sightings of Whale Sharks, we recommend you visit more famous locations in the world-renowned for Whale Shark sightings such as Ningaloo Reef in Australia. Find out more about the distribution of Whale Sharks.

  • Where can I dive in Borneo?

    In Borneo most of the scuba diving locations are to be found in Sabah, northern Borneo. Sabah is home to a range of popular diving locations including the following:-

    • For World famous dive locations choose Sipadan or Layang Layang. Both offer diving along drop offs, sightings of pelagics and regularly feature in the top diving locations in the World.
    • Muck diving at Mabul – Mabul may not have the stunning reef diving offered by neighbouring Sipadan, but it is compensated by offering some really cool muck diving being home a wide variety of unusual critters including nudibranchs, mandarinfish, frogfish and lots more.
    • The most accessible diving is offered at Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park – the Marine Park is easy to visit from Kota Kinabalu and offers calm, sheltered coral reef dive sites suitable for beginners as well as offering chilled out diving for more experienced divers.
    • For idyllic island resort diving check out Lankayan Island or Pulau Mataking. Both have just one Resort located offering a secluded stay, white sand beaches and diving along the reefs fringing the island. 

    If you are into wreck diving then check out the wrecks located in the waters near Labuan – the American Wreck, Australian Wreck, Cement Wreck and the Blue Water Wreck. Dive Centre(s) in Brunei typically offer diving trips to the wrecks.

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