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The Rock
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Water bodySouth China Sea
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
The Rock 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, reef sharks, stingrays, 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
Scissortail SergeantAbudefduf sexfasciatus
Moon WrasseThalassoma lunare
Quoy's ParrotfishScarus quoyi
Banded UrchinEchinothrix calamaris
Eightband ButterflyfishChaetodon octofasciatus
Spinecheek AnemonefishAmphiprion biaculeatus
Three-striped WhiptailPentapodus trivittatus
Nearby sites
- 1South Sulug Reef2.1 km
- 2North Sulug Reef2.2 km
- 3Edgell Patches3.9 km
- 4Mangrove corner4.1 km
- 5Rons Reef4.2 km
- 6Sapi Slope4.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org