Seaventures Oil Rig
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About this site
Seaventures Oil Rig is a converted offshore oil platform serving as a dive site and live-aboard dive resort in the Sipadan-Mabul area of Malaysia. The rig's structure forms the basis of a house reef, and divers enter the water directly from the platform itself, descending to the reef below — an entry method unique to this type of installation. The site also offers cavern diving beneath the rig.
The reef reaches a maximum depth of 16.7 m, making it accessible to beginner divers and suitable for PADI Open Water training dives, with the standard recreational limit of 18 m easily covering the full site. The bottom type is reef, with the rig's legs and understructure providing additional artificial relief.
The house reef supports a wide variety of macro and reef species, including fusiliers, batfish, bannerfish, snapper, scorpionfish, crocodile fish, moray eels, ribbon eels, flamboyant cuttlefish, cuttlefish, pygmy squid, painted frogfish, harlequin shrimp, hairy shrimp, and flatworms.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
Willan's ChromodorisChromodoris willaniReported here · unconfirmed
Anna's ChromodorisChromodoris annaeReported here · unconfirmed
Crocodile FlatheadCymbacephalus beaufortiReported here · unconfirmed
Dusky NembrothaNembrotha kubaryanaReported here · unconfirmed
Blue DragonPteraeolidia semperiReported here · unconfirmed
Alcala's ChromodorisChromodoris alcalaiReported here · unconfirmed
Coi's GoniobranchusGoniobranchus coiReported here · unconfirmed
Pacific TrumpetfishAulostomus chinensisReported here · unconfirmed
Bluespotted Fantail RayTaeniura lymmaReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
BannerfishBannerfishReported here · unconfirmed
FusilierFusilierReported here · unconfirmed
BatfishBatfishReported here · unconfirmed
ScorpionfishScorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
Harlequin ShrimpHymenocera pictaReported here · unconfirmed
Whale SharkRhincodon typusReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasObserved near here · iNaturalist
Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesusObserved near here · iNaturalist
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