Lobster Lair

Lobster Lair is a wall and reef dive site located on the southern side of Hanging Gardens, on the western side of Sipadan Island. The site sits within a stretch of western Sipadan that plunges to around 2,000 metres in some parts, and it is noted for its exquisite, fantastically healthy coral reef system along with abundant macro life. The western sites, including Lobster Lair, are best dived in the afternoon when the sun strikes this section of the island.

The site runs from a shallowest point of 25 metres down to a maximum of 40 metres, with a wall and reef profile. Visibility reaches up to 30 metres, and the western side of Sipadan in general sees its best visibility during the dry months of March to October. The western wall dives are best done as drift dives, with currents that carry divers toward South Point. An Advanced Open Water certification is the minimum qualification required.

Lobster Lair is, as its name suggests, a productive site for lobster watching, and the reef holds plenty of macro life throughout. Schools of bat-fish, mackerel, giant trevallies, and barracudas swirl in numbers, while leopard sharks and white tip reef sharks are regularly encountered. Nudibranchs, ribbon eels, and ghost pipefish are also present for those searching the reef carefully.