Turtle Patch

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Water bodySouth China Sea

Water temp27–30°C

Estimated from climate dataYear-round

About this site

Turtle Patch 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

BestGoodMixed

OctoberBest

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

Straight-line distances.

Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org