All resultsExplore/Sipadan Kapalai And Mabul/Black Ray Channel
Black Ray Channel
Kobang, Sipadan Kapalai And Mabul, Malaysia
Water bodyCelebes Sea
Water temp28–30°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Black Ray Channel is a reef dive site near Kobang, Sabah, Malaysia, in the Celebes Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, sea turtles, moray eels, cuttlefish, reef sharks. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 28 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Green TurtleChelonia mydas
Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata
Peacock Mantis ShrimpOdontodactylus scyllarus
Day OctopusOctopus cyanea
Yellow-lipped Sea KraitLaticauda colubrina
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma
AmberfishThelenota anax
Clown AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellaris
Nearby sites
- 1Coral Hills5.6 km
- 2Stingray City5.9 km
- 3Artifical Reef6.7 km
- 4Mabul Paradise 26.7 km
- 5Lobster Wall7.0 km
- 6Panglima7.2 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org