Zac Macaulay takes a series of underwater strolls through the picturesque reefs of north-eastern Malaysia - a honey-trap for photographers more...

When he visited Malaysian military base Layang Layang three years ago, John Bantin gave it a bit of a rough ride for its "wallpaper" diving, security lapses and overpowering stench. When he went back this spring, the story was rather different. more...

Sipadan is the big name in diving off Sabah, East Malaysia, but now two new island resorts, Kapalai and Lankayan, are attracting "muck-divers" with their macro cameras and microscopes. Jack Jackson found that a spare pair of eyes came in useful too more...

Fears that unlimited diving would destroy a Malaysian island's fragile eco-structure have been put in perspective by global warming, but Sipadan remains one of the great experiences, says John Bantin more...