{"id":330,"date":"2013-02-26T12:10:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T04:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/?p=330"},"modified":"2022-07-10T22:35:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T14:35:01","slug":"barracuda-point-sipadan-island-voted-top-dive-site-by-cnn-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/barracuda-point-sipadan-island-voted-top-dive-site-by-cnn-travel","title":{"rendered":"Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island Voted Top Dive Site by CNN Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you dive Sipadan Island, Barracuda Point is one of the main highlights there. Diving with Barracudas in the hundreds surrounding you is just an experience you will not likely forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/barracuda-point-eric-madeja.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" src=\"http:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/barracuda-point-eric-madeja.jpg\" alt=\"Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island\" class=\"wp-image-332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/barracuda-point-eric-madeja.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/barracuda-point-eric-madeja-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/barracuda-point-eric-madeja-229x150.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, CNN Travel gets feedback from divers around the world and ranks the top dive sites. Barracuda Point is often voted as one of the top 10 dive sites in the world. Last year, it was voted number 1!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Barracuda Point\u00a0can be an intimidating\u00a0experience. Fish stream along like traffic here, as if the streets of New Delhi have descended underwater. During these chaotic scenes, you may find yourself in the center of a giant barracuda tornado, while hammerhead sharks and flapping rays nonchalantly cruise past.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.cnn.com\/explorations\/escape\/outdoor-adventures\/worlds-50-best-dive-sites-895793\"><\/a><\/p><cite> <a href=\"http:\/\/travel.cnn.com\/explorations\/escape\/outdoor-adventures\/worlds-50-best-dive-sites-895793\">CNN Travel: Into the Deep: World&#8217;s 50 Best Dive Sites<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are planning a trip to Sipadan and not sure where to stay, see our post on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/guide-visiting-sipadan-island-infographic\">how to choose a resort at Sipadan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you dive Sipadan Island, Barracuda Point is one of the main highlights there. Diving with Barracudas in the hundreds surrounding you is just an experience you will not likely forget. Every year, CNN Travel gets feedback from divers around the world and ranks the top dive sites. Barracuda Point is often voted as one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[198,195,1003,197,616,196,199,148,1001,149,44,1002,201,200,605],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1452,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivingvacation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}