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Ribbon Reef
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Water bodySouth China Sea
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Ribbon Reef is a reef dive site near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, in the South China Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, groupers, stingrays, moray eels, cuttlefish. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Clown AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellaris
Moon WrasseThalassoma lunare
Scissortail SergeantAbudefduf sexfasciatus
Spinecheek AnemonefishAmphiprion biaculeatus
Eightband ButterflyfishChaetodon octofasciatus- Quoy's ParrotfishScarus quoyi
Three-striped WhiptailPentapodus trivittatus
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkii
Nearby sites
- 1Clement's Reef0.7 km
- 2Padang Point0.7 km
- 3Sapi Slope0.8 km
- 4Sapi House Reef0.8 km
- 5Nudi Garden0.9 km
- 6Rons Reef1.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org