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Today, we took Cicilia and Eric trying their first scuba diving!

We saw a turtle on our first dive- he did not really move for a while, which gave Cicilia enough time to shoot pictures!
There are various sea creatures including lots of colorful fish, many kinds of coral, and some weird stuff like Christmas Tree Tube Warms!

miho

Here is another picture of the longnose pygmy seahorse from Turtle Reef.
Hope it stays for a long time.

The great thing about diving with Bluefield is that we can find both big creatures like Turtles, Sharks, and also macro creatures on the same dive. And we know where they are!

Miho

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.

Our Latest Seasonal Dive Information 2010
September: A Variety of Sea Creatures Waiting for Your Camera NEW!
August- September: Dolphins on the Way to the Keramas! (8/23/2010) NEW!
August: Caves are Filled with Baby Fish! (8/1/2010) NEW!
July: Diving the Caves – Okinawa’s Summer! (7/1/2010)
Jule-July: Schools of Bigeye Travelly in Aguni Island (6/18/2010)
June: Coral Eggs Hatching (6/12/2010)
June: Baby Season in the Okinawa’s Sea (6/1/2010)
May: It’s the time of the year- Coral Having Eggs (5/26/2010)
May: Some Underwater Photos by Masaaki Harada (5/13/2010)
April: Nudibranch Photos by Mike Jimenez (4/24/2010)
April: Anemonefish Laying Eggs (4/5/2010)

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

Photos by Michael Jimenez, Jim Winter, and Masaaki Harada

Naoki had some good dives today at Kerama Islands – here is one good shot of the day.
Green Sea Turtle having a lunch time!
When they start eating, they don’t care divers watching or taking pictures of them.
Picture time ~ !!

Miho

Hi everyone, today I would like to introduce a dive spot called ‘Dragon Lady’ in the Kerama Islands.

Dragon Lady is a dive site on Toma Bay at Zamami Island – which we often visit when we have North wind.
Mostly beautiful white sandy bottoms with some coral head here and there.

The highlight of this dive site is an old airplane wreck from 1980’s.

There is a Japanese movie shot using this Toma Bay during 1980, and in it, they sank a DC-3 at around 10m deep.
Spending the 30 years, gradually it moved…  Now, you can find the wing at around 22m and the body at around 29m.
It’s a bit deep and far from the buoy, so we will need to assess if you are capable doing this dive. Advanced Open Water Certification and/or Deep Dive Specialty is required.

Besides the airplane wreck, we have various sea creatures, especially lots of cleaner shrimps.
There is a coral head around 8m deep, where we always find many cleaner shrimps, glassy sweepers, and coral groupers trying to eat small fish.

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

1. Kuroshima South (Kuroshima)
2. Dragon Lady (Zamami)
3. Toma (Zamami)

Objective: Boat Dives
Weather: Mild North Wind
Air: 32C (90F)
Water: 29C (85F)
Visibility: 30m + (100ft)
Suits: 3mm / 5mm one piece
Today, we made it to

Today, we took B-Flap out to Tonaki Island!

We had a famous Japanese writer / dive instructor who has been working with a  ”Marine Diving” magazine for a long time.
Naoji took him out to the cool drift dive sites around Tonaki and a great dive spot called Ugan in Keramas.

***Today’s Okinawa Dive Site Info**
Tonaki Island & Kerama

1. Blue Hole (Tonaki Island)
2. Angela Guchi(Tonaki Island)
3. Ugan (Keramas)

Objective: Boat Dives – Drift Diving
Weather: Mild South Wind
Air: 32C (90F)
Water: 29C (85F)
Visibility: 30m + (100ft)
Suits: 3mm / 5mm one piece

Upon your request, we can do a day of drift dive charter.
August, September, and October are the best season to dive the great drift dive sites in Okinawa!

Akira found a cute little Flambuoyant Cuttlefish last night, diving at Sunabe California Side.
It was a nice night dive!

We had fun in the sun in the Kerama Islands!
Today, we had English teachers from Fukuoka, trying out their first time scuba diving (3 of them), with Marie doing her Refresher Course.

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

1. Akaya – Coral Garden (Gishippu Island)
2. Tamana Farm  (Gishippu Island)
3. Light House (Zamami Island)

Objective: Boat Dives
Weather: Mild South Wind
Air: 32C (90F)
Water: 29C (85F)
Visibility: 30m + (100ft)
Suits: 3mm / 5mm one piece

Everybody got to see a green sea turtle at Tamana Farm!
Even, the one I saw with Yannick and Hugh was trying to eat my fingers – that was funny.
Marie and I saw a cute little baby fish of Black-and White Snapper (yes, I looked up for the English name), which was just about 1cm. So cute!
Tasia saw many Anemonefish as well!

Thank you everybody for coming out diving with us! Hope you guys are having fun in Ishigaki!

Today, me and Naoji took a group from Tokyo and the states for diving in the Kerama Islands.

For most of them, it was their first time diving!

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

1. Chishi (Zamami Island)
2. Sand Triangle (Gishippu Island)
3. Ariga Cable (Tokashiki Island)

Objective: Boat Dives
Weather: Mild South Wind
Air: 32C (90F)
Water: 29C (85F)
Visibility: 30m + (100ft)
Suits: 3mm / 5mm one piece

Although because of the dive agency and our company regulation, we (dive guides) cannot take pictures of Discover Scuba Diving Program’s participants, today’s groups rented our underwater cameras, so we got some underwater pictures, including the one with a turtle!

Hi it’s Miho Here.

Today, I enjoyed diving with John, with the dive sites around two different areas.
Due to the strong wind from East, we couldn’t make it to the Keramas, but we enjoyed various sea creatures in Onna area and Sunabe area.

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

1. Onna Point (Onna)
2. Chatan Ruin (Sunabe)
3. Runway #0 (Sunabe)

Objective: Boat Dives
Weather: Strong East Wind
Air: 32C (90F)
Water: 29C (85F)
Visibility: 20m + (70ft)
Suits: 3mm / 5mm one piece

Chatan & Kadena area is the place where US forces landed during the WWII. They at first landed on Kerama Islands, then, landed on Okinawa Main Island from here. Therefore, we still find many stuff from the war, for example, unexploded bombs, sea mines, and bullets. Even sometimes coca cola bottles with 1945 marked.

The above picture on the left is a box full of bullets. Probably, the box was made of wood, and got rotten in this 65 years, thus leaving only bullets all standing here. Also, there are still many bigger bombs, which we should be careful not touching it!

Also, we explored the area of Chatan Ruin, which Professor Kimura from Ryukyu University is doing research.
Noboru dove with Graham Hancock when he came visit this Chatan Ruin a while ago.