Jawfish Lair
Popular macro site 4–5 minutes by boat from the jetty with a resident giant yellow jawfish colony (sometimes brooding eggs), plus mimic octopus, frogfish, ghost pipefish, cuttlefish and leopard sharks. Depth is cited as about 28 m.
Facts
- Region: Lankayan & Sandakan – Sabah, Malaysia
- Area: Lankayan Island
- Depth: 28 m
- Level: intermediate
- Current: low
- Type: macro, reef
- Coordinates: 6.505, 117.9185 (approximate)
- Highlights: yellow jawfish, mimic octopus, frogfish, ghost pipefish, cuttlefish, leopard shark
- Unverified: No exact position is published: the coordinate is an estimate around Lankayan Island (island centre about 6.50°N, 117.92°E), for orientation only. The resort's dive guides take you to the site.
- Tips: Go slowly and keep distance from the jawfish burrows; one trip report calls it a favourite for unhurried macro dives.