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

We enjoyed diving the local dive sites yesterday as well!

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

1. Ufuguchi (Yomitan)
2. Whale Shark Dive (Yomitan)

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

We got a nice picture of a cuttle fish today, at the Kerama Islands.

Picture by Akira

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Our Latest Seasonal Dive Information 2010
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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)
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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)

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Photos by Michael Jimenez, Jim Winter, and Masaaki Harada

We have been finding dolphins a lot lately.
The ocean is so calm that it’s easy for us to spot the dolphins – they are so cute!
They would always come close to our boat, and play with us for while.

Yes, we do have occasional typhoons visiting Okinawa’s Ocean, but dives are canceled just 1 or 2 days in a month.
After the typhoons, the visibility of the water increases, and here we go, we have very beautiful ocean like this.

Okinawa in August – September
Wind: South
Occasional Typhoons

Air Temperature: between 30-34C (86-93F)
Water Temperature: 29C (85 F)
Cloth: T-shirts, no sleeves, tank tops, shorts
Wetsuits: 3mm / 5mm full suits or shorties

Miho

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

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 had a nice group of 4 divers from Hong Kong for Blue Cave tour.
Since for the most of them it was their first or second dive, we had a snorkeling session first to familiarize themselves to our gear.
We enjoyed snorkeling into the famous ‘Blue Cave’.

Then, we tried Discover Scuba Diving – all of them did very good!
It was fun to watch Anemonefish, Bat Fish, and many kinds of Damselfish. We even found a huge Morray Eel, while diving. He tried to eat my fingers!

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

1. Maeda Blue Cave

Objective: Snorkeling & Discover Scuba Dives
Weather: Mild South Wind to North East Wind
Air: 32C (90F)
Water: 29C (85F)
Visibility: 30m + (100ft)
Suits: 3mm / 5mm one piece

Today was on and off rainy and sunny in Okinawa, you know, typical tropical weather. Very unpredictable.

It was the second day of diving with Kathy and Joe – specialists of coral. We dove Yurigahama, Chishi, and Tamana Farm yesterday in the Kerama Islands, and I took them out to our local spots on Okinawa West Coast today.

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

1. Yamada (Onna)
2. Maeda (Onna)
3. Maeda Drop (Onna)

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

Our first dive at Yamada was so much fun, and the dives around Maeda, including the one in front of Blue Cave, and a drift – anchor dive from the drop off.

Although they were beginners in SCUBA diving (just got OW certified), they are so knowledgeable about coral and environment, which I learned alot from diving with them. We had different perspective than our normal daily dives – we were always just looking beneath the coral and trying to find something unusual and cool!

We talked and discussed a lot about Okinawa’s current oceanic environment and coral reef conservation issues.

Miho