Hub Arkeologi & Selam Bangkai Kapal Labuan
Empat bangkai kapal karam bersejarah — dari kapal penyapu ranjau Perang Dunia II USS Salute, kapal pengangkut Belanda SS De Klerk, hingga tunda Mabini Padilla pada kedalaman 12m hingga 35m di dasar Laut China Selatan.
Cement Wreck
MV Tung Hwang (Karam 1980)
Skala Kedalaman 4 Bangkai Kapal Karam
Dari aras permukaan laut hingga kedalaman −35 meter dasar laut perairan Labuan. Setiap bangkai kapal memegang sejarah maritim unik dan terumbu karang semula jadi.
Cement Wreck
Identiti Kapal: MV Tung Hwang
A Philippine-registered cargo vessel that sank in the 1980s while carrying a load of cement. The wreck rests upright on a sandy bottom at about 25 metres amidships, with the upper deck structure reachable at 18 metres.The cement bags themselves, half-dissolved and encrusted, create an eerie, almost sculptural landscape. It is the most approachable of the four wrecks — suitable for PADI Open Water divers.
Australian Wreck
Identiti Kapal: SS De Klerk
A mid-sized vessel now resting on its side at around 28 metres, with the upper — now lateral — hull reachable at 20 metres.This is Labuan’s best wreck for nudibranchs: patient macro photographers regularly find half a dozen species in a single dive. Scorpionfish lie perfectly camouflaged across the structure, and a resident school of sweetlips, perhaps fifty or sixty fish, holds station here. PADI Advanced Open Water is recommended.
American Wreck
Identiti Kapal: USS Salute
A mid-20th-century American-built cargo ship stretching over 100 metres. At 33 metres at the deepest point bottom time is limited, and strong currents occasionally sweep across the site.Large barracuda patrol in loose formations around the bow. Schools of batfish sometimes number in the hundreds. Giant trevally, bumphead parrotfish and Napoleon wrasse are regularly sighted. PADI Advanced Open Water is required.
Blue Water Wreck
Identiti Kapal: MV Mabini Padre
The deepest and least-visited of the four. When conditions permit, visibility here is significantly better than at the other sites — which is where the name comes from.Tuna, jack and the occasional reef shark have been reported. Large sea fans, cup corals and thick mats of hydroids cover the structure. The whole dive sits at 30 metres and below, so a PADI Advanced Open Water minimum and disciplined gas management are essential.