Guam's cuisine reflects its rich Chamorro heritage blended with American, Filipino, Japanese, and Korean influences. Chamorro barbecue is the signature style, featuring marinated meats grilled over open flames and served with red rice made with achote seeds. Keluaguen, a dish of marinated chicken, shrimp, or fish with lemon, hot peppers, and grated coconut, is a local staple. Finadene, a soy-based dipping sauce with lemon and peppers, accompanies most meals. Fresh seafood is abundant, with yellowfin tuna, mahi-mahi, and lobster commonly featured. Tropical fruits including mango, papaya, coconut, and breadfruit are available year-round.

The Tsubaki Tower

Dusit Thani Guam Resort

The Westin Resort Guam

Pacific Islands Club

Guam's collection of macro and training sites provides essential dive infrastructure for certification courses, skill development, and underwater photography. Family Beach in Apra Harbor offers easy shore access with sandy bottoms, patch reefs, seahorses, razorfish, and juvenile fish in a protected environment ideal for Open Water training. San Luis Beach provides shallow, calm conditions with stingrays, cuttlefish, and occasional octopus, making it a popular course venue. Anae Island, a small island off the southwest coast, features boulder slopes with nudibranchs, lionfish, and large schools of sergeant majors, plus a reputation for resting nurse sharks. These sites collectively offer diverse environments for skill practice, equipment testing, and building confidence before progressing to more advanced sites. The macro diversity across these locations is impressive, with frogfish, ghost pipefish, various nudibranch species, and well-camouflaged critters rewarding patient observers. For underwater photographers, the combination of calm conditions, good lighting, and cooperative subjects makes these sites some of the most productive on the island. Dive operators use these locations daily for courses ranging from Open Water through instructor-level training.

Macro & Training Sites

The macro and training sites are distributed across Guam's western coastline, accessible from multiple points. Family Beach is within Apra Harbor, accessed through dive operators with harbor access. San Luis Beach is located near Tumon Bay and is accessible by foot or short drive from most hotels. Anae Island requires a short boat ride from operators based in Agat or Apra Harbor. Rental cars provide the most flexibility for accessing the various shore dive locations. Most dive operators include transport as part of their training course packages.

Dive Sites in Macro & Training Sites