Schools of baitfish congregating in huge groups greet divers as these descend the masts of the ship.  As your eyes adjust to the low light, the wreck reveals a profusion of coral and marine life.  Soft corals in all shapes and colours lance with the currents.  Small marine animals observed around the wreck include hawk fish, pipe fish, damsel fish, gobies, cardinal fish; the list is endless. The rich diversity of coral life also attracts bigger animals either to feed or to took for a cleaning station.  The outer parameter of the wreck is patrolled by schools of fusiliers, batfish, barracudas and rainbow runners.  This wreck offers the avid diver the most photogenic opportunity of all the wrecks.

It is another two decade-old Philippine trawler.  The corals here are somewhat sparse but a rich number of residents more than make up for this.  You will find plenty of cardinal fish, sweet lips, lion fish, and even bat fish.  Within the hull itself, you will encounter large snappers and groupers.

This is not an Australian ship, but was nicknamed so by the locals from the fact that was sunk by Australian aircraft during World War II.  Located about 1.5km from the American Wreck, this ship is actually a Dutch merchant ship captured by the Japanese then fitted with weapons and utilised as cargo vessel, but spotted and sank by Australian aircraft in 1945.  A maker's plate identified the freighter as built in Rotterdam in 1900.

Lying on her portside, the wreck is about 23km from Labuan, southeast of the small islands of Rusukan Besar on the Barat Banks.  This vessel is a riveted hull freighter with a wooden deck that has already deteriorated.  She is approximately 100m long and lies at 33m on the sandy bottom, with the shallowest depth at 21m.

Nature has transformed what was once a lifeless wreck to rich coral growth with an abundance of marine life.  The superstructure is covered with black coral tress, sea whips and stinging hydroids.  A particular feature of the wreck is the presence of resident palm-sized frogfish or angle fish.  Large gropers can be seen swimming about looking for an easy feed among the profusion of marine life.  Divers are forewarned where to place their hands as many stone fish and lion fish lie camouflaged around the wreck.

A feature of wreck is the many fish-cleaning stations, crustaceans and echinoderms.  The presence of spiny black urchins requires caution on the  buoyancy of the diver when venturing close to the wreck.  Depth chargers, ammunition shells, shoes culinary and wire bottle can be still found scattered around the wreckage, amidst mangled metal and cables. A resident school of spotted sweet lips lie as silent sentinels of the wreck.

Best month for diving is between the month of March to October.  Visibility fluctuates with tidal changes (up to 25m in best season, 7 to 10m otherwise) but adds to the drama of wreck diving.  Little or no current are experienced at the wreck proper but could be stronger outside the parameter of the wreck.  All dives are via anchor line with spare tanks provided at decompression stops.  As wreck diving can be dangerous, always inquire about safety equipment provided by the operators, especially for decompression stops.

BY AIR

Malaysian Airlines (MAS) and Air Asia offer daily flights from Kuala .Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. Kota Kinabalu also serves as an international gateway for Labuan with its daily flights.

BY FERRY

Air-conditioned ferries ply daily from Kota Kinabalu, •Sarawak and Brunei. Travelling time from Kota Kinabalu is about three hours, and about one hour from Brunei.