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Jul 6, 2018 · There are more than 10 places where you can go scuba diving in Okinawa. During the 10 days of my trip, I dived 13 times at 10 different dive sites with 2 different scuba diving centres in Naha and Onna. Here are my top 5 locations in the order of my preference.
- Diving Yonaguni
During this season, most accommodations are fully booked...
- My Izu Peninsula
As you go from dive centres to dive centres, you also meet...
- Yonaguni Monument
The dive site of the Yonaguni Monument is about 100 m...
- New Caledonia
Update 2019: After my 3 months in New Caledonia, I wrote 3...
- Okinawa
Diving in Okinawa main island. Thanks to the numerous dive...
- Diving Yonaguni
- Kaitei Iseki “Underwater Monument”, Yonaguni Island
- Manza Dream Hole, Okinawa Island
- Cape 7, Zamami Island
- Kabira Bay, Ishigaki Island
- Potato Reef, Taketomi Island
It is maybe the most famous dive site in Japan. A mysterious monolith, 100 m from the shore and 25 m deep, lies below the surface. Geological wonder or traces of an ancient alien civilisation? The underwater monument of Yonaguni became the source of many theories. What could have been overrated due to a too good marketing story was, in the end, one...
I know it’s confusing, there is an Okinawa Island in the Okinawa Archipelago. Home of the capital of the Prefecture, Naha, the island is the natural gate for scuba divers exploring dive sites of Okinawa for the first time. Of all the dives sites I tried in Okinawa Island, the ones around Cape Manzamo on the west coast were by far my favourites. At ...
The Kerama Islands are a marine national park just an hour west from Naha. Of all the islands of this archipelago, Zamami has the most beautiful beaches, and this is where you have the highest chance to see turtles underwater. With excellent visibility and very little to no current, you will enjoy a mosaic of sand patches and coral reefs boasting w...
Ishigaki Island enjoys one of the highest encounter rates with manta rays in the world: it is manta season all year long! Depending on the winds, the dive centres go either north or south. However, among all the cleaning stations to be found around Ishigaki Island, “Manta City” in the superb Kabira Bay (one of the most beautiful beaches in Japan) w...
A bit out of the Okinawan scuba diving beaten path, I found the perfect spots for those of us who love going on a treasure hunt underwater to discover tiny critters. When you stay for 60 minutes at 12 m around a small coral pinnacle, it is usually a good sign! Nudibranchs, glassfish, ribbon eel, baby octopus, juvenile parrotfish, coral hawkfish: th...
Jul 19, 2020 · Diving in Okinawa main island. Thanks to the numerous dive centres located in the city, it is actually easier to go scuba diving in Okinawa main island from Naha. Dive centres staff will pick you up in the morning to take you to the best dive sites around the island; hence you will save the cost and time of renting yourself a car.
Participants in the scuba diving tour in Okinawa with a Wagyu lunch and English guide can benefit from an immersive experience in the stunning underwater world, a taste of premium Japanese beef, and the expertise of a knowledgeable guide.
- 8 hours
- English-speaking
- Yes
- All levels
Snorkelling and diving Okinawa in Japan's tropical Pacific - Diving Okinawa you will encounter some of the best visibility in the world with shallow coral gardens in Kerama and exciting drift diving in Yonaguni.
Okinawa prefecture offers a remote yet accessible getaway that deserves Bora Bora-levels of holiday brochure stardom. It has some of the world’s best scuba diving, gorgeous hiking, acclaimed music and a distinct food culture centered around medicinal ingredients that sustains Japan’s longest-living citizens.
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There are dive sites renowned for manta ray sightings, thriving reefs teeming with colorful tropical fish, shipwrecks from WWII, and easily accessible dive spots frequented by turtles and migrating humpback whales.
