Izu Oshima

Dynamic underwater landscape formaed by the underwater valcano 

Izu Oshima is located at 120km south of Tokyo. You can take the 2hour fast ferry or fly 40min to this Island. As the Black current from the south hit's the Island directly, the visibility is good all year round.
Diving in Izu Oshima is 100% conducted in beach-entry style and the most famous beach spot would be, "Akinohama".
You can giant stride into the ocean and use a ladder to exit. The point offeres shallow water areas and also you can follow the reef to the deep wates as well.

 

Tokyo-Izu Oshima

34.732019, 139.396591

What you can see

All year round:
-Variety of nudibranch
-Variety of Shrimps and Crabs
-Variety of squid
-Variety of Sea Horse
-Variety of Macro marine life
-Variety of Frogfish
-Japanese Angelfish(Centropyge interrupta) 
-Japanese Bullhead Shark(Heterodontus japonicus )

Summer months:
-School of Scalloped hammerhead(Sphyrna lewini) during the very early morning dive.
If your very lucky:
-Pelagic thresher(Alopias pelagicus)

Winter months:
-Variety of deep water creatures