okinawa dive center
Dive Shop Bluefield

Okinawa is located all the way south of Japanese Islands, just like Hawaii. Each of the islands in Okinawa has been attracting divers from all around the world with its beautiful coral reefs and a variety of sea life.

The Kerama Islands and the Okinawa main island where we operate our dive trips, boast world class reef and underwater landscapes with countless dive sites. Please go to our TOP PAGE to enter our main website.

Dive Log Archives 2011 is now UP! Seasonal Information of May 2011 is UP! (5/27/2011) Dive Shop Bluefield is quoted in the Sport Diver Magazine May 2011 Issue! We organized the shooting, and some interview sessions. (5/1/2011) NEW! Check out our Private Boat Charter page with our new catamaran boat! (1/27/2011)

Our Latest Seasonal Dive Information
May: Cuttlefish Babies Growing in their Eggs (5/16/2011) NEW!
April: Carp Streamers flying in Hija River (4/23/2011) NEW!
April: Anemonefish Start Laying Eggs in Okinawa! (4/1/2011)
March: Cuttle Fish Eggs (3/26/2011)
January: We Got New Catamaran Boat! (1/1/2011)
November: Many Jawfish’s Nests at Inanbishi (11/01/2010)
October: Cowry Shells Mating and Laying Eggs (10/19/2010)
September: A Variety of Sea Creatures Waiting for Your Camera
August- September: Dolphins on the Way to the Keramas! (8/23/2010)
August: Caves are Filled with Baby Fish! (8/1/2010)

For our daily Dive Log, please scroll down below this section.

Photos by Michael Jimenez, Jim Winter, and Masaaki Harada

Hello everyone,

Today I would like to introduce one of our activities helping the environment in Okinawa’s seas.
We took part in a volunteer work of removing old fishing lines from Zampa area organized by NPO Okinawa Dive Safety Association.

Zampa area is very popular with divers, with lots of fish, including fusiliers, Napoleon Fish, tunas, and the big drop off with caves. Good dive sites make a good fishing point as well, so unfortunately we often see many fish lines abandoned in the water.
In our daily dives with our guests, while we are doing safety stops and so, we often remove fish lines, as much as possible.

Today’s mission was to remove bigger chunk from deeper water, from around 30m with many dive instructors working together. There are a couple of places in 25-30m of water with some small holes, that tend to gather lots of fish lines.  We had 10 divers working underwater and many more people from fishing society working on the land.

Using 3 lift bags, we removed big amount of fish line chunks underwater.

We will keep working on preserving the environment on the daily basis, and keep working with other local dive shops to raise awareness among divers and fishermen.

It was a very sunny day – another good day of diving in the Kerama Islands!

Photo by Yuto

Hello everyone,

Today I would like to show a picture of a tiny tiny nudibranch (sea slug) I found the other day at Sand Triangle of Gishippu Island (Kerama).
This little guy was walking sooooo slow, it was so small (1cm or so) that it looked just like a tiny piece of rock or something. Then for some reason, I stopped, looked closely, and found out that it was actually a tiny nudibranch!

This is a very rare kind too!

Hello there,

Today’s picture is a Clark’s Anemonefish taking care of their eggs.

Can you see the eggs below the sea anemone?
We love to show ‘what’s hot’ in the ocean, according to the seasonal changes.
It’s so nice to see the sea creatures’ reproductive activities in the water. More and more baby fish coming soon!!

Miho

Hello everyone,

It was Matt’s 3rd day of diving in Okinawa and Keramra Islands.

Today, we used all three dives Enriched Air Nitrox (32%).
It was good idea- we were able to concentrate taking pictures on a little deeper end, and there were so many to shoot!
We saw sea turtles on each of our dives as well as some interesting creatures…

***Today’s Okinawa Dive Site Info**
Kerama Islands

1. Nozaki (Tokashiki Island)
2. Toma West (Zamami Island)
3. Sand Triangle (Gishippu Island)

Objective: Boat Dives

Weather: Mild South Wind
Air: 24 C (75F)
Water: 24 C (75F)
Visibility: 30m + (100ft)
Suits: 3-5mm one piece

Miho

Hello everyone,

Today we had great dives using Enriched Air Nitrox (32%).

We had some middle aged – elder (don’t get mad at me!) guys diving with us, so it was really a great idea to use Enriched Air Nitrox for our dives today, especially having two of them flying tomorrow.

We watched shrimp gobies taking care of their houses, Anemonefish having their eggs, finding some snake eels, and enjoyed the little wreck of an airplane at Dragon Lady.

Miho

Can you see a baby growing in an egg here?
They have laid eggs in March – April, then now it’s the time for the babies to hatch. They hatch from their eggs in the middle of the night, then been seen around the surface of the water in this time of the year.
Aren’t they cute?

Okinawa in May
Wind: Mostly South with some days mild North Wind
Air Temperature: between 23-28 C (73-82F)
Water Temperature: 24C (75 F)
Cloth: T-shirts / No sleeve Shirts
Wetsuits: 3mm / 5mm full suits

Hello there,

We had great diving today as well, at Okinawa West Coast.
I had Matt from Stanford University and Mr Mizuno from Japan diving with me. We had great Macro dives at various dive sites.
Everybody is enjoying their 2 days/ 3 days diving in Okinawa.

Many nudibranches, various kinds of coral, and many anemonefish laying eggs.

***Today’s Okinawa Dive Site Info**
Okinawa West Coast

1. Chatan Underwater Ruin (Chatan)
2. Mizugama (Kadena)
3. Marina 225 (Kadena)

Objective: Boat Dives

Weather: Mild South Wind
Air: 22 C (72F)
Water: 24 C (75F)
Visibility: 15m + (50ft)
Suits: 5mm one piece

At the end of the dives today, Naoki found a big Giant Frogfish sitting among the coral reef at Marina 225.
That was a great find, and even by the frogfish, we found a rare kind of nudibranch sitting. That was very funny.

It’s too bad that my camera started fogging during the third dive of the day

Miho

Hello there,
Today I would like to introduce a great picture that Mr Yamazaki took the other day!

This weird but cute crab which wears sea sponge to hide himself, was spotted in Ariga, Tokashiki Island.
Very cute picture! Amazing.

Miho