Shizuoka PrefectureIt's resorts galore in serene Shizuoka

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.

Located at the wild Monkey park, Hagachizaki offers from relaxing shallow  underwater caves to the exciting  fast current diving points. 
Photographing wild monkeys (Feeding done) is a great past time between dives.

Located near Shimoda Station (10min drive), Suzaki is a shallow beach entry dive site popular among the underwater photographers. During the winter month, you can find many baby Lethotremus awae. You can take your time and get your perfect shots. The marine life are abundant all through the year, as if your lucky , you might be able to see school of seahorses, a rare site for any divers.

The ocean in the national park is clear and beautiful. Very popular among the beach lovers in the Kanto region, some beaches can only be reached by boats thus making this place extra special.
For diver, all the points are just 5min away from the dock. With beautiful hard corals and many school of fishes, many divers return to this sites. If your lucky, you may encounter a school of Japanese eagle rays and even school of Mola Mola.

Osezaki diving  Macro mecca of Japan

Beach diving area with many diving shops within the 800m cape, offering diverce diving experience from the calm inland bay to the fast current outside open sea.
As it is located on the edge of the 2500m deep Suruga Bay, depending on the wind and current situation, you may be lucky to see many types of deep sea creatures in 1 dive.
The inland bay is basically sandy, muddy sea floor, giving it an ideal environment for nudibranch to flurish. During the winter month, an nudibranch expert guide can show you over 30types of nudibranch in 1 dive. The tip of the cape is open only on weekends and public holidays but if you are certified to dive deep, you can see many different types of deep water antias, some endemic to Japan.
The outside open sea is also game for nudibrach which is different from the inland bay. Also if your really lucky, MolaMola comes up during the Winter month to it's cleaning station.

Divers here are diverse as well. You can see tech divers with their special dive gears, underwater photographers with there giant cameras and also fun divers just enjoying the beautiful underwater views.

(Diving site opening hours)
Inner Bay Point
 07:00-18:00
 19:00-21:00 (Night Diving : Please Inquire)

Out side
7：00-17:00

Cape(Misaki) 
9:00-16：00
 *Weekends and National holidays

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.