Layang Layang
Location
Layang Layang belongs to Malysia and is situated in middle of nowhere along with a small Malaysian Naval base. It is located in middle of the South China Sea, approximately 300 km north-west offshore of Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah Borneo. It is an oceanic atoll of the Spratly Islands and has a total land area of 0.1 km2 which most of this area is artificial land. Most of the atoll is under sea level even during low tide. The islands reef is falling down to approximately 2000 meter in depth. Deep water species like Hammerhead sharks visit this location. As fishing is not allowed, the fish life is in a healthy condition.
The island resort is open from March to August only, as the rest of the year is considered as the ‚Monsoon Season‘.
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Best time to dive
March to August
What can I see
great reefs, walls, healthy corals, big staff as reefsharks, manta ray, and hammerhead sharks, schools of different kind of fish
What is not there
Photography
wideangle mainly
Challenges for diving
as located middle of nowhere and target is to see the hammerhead sharks, most dives are off the reef middle in the blue sea. That requires good diving experience
Special
Beautifull atoll middle in nowhere. Flying to there with a small aircraft is already an adventure
How to go there
By flight via Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Kota Kinabalu – Sabah Borneo.
With a small aircraft you reach the atoll within a 1 hours flight.
Currency
Local currency is the Malaysien Ringit MR.
1 € is about 4.3 Ringgit (Nov 2013)
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Some pict about location / diving