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About this site
Sahara is a dive site off Pulau Si Amil, a small island in the Bahagian Tawau area off the Sabah coast of Borneo, in the Celebes Sea near the Malaysia-Indonesia-Philippines border region. The site takes its name from the island's sandy surroundings and is reached by boat from the Tawau area of Malaysian Borneo.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Stumpy-spined CuttlefishAscarosepion bandenseReported here · unconfirmed
Broadclub CuttlefishAscarosepion latimanusReported here · unconfirmed
Ribbon EelRhinomuraena quaesitaReported here · unconfirmed
Bigfin Reef SquidSepioteuthis lessonianaReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasObserved near here · iNaturalist
Blue DragonPteraeolidia semperiObserved near here · iNaturalist
Dusky NembrothaNembrotha kubaryanaObserved near here · iNaturalist
Hawksbill Sea TurtleEretmochelys imbricataObserved near here · iNaturalist
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