UMI-NO-KYOSHITSU - Ishigaki & Yaeyama
UMI-NO-KYOSHITSU is a solid choice if you're looking to develop your diving in Ishigaki. As a PADI 5 Star IDC Resort, they're set up for everything from your Open Water certification right through to instructor development. We've found their local knowledge particularly strong for the drift dives around Manta Scramble and the often-overlooked coral bommies further south. They cater well to divers keen on multi-day course packages, and their instructors have a good knack for spotting the smaller stuff, nudibranchs in particular, if that’s your jam.
- Location
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan, East Asia
- Coordinates
- 24.503326, 124.279600
- Website
- https://travel.padi.com/dive-center/japan/umi-no-kyoshitsu/
- Certification Agencies
- ["PADI"]
- Courses
- PADI 5 Star IDC Resort [padi:33039]
- Address
- Okinawa, Japan
Dive Sites Near UMI-NO-KYOSHITSU
UMI-NO-KYOSHITSU provides access to 15 dive sites in Ishigaki & Yaeyama.
- Antoniogaudei
- Antonio Gaudi - 26m
- Cross Hole - 24m (wreck)
- Crystal Beach - 17m
- Crystal Park - 11m (reef)
- Emperor’s Chair - 17m
- Hanadainone
- Hanazawa Drop - 16m (wall)
- Hateruma Island - 18m
- IOT - 18m
- Ishigaki double reef (reef)
- Kaiho Sports Club - 2m
- Kanokawa Nakanose - 17m
- Kinmenone - 18m
- Kohamajima Island - 18m
Other Dive Centres in Ishigaki & Yaeyama
Marine Life in Ishigaki & Yaeyama
Home to 442 recorded species including 289 reef fish, 119 hard corals, 8 seagrass & algae, 6 sea cucumbers, 6 sea snails & nudibranchs, 4 crabs & lobsters.
Notable Marine Life
- thalassia (Thalassia hemprichii) - Seagrass & Algae
- seagrass (Halophila ovalis) - Seagrass & Algae
- cymodocea (Cymodocea rotundata) - Seagrass & Algae
- Species code: Ea (Enhalus acoroides) - Seagrass & Algae
- Species code: Hp (Halodule pinifolia) - Seagrass & Algae
- Fluorescence grass coral (Galaxea fascicularis) - Hard Corals
- halodule (Halodule uninervis) - Seagrass & Algae
- Staghorn coral (Acropora nasuta) - Hard Corals
- Stony coral (Porites cylindrica) - Hard Corals
- Honeycomb coral (Favites abdita) - Hard Corals