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Located close to Numazu station, a large city in Shizuoka, Senbon Hama is a beach entry dive location where you can enjoy the Macro marine life. Night diving is possible all year round with sandy and muddy bottom, offering variety of nudibranch, gobies and other creatures  dwelling in the sands.

20min from the city of Numazu, this diving site opened on 2015. From this reason, the underwater environment is very preserved and well managed. You can see the beautiful corals around the area.
The underwater terrain is diverse, from sandy area to drop offs, you can enjoy different types of diving in one place.

A geodiving area where you can see the remains of the ancient underwater volcano. Ukijima is  also famous for it's variety of nudibranch seen in the area. Nudibranch lovers from all over visit here to look for rare specimens. Both beach and boat diving area wit underwater arches, caves and sandy bottom.

Popular for it's wide range number of fishes

Kabana is a port city surrounded by nature. 2.5 hours drive from center of Tokyo, the many diving spots offered here caters to many different types of divers. You can enjoy the tornado of Horse mackerel and school of Japanese eagle ray (Myliobatis tobiei) and variety of sharks to the nudibranch and rare gobies.
The beach dive is also  popular by the novice divers.

Fish watching Mecca of Izu peninsula catering from beginners to experts

This diving area offers both beach and boat diving experience. The bay like beach, protected by it's geography, are often not effected by the wind and waves they may otherwise cause dive spot closures.  The bay is articulary popular as you can observe the spawning of the  bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) between June to August.  The shallow depth(6-8m) allow you to stay and watch this magnificent site for a long time. The fleet of squids can be as large as 30-50.
It is very popular amoung Japanese divers for it's  abandunce of marine life.

Fish watching paradise in the box garden like ocean

Izu Ocean Park(IOP) area's dynamic underwater terrain was formed by a volcanic magma, pouring into the ocean 4,000years ago. Due to it's complex underwater geography, the site is an ideal environment for underwater life, making IOP a very popular diving location in Izu peninsula.  It is a beach point entry, set up to help divers reduce hassles during entry and exit. Also the facility on ground is also satisfactory. It has 31 shower heads, warm changing rooms and hot bath which you can jump in with your dry suits on during the cold winter season.

Although it's beach point diving area, the variety of different underwater landscapes and the depth offered, makes IOP the place to dive for all types of divers.

Underwater soft coral flower garden

Located on the east coast of the Izu penincila, Hokkawa only accepts 25 divers per day. Due to this reason, it is considered as a hidaway diving spot. Hokkawa is popular for its complex  underwater geography and it's  beautiful healthy soft coral gardens. Amoung th soft coral garden, you can see the Scalefin anthia(Pseudanthias squamipinnis) and chicken grunt(Parapristipoma trilineatum) in large numbers. During Autumnm if your lucky , you may get to see Yuzen(Chaetodon daedalma) a beautiful angel fish endemic to Japan.

Hokkawa is also a famous hot spa(Onsen) area. You can warm yourself after a long dive.

Deepwater dive station at the west coast of Izu peninsula

Located near Numazu station, it is considered to be the mecca of deep water training. It is a beach diving point but the steep slope with a guide rope to lead your way, will bring you down to the depth of 50m is a short distance. From this reason and its underwater environment(small rocks and mud), you can see wide ranges of sea creatures, ideal for fish watching divers. If your cerified to dive deep, you have a good chace of seeing the endemic cherry anthias (Sacura margaritacea).

The inland bay which the diving area is located, it is rarely closed due to weather. Night diving is possible all year round as well.