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    Scuba Diving Sites in Japan

    From historical wrecks to vibrant coral gardens, explore 109 world-class dive locations.

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    109
    Total Sites
    6
    Wrecks
    38
    Macro Sites
    0
    Offshore

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    Ago Bay Pearl Gardens

    beginner
    Max Depth
    18m
    Region
    Kii Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Common octopus
    Japanese angelshark
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Amami Oshima Coral Wall

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Amami Tokara Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Whitetip reef shark

    Amuro Blue Hole

    advanced
    Max Depth
    40m
    Region
    Kerama Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Whitetip reef shark

    Aogashima Deep Pinnacle

    advanced
    Max Depth
    35m
    Region
    Izu Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse

    Ashizuri Cape Pinnacle

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Shikoku
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common octopus
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Atami Bay Kelp Forest

    beginner
    Max Depth
    18m
    Region
    Izu Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Beppu Bay Geothermal Reef

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Kyushu
    Marine Life
    Common octopus
    Japanese angelshark
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Blue Cave Okinawa

    beginner
    Max Depth
    12m
    Region
    Okinawa Main Island
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Mandarin fish
    Blue-spotted stingray

    Bora Limestone Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Miyako Islands
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Humphead wrasse
    Mandarin fish

    Cape Kamui Shakotan Blue

    advanced
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Hokkaido
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Chichijima Miyanohama Reef

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Ogasawara Bonin
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish

    Double Rock (Futago-iwa)

    beginner
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Yonaguni Island
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Green sea turtle
    Humphead wrasse

    Futo Marine Reserve

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Izu Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common frogfish
    Common octopus

    German Village Wall

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Miyako Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Whitetip reef shark

    Hachijojima Manta Point

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Izu Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse

    Hahajima Deep Wall

    advanced
    Max Depth
    40m
    Region
    Ogasawara Bonin
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish

    Hateruma Island Coral Garden

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Ishigaki Yaeyama Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Clown anemonefish
    Humphead wrasse

    Hegura Island Pinnacle

    advanced
    Max Depth
    35m
    Region
    Toyama Noto Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Heta Port Macro Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    18m
    Region
    Izu Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common frogfish
    Common octopus

    Hiwasa Turtle Beach

    beginner
    Max Depth
    18m
    Region
    Shikoku
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Japanese seahorse
    Common octopus

    Ibaraki Flooded Quarry System

    advanced
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Lake Biwa Inland Freshwater
    Marine Life
    Japanese giant salamander
    Biwa trout
    Common carp

    Ikema Island North Point

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Miyako Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Whitetip reef shark

    Iriomote Island Mangrove Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Ishigaki Yaeyama Islands
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Mandarin fish
    Blue-spotted stingray

    Ishibashi Hantabaru

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Kerama Islands
    Marine Life
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish
    Whitetip reef shark

    Ishigaki Wreck

    advanced
    Max Depth
    33m
    Region
    Ishigaki Yaeyama Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse

    Iwami Rocky Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Tottori Shimane Sanin
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Izu Ocean Park

    beginner
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Izu Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Japanese seahorse
    Common octopus

    Jogasaki Coast Volcanic Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Izu Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Common octopus
    Japanese angelshark
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Kabira Bay Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    18m
    Region
    Ishigaki Yaeyama Islands
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Mandarin fish
    Blue-spotted stingray

    Kadena Wreck & Reef

    advanced
    Max Depth
    35m
    Region
    Okinawa Main Island
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse

    Kagoshima Bay Hot Springs

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Kyushu
    Marine Life
    Common octopus
    Japanese angelshark
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Kakeroma Island Pinnacle

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Amami Tokara Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse

    Kamogawa Kelp Forest

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Chiba Boso Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common frogfish
    Japanese seahorse

    Kashiwajima Coral Cove

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Shikoku
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common frogfish
    Japanese seahorse

    Katsuura Marine Park Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    18m
    Region
    Chiba Boso Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common frogfish
    Japanese seahorse

    Kerama Manta Point

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Kerama Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Whitetip reef shark

    Kii Oshima Island Reef

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Kii Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus

    Kikai Island Drop-off

    advanced
    Max Depth
    32m
    Region
    Amami Tokara Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse

    Kita-daito Drop-off

    advanced
    Max Depth
    40m
    Region
    Kume Daito Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse

    Kochi Deep Reef

    advanced
    Max Depth
    32m
    Region
    Shikoku
    Marine Life
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Kozagawa River Mouth

    beginner
    Max Depth
    15m
    Region
    Kii Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Common octopus
    Japanese angelshark
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Kozushima Blue Water Wall

    advanced
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Izu Islands
    Marine Life
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Kuba Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Kerama Islands
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Humphead wrasse
    Mandarin fish

    Kuchinoerabu-jima Blue Water

    advanced
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Yakushima Tanegashima
    Marine Life
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Reef manta ray
    Whitetip reef shark

    Kume Island Coral Wall

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Kume Daito Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Whitetip reef shark

    Kume-jima Turtle Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    18m
    Region
    Kume Daito Islands
    Marine Life
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish
    Mandarin fish

    Kuroshima Island Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Yakushima Tanegashima
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Japanese seahorse
    Common octopus

    Kushimoto Coral Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Kii Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common frogfish
    Japanese seahorse

    Kushimoto Marine Park

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Kii Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common frogfish
    Japanese seahorse

    Lake Biwa Chikubu Shrine Reef

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Lake Biwa Inland Freshwater
    Marine Life
    Japanese giant salamander
    Biwa trout
    Common carp

    Lake Motosu Fuji View Reef

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Lake Biwa Inland Freshwater
    Marine Life
    Japanese giant salamander
    Biwa trout
    Common carp

    Lake Shikotsu Ice Dive

    expert
    Max Depth
    15m
    Region
    Hokkaido
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Maeda Flats (Cape Manza)

    beginner
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Okinawa Main Island
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish

    Manta Scramble

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Ishigaki Yaeyama Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Whitetip reef shark

    Mikomoto Island Hammerheads

    advanced
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Izu Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus
    Reef manta ray

    Mikurajima Dolphin Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Izu Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Clown anemonefish
    Common octopus

    Minami-daito Cave System

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Kume Daito Islands
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Mandarin fish
    Blue-spotted stingray

    Minami-jima Dolphin Reef

    advanced
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Ogasawara Bonin
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish

    Miyakejima Volcanic Reef

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Izu Islands
    Marine Life
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Miyazaki Coast Drift

    advanced
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Kyushu
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus

    Mukojima Seamount

    advanced
    Max Depth
    35m
    Region
    Ogasawara Bonin
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish

    Muroran Volcanic Reef

    advanced
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Hokkaido
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Muroto Ocean Drift

    advanced
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Shikoku
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus

    Nagata Beach Turtle Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    18m
    Region
    Yakushima Tanegashima
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common frogfish
    Common octopus

    Nagi Reef Drift

    advanced
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Chiba Boso Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common frogfish
    Japanese seahorse

    Nakano-ko Island (Nagura Bay)

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Ishigaki Yaeyama Islands
    Marine Life
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish
    Humphead wrasse

    Nichinan Coast Wall

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Kyushu
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus

    Niijima Volcanic Arch

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Izu Islands
    Marine Life
    Common octopus
    Japanese angelshark
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Nishihama Beach Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    15m
    Region
    Kerama Islands
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Mandarin fish
    Blue-spotted stingray

    Noto Peninsula Deep Reef

    advanced
    Max Depth
    35m
    Region
    Toyama Noto Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Oki Islands Blue Water Wall

    advanced
    Max Depth
    35m
    Region
    Tottori Shimane Sanin
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Osezaki Lighthouse Reef

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Izu Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus

    Oshima Peninsula Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Izu Islands
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common octopus
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Otaru Kelp Coast

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Hokkaido
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Rebun Island Deep Garden

    advanced
    Max Depth
    32m
    Region
    Hokkaido
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Rishiri Island Kelp Reef

    advanced
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Hokkaido
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Sado Island Kelp Wall

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Toyama Noto Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Sakurajima Volcanic Reef

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Kyushu
    Marine Life
    Common frogfish
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus

    Setouchi Reef Garden

    beginner
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Amami Tokara Islands
    Marine Life
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish
    Humphead wrasse

    Shakotan Blue Cave

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Hokkaido
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Shark City (Same-dera)

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    30m
    Region
    Yonaguni Island
    Marine Life
    Whitetip reef shark
    Reef manta ray
    Humphead wrasse

    Shimoda Wreck

    advanced
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Izu Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Shimoji Island Cave

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Miyako Islands
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Mandarin fish
    Blue-spotted stingray

    Shirahama Wall

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Kii Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus

    Shiretoko Drift Ice Dive

    expert
    Max Depth
    15m
    Region
    Hokkaido
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Sunaabe Coral Garden

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Okinawa Main Island
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Humphead wrasse
    Mandarin fish

    Susami Deep Wall

    advanced
    Max Depth
    32m
    Region
    Kii Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Taketomi Island South Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Ishigaki Yaeyama Islands
    Marine Life
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish
    Humphead wrasse

    Tanegashima Space Coast

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Yakushima Tanegashima
    Marine Life
    Common frogfish
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus

    Tateiwa (Standing Rock)

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Yonaguni Island
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse

    Tateyama Sakushima Wreck

    advanced
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Chiba Boso Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Common frogfish
    Japanese seahorse

    Tatsugo Bay Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    15m
    Region
    Amami Tokara Islands
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Mandarin fish
    Blue-spotted stingray

    Toba Pearl Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Kii Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Common octopus
    Japanese angelshark
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Tokara Islands Blue Hole

    advanced
    Max Depth
    35m
    Region
    Amami Tokara Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse

    Tori-shima Pinnacle

    advanced
    Max Depth
    35m
    Region
    Kume Daito Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse

    Toshima Island Kelp Garden

    beginner
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Izu Islands
    Marine Life
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Tottori Sand Dunes Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    18m
    Region
    Tottori Shimane Sanin
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Toyama Bay Firefly Squid Grounds

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    20m
    Region
    Toyama Noto Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Uradome Coast Sea Caves

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Tottori Shimane Sanin
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Waii (Antenna) Reef

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    28m
    Region
    Miyako Islands
    Marine Life
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish
    Humphead wrasse

    Wajima Marine Sanctuary

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Toyama Noto Peninsula
    Marine Life
    Firefly squid
    Sea angel (clione)
    Giant Pacific octopus

    Wreck of the Urumi

    advanced
    Max Depth
    32m
    Region
    Yonaguni Island
    Marine Life
    Whitetip reef shark
    Barramundi cod
    Giant moray eel

    Yabiji Labyrinth

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Miyako Islands
    Marine Life
    Reef manta ray
    Green sea turtle
    Whitetip reef shark

    Yakushima Coral Garden

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Yakushima Tanegashima
    Marine Life
    Japanese pygmy seahorse
    Japanese seahorse
    Common octopus

    Yakushima Kelp Forest

    beginner
    Max Depth
    22m
    Region
    Kyushu
    Marine Life
    Scalloped hammerhead
    Common octopus
    Japanese butterflyfish

    Yomitan Wreck

    advanced
    Max Depth
    32m
    Region
    Okinawa Main Island
    Marine Life
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse
    Hawksbill sea turtle

    Yonaguni Monument

    intermediate
    Max Depth
    25m
    Region
    Yonaguni Island
    Marine Life
    Whitetip reef shark
    Humphead wrasse
    Reef manta ray

    Yonehara Beach Reef

    beginner
    Max Depth
    15m
    Region
    Ishigaki Yaeyama Islands
    Marine Life
    Clown anemonefish
    Mandarin fish
    Blue-spotted stingray

    Yoron Island Sand Garden

    beginner
    Max Depth
    18m
    Region
    Amami Tokara Islands
    Marine Life
    Green sea turtle
    Clown anemonefish
    Mandarin fish
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