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Scuba Diving Trip @ Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia - 20th July, 2018


Like to go Travel and Scuba Dive with us on your next dive trip? We can go together and recommend you plenty of Fabulous Dive Sites to venture and explore from the Asia Pacific waters...

Highly Recommend you to go Scuba Dive at Kuching Sarawak, where Scuba Divers from Advance OW certifications onwards can go venture and do Wreck Diving already...

Max Depth is from 22m to 35m deep. Specially for Scuba Divers who are in advance level and going for more training dives...

One does not need to travel far to scuba dive at Wreck Dive Sites if you are staying or living in Singapore to Scuba Dive and Explore at Some of Best Wreck Dive Sites of the World.

Flights, Transport, Scuba Dive Trips and Accommodation Pricing Packages are real Affordable even for Students...

Wreck Diving in Kuching Sarawak

Wreck diving in Kuching is a wonderland as there are wrecks like a submarine, cargo ships and battleships from World War 2 due to Kuching being the main target of the Japanese invasion just after Pearl Harbour.

A diver at one of the wrecks outside of Kuching

In total, there are six main wrecks to explore here with the submarine being a special trip.

Below is a breakdown of what you can expect;

Katori Maru Wreck – WWII Wreck

• Katori Maru is broken into separate parts and spread over a wide area with only the bow section standing as the tallest bit
• Depth – Bottom 22m
• Diver Rating – Advanced Open Water
• Interest – Historical wreck, barracuda, yellowtail snapper, teira batfish, black coral, sun coral, nudibranch and grouper
• Hazard – Strong current and low visibility
• Getting there – From Santubong with fast boat is 50-75 mins

Hiyoshi Maru Wreck – (Japanese WW2 Wreck)

• The whole structure of this wreck is still intact. Under good visibility condition, it can be seen from the surface. There is good marine life living in this 130m length by 30m wide wreck
• Depth – 21m bottom – 16m deck
• Diver Rating – Advanced Open Water
• Interest – Historical wreck. Whole structure still intact. Teira batfish, yellowtail snapper, fusilier, lobster, turtle, barracuda, rabbit fish and stingray
• Hazard – Strong current and low visibility
• Getting there – From Santubong with fast boat is 60-75 mins.

Sagiri Wreck – (Japanese WW2 Destroyer)

• One of the newer wrecks with most of the destroyer still intact. On the deck, the guns and ammunition can still be seen though corals have covered most of the parts. A giant grouper is occasionally spotted in the haul section
• Depth -26m
• Diver Rating – Advanced Open Water
• Interest – Historical wreck, canon, guns and ammunition
• Hazard – Strong current and low visibility
• Getting there – From Santubong with fast boat is 90 mins

Dutch Submarine Wreck Kuching

A file photo of the Dutch Submarine HNLMS K XVI which sank
Submarine Wreck Kuching (Dutch Submarine HNLMS K XVI)
• On 24 December 1941, A Dutch Submarine, K XVI torpedoed and sank the Japanese destroyer Sagiri; the first Allied submarine to sink a Japanese warship. A day later, the Dutch submarine was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-66 off Sarawak, Borneo, with all aboard killed.

The wreck of K XVI was rediscovered in October 2011 by a group of recreational divers.

• Depth - Unknown
• Diver Rating - Advanced Open Water
• Interest - Historical and Unique
China Wreck – Artificial wreck
• Maximum Depth: 25m
• Diver Rating: Advanced Open Water
• Interest: Artificial wreck, grouper and snapper
• Hazard: Strong current and low visibility
• Getting there – From Santubong with fast boat is 90 mins

Wreck Diving in Sarawak

Divers checking out one of the wrecks in Kuching

Barge Wreck – Commercial ship

• Maximum Depth: 30m
• Diver Rating: Advanced Open Water
• Interest: Grouper and snapper
• Hazard: Strong current and low visibility
• Getting there – From Santubong with fast boat is 90 mins

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