Okinawa PrefectureJapan's tropical island paradise

Located near the famous Churaumi aquariam

The Motobu Peninsula is a peninsula in the Yanbaru region of Okinawa Island. It is surrounded by Nago Bay to the south, the Haneda Inland Sea to the north, and the East China Sea to the west.It is mostly mountainous, with a few plains.
Motobu is a town located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture.
The town occupies the eastern part of the Motobu Peninsula as well as two islands: Minnajima and Sesokojima.The beaches has white sand and clear visibility .
Diving spot Gorilla chop is a shallow beach diving spot, where you can relax and spend your time fish watching. Ideal if your a underwater photographer.

Popular diving spot
○"Minna jima(Island)"
A 15min boat ride from the nearby port. Almost all the diving spot are made up by, white sandy bottom, few patches of reefs and reef edges. Due to the white sandy bottom, the ray from the sun are reflected and thus makes this diving site very colourful and blight.

○"Sesoko jima(Island)"
Although connected by a bridge form the main Island, due to the lack of beach entry spots around the Island, to dive here, you need to go there by a diving boat.
The veriations of underwater terrains, such as dropoffs, caves, channels, sandy bottom, muddy bottom and coral reefs, make it ideal for macro marine life lovers.

○"Motobu peninsula"
With many beach entry spots around the shore line, it is more easily accessble than the other boat diving sites. Generally, it is a shallow dive site and if you want to spend more time underwater,especially witha camera, thisis the recommended area.
Make sure you find a divemaster to guide you, if you want to get the most out of your dives.

Just a boat ride away from the biggest city in Okinawa

Chibishi with it's excellent visibility is located about 10km west of Naha made up by 3 small islands of Kamiyama Island, Kuefu Island, and Nagannu Island.
Boats heading to the Kerama Islands often stop by this reef to do a quick dive.
The Island is 10km(30min boat ride) off the coast of Naha. You can visit this area by usuing the many dive shops located down town Naha.

Popular diving spot
○"Nagannu　Sanbashimae"
Popular Turtle watching point

○"Nagannu kita(North)"
Stag-horn coral forest just off the coast. Giant cuttlefish(Sepia (Sepia) latimanus) are prequently seen in Spring.
The dynamic 40m drop off is another popular attraction.

○"Tatebashira"
A reef in the middle of the outside Ocean. Here you can watch the large school of fishes glyding past you. Due to it's depth(-24m), it is considered a spot for skilled and experienced divers.

○"Ohama sango(Coral)"
It is a 10m wide 8m high coral(Porites lutea) reef. With many tropical marine life surrounding this area.

New Manta cleaning station

Kumejima is an Island located in Okinawa Prefecturen. Kumejima is located approximately 100 km west of Naha.
An area of 119 km2 of land and sea, it is protected as the Kumejima Prefectural Natural Park and the wetland have been designated a Ramsar Site.The The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands Adopted in 1971.
Numerous unique rock formations around the island can be viewed.
In 2017, a Manta cleaning station was found and now you have a chance to see the Mantas all year round.

Popular diving spot
○"Tonbara iwa(Rock)"
It is a major spot in Kumejima. With strong current, you can see large size school of fishes.

○"Imazuni"
South side of the Island, 5min gboat ride to this reef.
With good current runing through, you can see schools of Bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) and ‎Dogtooth tuna(Gymnosarda unicolor)
Here you may encounter the rare smaller fishes, such as Squarespot anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia),Elegant firefish (Nemateleotris decora),Longfin anthias (Pseudanthias ventralis) and Plectranthias pelicieri.

○"Stew Gama"
Famous for it's dynamic underwater terrain filled with rare macro life.

Hammer Head Shark River
 
Yonaguni, one of the Yaeyama Islands, is the westernmost inhabited island of Japan, lying 108 km  from the east coast of Taiwan, between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean proper.
The island has an area of 28.88 km2.
The average temperature is 23.9 °C, and annual precipitation of 3000 mm.
It is located at the westernmost point of Japan. Taiwan is said to be visible on a clear day.
 The dynamic ocean around Yonaguni Island is extremely unique as huge school of hammerhead sharks and the mysterious underwater rock formations attracts divers from all over the world.
 The visibility can go up to 50m depending on the condition.

A day trip diving site from Naha Okinawa. There are several diving cruise ships heading to Agunijima Island during the large school of bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) which can be seen in the spring season to the early summer season.

Located on the pacific side of the Okinawa main Island, here you can see 6 types 7 types of crown fish found in the Japanese waters. With it's hard coral reefs, the visibility can go up to 25m in this area. Maximum depth is about 20m.

Only a 40m drive away from the central Naha, Sunabe is an ideal diving site for local divers. It is located next to a large entertainment facility in Okinawa, it is like diving down town. Underwater, you can see many macro creatures as well as middle size schooling fishes.