Tsuken Island Diving

Due to conditions on the East China Sea side of Okinawa, we moved over to the Pacific Ocean and headed out for Tsuken Island for a two tank dive.

Diving Okinawa

Water temp: 78F. Clear skies and 80ft visibility were the reality of this Sunday morning. Water like glass and lots of things to see on the agenda; we set out for a fun filled day this November 1st morning.

Diving Okinawa

Divers make final preparations before getting ready to "back roll" into their dive.

After this recent typhoon it seems the color of the ocean is changing and we are entering the beginning of fall.

Water temp: 81F.

Dive spots:

1. imbu beach

2. Diamond beach

3. Closeline

Ie Island boat diving - (OkiDiving)

Dive 1: Aurora
Dive 2: Zou No Hana (elephant's nose)
Lunch
Dive 3: Barracuda Smile
Dive 4: Minna Island - Cable
water temp: 82F

Beautiful day on the Ocean at the Manza Dream Hole

Dive plan for today:

Dive 1 Manza Dream hole

Dive 2 Giant Stride

Lunch

Dive 3 Mini Dream hole

Dive 4 Imbu Beach

Boat ride to Manza Dream Hole with Rebreathers (OkiDiving)

Boat ride out to the first dive spot; Manza Dream Hole is just 5 mins out the port from Seragaki. Visibility : 80ft. Low current, Water temp: 82F.

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Minna Island (OkiDiving)

Today's trip out to Minna Island was beautiful. As you can see the water is crystal clear. visibility was over 100ft. water temp: 82F.

Coral Gardens of Kouri Island

Got a call from a friend up at Yagaji Island this weekend. He was looking to investigate some new potential dive spots. We came across this reef off of Kouri. The depth is 10~15ft on top of the reef. As you can see from the pic; there are lots of new coral growth spawning everywhere. This site is not marked on any dive site map that i have seen, but it was pleasent to see the new coral growth. water temp: 83F.

rebreather diving okinawa

Divers do a final ops check of their Inspiration rebreather before getting into the water for the next adventure. You can see some of their dive footage on the web at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XWMEgCD4So

"NO LIMIT CCR Diving at USS EMMONS"

Diving Excursion to Ie Island

Today's two dive spots were "aurora" and "zou no hana." The clearity was 100ft visibility with a creaveous and swim thru around ever corner.

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Okinawa Boat diving charter

This was a beautiful weekend for a boat dive. Visibility 80~100ft. water temp: 84F.

What a way to spend a weekend; boat diving on Okinawa.

Off to the Manza Dream Hole

So we set off on a journey to dive the Manza Dream Hole. Water temp at depth 82F. Visibility 100ft+. Light current and plenty of fun.

Sunshine Day for Diving on Okinawa

Fine day for diving. Crystal clear water off Okinawa's shoreline engulfed the reefs as divers decended down the reefline. Visibility 100ft +, water temp: 82F and sunshine with over casting clouds.

Diving at Manza Mo

So we decided to check out Manza Mo... visibility was over 100ft with a light current. Water temp: 82F.

Mini Dream Hole & Manza Beach Mae Dive points

Divers go over the dive plan as we head out to the 1st dive site. Water temp : 82F. Visibility : 100ft.

Single Marine Program Diving Okinawa

A group of divers prepare for the backroll into the beautiful waters of Onna Village. Ever dive the Manza or Mini Dream Hole? Give us a call to see what all the hype is about.

Charter boat diving Okinawa

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Diving Okinawa

The water temperature is rising. Today's temp: 77 Farenheit. We ran across two eagle rays and a variety of other sea life.

Heading out to Minna island for a drift dive

Diver stand fast while on the boat ride out to Minna island. The plan is for a two tank drift dive: one on the east side of the beach with the white sand and the other on the west side with the many crevaces.
Boat diving on Okinawa at its best!

Boat Diving Okinawa

Tired of humping the tanks across the reef. Sign up for a boat dive and come see what's out there. There are lots of great dive sites along the shorelines and outer islands of Okinawa.

Mini Dream Hole

Diving at the Mini Dream Hole today was awesome! Lots of stuff to see and the water clearity was create as you can see from the pic. water temp 74F

Minna Island & Sesoko Island Drift Dive!

Group of Divers head out to Sesoko and Minna Island for a 2 tank drift dive. Lots of crevices and swim thru's.

Okinawa Boat Dive: Seragaki Wall & Onna Trenches

Divers patiently wait as we head out this morning to our first dive location: Onna Trenches. Sign up for a 2 tank dive to your site of choice. Manza Dream Hole, Mini Dream Hole, Giant Stride, Imbu Beach, Minna Island and many more. Water temp: 73 farenheit.

Charter Boat Diving on Okinawa

Divers prepare for there next decent into the waters of Okinawa. Water temp to was 72 farenheit and the temp is rising week by week.

Horseshoe Beach Okinawa diving point

this is an ocean view of the Horseshoe beach dive point. Off in the distance you can see Manza beach hotel and the corner where the entrance to the dive site 'toilet bowl' begins.

Open Water dives 3 & 4 - Boat Diving Okinawa

Group of divers exchange conversation while preparing to change tanks for the next dive.

Diving Point- Manza Chapel or "Giant Stride"

Divers prepare for the decent down into the channel here at Manza Chapel dive point. Water conditions were a little choppy in the morning, but got better through out the day.

East Coast Plastics Roll Control System in action

Here is a look at the "roll control" system in action. What is this you might ask? The roll control system prevents your air tank from rolling around the boat by securely holding it into place making for a smooth, fun diving experience.

Beautiful beaches of Onna village

There's nothing like hitting the beach after a great dive in Onna village. Okinawa has some of the most perfect beaches in Japan and the world. Come to Onna village; get on one of the diving trips and then take a stroll down the beaches and let the sand slide through your toes. What a way to spend the weekend.
Can you believe it is still February? Looks and feels like we are in the dead of summer.

Another day of clear waters on the Okinawa reefs

Water temp: 71 Fahrenheit. waves: 2.5 meters NE winds and plenty of great times under the deep dark blue of the Okinawan East China sea.

1st dive of 2009

What a good way to break into the new year with a fun dive on Okinawa.

Holiday Season Diving

It was a beautiful day for diving on Okinawa. The group of divers set off for a three tank dive: Onna trenches, horseshoe, and tombs. Air temp: 75f. Water temp: 71f.

Boat Diving Okinawa

We had another action packed day with funs dives all day long. Divers prepare for the back roll entry into the water.

Giant lobster Okinawa

This pic is not from this weekend, but is a nice sight to see such a giant lobster so i decided to post it. Shot was taken at one of our local dive spots in early Sept 08 by one of the boat divers. JB, thanks for the pic.

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Check out the beauty of Minna Island. Ever dive it?
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Who wants to see a Sea Turtle while diving on Okinawa?

The gift of seeing the graceful sea turtle is always a beautiful site. It is fun to watch them glide through the water with their slow swift strokes. This shot was taken off a point near Onna Trenches in Onna village.

Small fish on Okinawa coral reef

Title say's it all!

Manza Dream Hole, Nov. 1, 2008

This is a picture that was taken at the exit of the Manza Dream Hole in Onna Village. The Dream Hole is an advanced level dive and each diver should have at least advanced open water and deep diver certified. Yesterday's water temp: 80 Fahrenheit.
Pic complements of Josh Murphy.

Swim thru Okinawa, japan

When you are on the inside looking out on a swim thru. The dark blue light you see at the end of the tunnel is breath taking. This shot was taken in Onna village at one of the many swim thru' along the reek. Diving on Okinawa. Today's water temp: 80 Fahrenheit or 27 degrees Celsius.

clear as glass this weekend at Minna Island

100+ ft visibility. dives 1 & 2 were at the Minna island south and north points, for dive 3 we scooted over to sesoko island and ran into a 7ft white tip shark swimming around.

Open water dives 3 & 4 Okinawa, Japan

Dive one was a diamond beach and Dive two moved onto Closeline. Weather was pleasant with slight swell. NE winds at 3m waves. Water temperature. 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

Open Water dives 1 & 2, Okinawa, Japan

Nice day for open water dives 1 & 2. Class gets ready as we prepare for the back-roll into the water. Dive point: Closeline and TurtleBeach
Water temp: 80 degrees Fahrenheit

late afternoon dive on Okinawa

Another great weekend for diving. The weather is still great as we head into the fall. The water temp is running around 78~80 degrees Fahrenheit. Looks like i will be breaking out my 3mm soon.

Seragaki Diving

It was a great weekend for diving here on Okinawa. The clarity was superb. Over 100ft.

Looks like a typhoon weekend on Okinawa

Sunset Dive on Okinawa

Divers just got out of the water as the sun was beginning to set on the horizon. It was a beautiful site to see as we journeyed on our boat ride back to the Seragaki port.

Instructor lead Open Water Dive's 3 and 4 off the boat

It was a beautiful day out there. Water temp = 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Surface temp 90 degrees. Divers get their brief before entering the water at the dive point called "closeline." Diving on Okinawa is relatively warm throughout the year and is filled with excitement every trip we make.

Boat Diver specialty- Okinawa Diving

Dive One= Seragaki Wall
Dive Two= Nakayukui (turtle beach)
Both dives were up on the northern end of Okinawa in Onna Village. 5 mins from Manza Beach Hotel.

Instructors cover dives 3 and 4 of AOW

Man,... another rough day in the office. Boat diving on Okinawa.

large class of OW students take on Turtle beach

Another day of beautiful water conditions. Just take a look at the pic.

Manza Dream Hole 8-16-08

We got off to an early start this morning. Our first dive was at 0700 with the Dream Hole. We then headed on to Seragaki Wall for our second dive of the day. Diving on Okinawa does not get much better than this. Two great boat dives; small waves and a little current. But the most important thing of all is that we planned our dive and had a fun time executing it.

Minna Island 8/9/08

Today's water visibility was superb. I want to thank all that made this trip a great success and fun, safe dive.

When you wish upon a star! Diving can be very fun on Okinawa

Beautiful starfish in the sand at Diamond beach.

Blowing bubbles Okinawa

A nice day to be in the water. Clarity was great and the waves were minimal. Fun diving on Okinawa!

July 6th: Bolo Point and Closeline

The water was like glass this whole weekend. Crystal clear waters and great diving. What a great way to spend this holiday weekend.

July 5th: Diving Manza Dream Hole

Diver swims thru a school of fish as he exits the Manza Dream Hole at about 90ft.

Tsunami Divers Club dive 4th of July at MinnaJima

Celebrating the 4th of July this year; Tsunami Divers scheduled a club dive at Minna Island.
Sand was turning up in the shallows, but visibility was approx. 50~70ft depending on the depth.

Snorkeling on Okinawa

Enjoying a snorkeling trip while on Okinawa is a nice way to end the holiday stay.

Diving Seragaki, Okinawa

Boat full of anxious diver head out to explore the deeps of the Seragaki wall and turtle beach. Boat diving can't get easier. If you want to sign up for some of the best boat diving on Okinawa. Look us up at www.okidiving.com and come see it for yourself.

boat diving charters from this past weekend

Here are pics from two of the diving charters that went this past weekend. The weather was great and the current was not too strong. On Saturday we hit Seragaki wall and the Manza Dream hole. While on Sunday we dove Onna point and turtle beach accordingly. All the points are favorites in Onna Village.

水納島、minnajima charter boat diving

A small group of fish gather around a coral head here at Minnajima. Visibility was over 100 feet as we descended into the 75ft depths.

Good visibility for the rainy season on Okinawa

The water clarity was great considering we are in the rainy season here on Okinawa.

Boat Diver Specialty- Okinawa

While the students were going thru their boat diver specialty, i managed to snap off a shot of this lion fish as it hovers next to a rock head.

White Tip Sharks at Minna Island

So.. we rolled up on this coral head and what do you know... There were 4 white tip sharks sleeping under it. There we docile and did not even seem phased that we were snapping pictures at them, but it was a cool site to see.

100ft+ visibility at Minna Island

We had a great dive today. The trip went out to Ie Island for the first dive and then we headed over to Minna Island for dive #2. The water conditions were pristine. Over 100ft visibility in all directions. The coral reefs and fish color really stood out. The definitely was a (high definition) dive.

Leave me alone and just dive!

This fugu or blow fish was just making himself at home. We strolled by him today on a dive at the Tombs dive point is Seragaki, Onna Village. Isn't he just cute:-)

Barracuda looking for their prey, Okinawa

A school of barracuda look for their prey as they circle the reef waiting for an opportunity.

Onna Trench

Nice turtle shot from this mornings charter at the Onna trenches.

Akajin sits under a ledge

This 5kg+ Akajin grouper sits under his ledge in a safe dwelling as he prepares to sleep for the night.

Last Day of Golden Week

A group of mainland Japanese tourist came out today to get a look at the coral reefs of Okinawa.

Sea Turtle Okinawa

Night diving in Onna Village and we came across this sea turtle sitting under a ledge. We were less than 2 feet from this beauty. What a wonderful sight. Sea turtles move so gracefully in the ocean.

Swim-Thru Diving Okinawa

Not cave diving, but this swim-thru brings more than enough thrills and pleasure to the eyes as you can see from the pic. This pic was taken with a point and shoot camera on a charter that went out today. Onna Village, Okinawa
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Diving Spot "Nakayukui"- Onna Village, Okinawa

The water was beautiful this morning; no waves or current in sight. Take a look at the deep blue water. Below this lyes some of the best coral reef on Okinawa.

Night Dive -spot a lobster on Okinawa

We spot a lobster after coming around a corner on a night dive yesterday. This lobster was approx. 1kg in size.