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Yakushima Sea Turtle Beach
Yakushima · Kagoshima · Japan
UNESCO island with Japan's highest density of sea turtles — guaranteed encounters with loggerheads and greens on coral reefs.
Amami Oshima Coral Reef
Amami · Kagoshima Prefecture · Japan
A subtropical island between Kyushu and Okinawa where pristine coral reefs thrive in the warm Kuroshio Current, supporting sea turtles, humpback whales in winter, and some of Japan's healthiest hard coral coverage.
Yakushima - Isso Beach
Miyanoura · Kagoshima Prefecture · Japan
An ancient cedar island turned sea turtle sanctuary where green and loggerhead turtles nest on the beach and swim alongside divers in the Kuroshio Current.
Aka Island - Nishi Hama
Naha · Kerama Islands, Okinawa · Japan
A pristine Kerama reef off Aka Island with world-class visibility, thriving coral gardens, and gentle sea turtles in impossibly clear water.
Tokashiki Island
Naha · Kerama Islands, Okinawa · Japan
The largest Kerama island with pristine table coral gardens, abundant sea turtles, and legendary Kerama Blue visibility perfect for relaxed reef diving.
Kashiwajima
Sukumo · Kochi Prefecture · Japan
A small island off Shikoku's southwestern coast where the warm Kuroshio Current delivers tropical fish species to temperate Japanese waters, creating an unusual biodiversity hotspot with nudibranchs, pygmy seahorses, and seasonal hammerhead encounters.
Ogasawara Dolphins Point
Chichi-jima · Ogasawara · Japan
Remote oceanic island with wild dolphin encounters, pristine coral, and unique endemic species found nowhere else on Earth.
Chichijima - Bonin Islands
Chichijima · Ogasawara Islands · Japan
Japan's remote Galapagos where sand tiger sharks, dolphins, humpback whales, and pristine coral reefs reward the 24-hour ferry journey from Tokyo.
Kerama Blue Cave
Zamami · Okinawa · Japan
Spectacular sea cave with 'Kerama Blue' crystal-clear water, sea turtle encounters, and one of Japan's best shallow diving experiences.
Kerama Islands Approach
Naha · Okinawa · Japan
The inner reef channels between Naha and the Kerama Islands offering crystal-clear Kerama Blue water with sea turtles, manta rays, and pristine coral gardens accessible as day trips from Okinawa's capital city.
Miyako Blue Cave
Miyako-jima · Okinawa · Japan
A stunning limestone cave system on Miyako Island where shafts of blue light penetrate through openings in the reef ceiling, creating ethereal illumination effects in clear subtropical water surrounded by healthy coral reef.
Yonaguni Monument
Yonaguni · Okinawa · Japan
Mysterious underwater terraced structure — natural formation or ancient ruins? Japan's most enigmatic dive site.
Kerama Blue Zamami
Zamami · Okinawa Prefecture · Japan
Crystal-clear waters nicknamed Kerama Blue surround Zamami Island's coral gardens, where green sea turtles glide over pristine staghorn formations and humpback whales pass through during winter months.
Miyakojima Yabiji Coral Reef
Miyakojima · Okinawa Prefecture · Japan
Japan's largest coral reef system north of Miyako Island in Okinawa, featuring over 100 reef patches with pristine table corals, manta ray cleaning stations, and some of the clearest water in the Japanese archipelago.
Okinawa Blue Cave Cape Maeda
Naha · Okinawa Prefecture · Japan
A sea cave on Okinawa's western coast where sunlight refracting through the underwater entrance creates an ethereal blue glow inside the cavern, accessible to snorkellers and divers alike and home to colourful tropical reef fish and marine crustaceans.
Yonaguni Monument
Yonaguni · Okinawa Prefecture · Japan
A mysterious underwater rock formation off Japan's westernmost island featuring terraced platforms, sharp right-angled edges, and channel-like passages that have sparked decades of debate over natural versus man-made origins.
Atami
Atami · Shizuoka Prefecture · Japan
A soft coral-encrusted shipwreck and volcanic reef just 45 minutes from Tokyo by bullet train, offering year-round temperate diving with seasonal megafauna.
Cape Ose
Numazu · Shizuoka Prefecture · Japan
A biodiversity hotspot on the Izu Peninsula where deep-sea oddities, frogfish, and seasonal mola mola converge against a Mount Fuji backdrop.
About the dive sites catalog
The DiveOne dive sites catalog includes reefs, wrecks, walls, caves and drift dive locations across major dive destinations. Each location includes depth, conditions, environment type and skill requirements to help you plan safely.
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