A scattering of islands surround the dramatic hilly islands of Bodgaya and Boheydulang, both parth of the rim of an ancient volcanic crater inundated by the sea. These two islands northeast of Semporna, together with 6 smaller surrounding islands, have been gazetted as the Tun Sakaran Marine Park.A little further to the east and the southeast of Bodgaya, outside the park boundaries, other tiny, flat sandy islands dot the limpid Sulawesi Sea, including Pom Pom, Pandanan, Timba Timba and Mataking.
Pom Pom is home to two dive resorts, a large, well-appointed resort with spa and a smaller, more simple dove lodge. Divers are able to explore as many as 40 dive sites on the fringing and patch reefs within the region, including Mantabuan and Bodgaya with the Park. Most of the diving in the macro; turtles and small rays are sometimes seen, as are frogfish, butterfly fish ans small fish such as cardinal fish. Divers have reported seeing black coral and barracuda on Mantabuan's reefs.
A deluxe dive resort is currently being built on the nearby island of Timba Timba by the same company which operates dive resorts on Lankayan and Kapalai.
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