Hanging Gardens

Hanging Gardens takes Sipadan's wall and tilts it past vertical, so terrace after terrace of overhang drips with soft coral in grays, mauves, and dusty oranges, growth hanging downward like planted balconies. It is the island's texture dive. Photographers work the ceilings for longnose hawkfish and flatworms while turtles rest on the terraces at eye level and leaf-shaped batfish hover in the recesses. Sharks pass wider here than at the points, in less of a hurry. When current elsewhere turns the corners feral, this stretch usually stays civilized, which makes it the connoisseur's mid-morning pick.

Khoảnh khắc bạn đến vì nó: Overhanging soft-coral terraces, turtles bedded on the balconies, the island's gentlest marquee wall

Địa hình: Terraced overhanging wall draped in soft coral

Dòng chảy: Usually a soft drift along the southwest wall.

Nguy hiểm cần lưu ý: Overhangs complicate direct ascent in spots; otherwise benign by Sipadan standards.

Giấy phép & quy định: Permit day required.

Bảo tồn: The overhang growth is slow-growing and brittle; exhaled bubbles and fins both leave marks, so trim matters.

Nitrox: Đáng dùng ở đây — các hồ sơ nằm trong khoảng độ sâu mà nitrox có thể kéo dài thời gian không dừng một cách thực sự có ý nghĩa (khi đã được đào tạo sử dụng).