Singamata Adventures & Reef Resort

Placed conveniently near the Tun Sakaran Marine Park, this affordable accommodation offers a tranquil getaway from Semporna and an easy access to the nearby islands for divers and snorkelers.

The resort has a restaurant which serves local, Chinese and western cuisine including fresh delicious seafood.

Singamata Rooms

All rooms have fan, basic amenities and hardwood floors. There are 3 types of rooms, standard and sundeck have shared bathroom and the deluxe rooms have private bathroom.

Singamata Water Activities

In addition to diving and snorkelling trips to the Semporna archipelago including the islands of Mataking, Pom Pom Island, Boheydulang, Maiga, Bodgaya, Mantabuan, Sebangkat, Sibuan, Selakan, Tetagan it also arranges trips to Siamil, Mabul and Kapalai (about an hour away by speedboat).

Singamata Dive Center

Singamata has a PADI 5* IDC ( Instructor Development Course) Dive Center and offers a wide range of dive courses catering all.

The Bajau Laut

The Bajau Laut, or Sea Gypsies are common around the Semporna islands. This very poor indigenous group spending their entire lives on the ocean, fishing and hunting on small wooden boats and over the water huts.

More about Singamata Adventures & Reef Resort

Singamata solves a problem most travellers don't realise they have until they're here: how to sleep over the water on a reef without paying island-resort prices or committing to island logistics. The answer is a budget resort built on stilts over a reef in the Celebes Sea, just ten minutes by speedboat from Semporna — close enough that transfers are trivial, far enough that you fall asleep to water instead of town.

The position earns its keep twice. First, the reef is literally underneath you: step off the walkway and you're snorkelling, no boat required, which for families and mixed diver/non-diver groups changes the whole holiday. Second, Singamata sits conveniently near the Tun Sakaran Marine Park, so the day-trip circuit — Sibuan, Mantabuan, Bohey Dulang's ridge viewpoint — starts practically at your door, and Mabul, Kapalai and Sipadan trips run from the same jetty logic.

Set expectations honestly: this is budget overwater, not Maldives overwater — plank walkways, simple rooms, the charm of the thing being where it is rather than what it's made of. Guests who understand that trade tend to love it; the sunrise over open water does a lot of the hospitality.

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