Shimozone - Kerama Islands
Shimozone is often our go-to when conditions align for a proper drift. This deep pinnacle in the Keramas usually brings in some bigger pelagics, like dogtooth tuna and schooling barracuda, when the current is running. It's an expert-level dive, no question, best suited for those comfortable with strong flow and negative entries. We wouldn't recommend it for newer divers; save this one until you've got a few hundred deep, current dives under your belt.
- Location
- Kerama Islands, Japan, East Asia
- Coordinates
- 26.132700, 127.249700
- Maximum Depth
- 25m
- Difficulty
- Expert
Marine Protected Area: Keramashoto Coral Reef
Nearby Dive Sites in Kerama Islands
- Adan Mae
- Adan Mae
- Agariushi - 17m
- Agenashikueda Sango (reef)
- Agenashikueda Sango
- Aguni Fudensaki - 19m
- Akasanbashi Mae
- Ama Beach - 15m
- Ama Beach Mae - 5-12m (shore)
- Ama Beach Mae
- Ama Ushiji
- Ariga Cable - 17m (reef)
- Cape Kyan - 19m
- Cape No.6 - 17m
- Cape No.7 - 18m
Nearest Dive Centres to Shimozone
- DIVE IN OKINAWA - ["PADI"]
- Diving Team Cool - ["PADI"]
- MARINE HOUSE SEASIR AKA - ["PADI"]
- MARINE HOUSE SEASIR NAHA - ["PADI"]
- Paradise Club - ["PADI"]
- Sea Max Diving Club - ["PADI"]
Marine Life in Kerama Islands
Home to 382 recorded species including 233 reef fish, 105 hard corals, 13 sea snails & nudibranchs, 7 sea cucumbers, 4 other, 4 crabs & lobsters.
Notable Species
- Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Encrusting pore coral (Montipora aequituberculata) - Hard Corals
- Dorado (Coryphaena hippurus) - Reef Fish
- Stony coral (Porites lutea) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora tenuis) - Hard Corals
- Stony coral (Porites cylindrica) - Hard Corals
- Pinkfish (Holothuria edulis) - Sea Cucumbers
- Staghorn coral (Acropora nasuta) - Hard Corals
- Fluorescence grass coral (Galaxea fascicularis) - Hard Corals
- Ghost Cardinalfish (Nectamia fusca) - Reef Fish
- Common lionfish (Pterois volitans) - Reef Fish
- Branch coral (Acropora florida) - Hard Corals
- Smooth cauliflower coral (Stylophora pistillata) - Hard Corals
- Honeycomb coral (Favites abdita) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora cytherea) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora monticulosa) - Hard Corals
- Thin birdsnest coral (Seriatopora hystrix) - Hard Corals
- Silver-streaked rainbowfish (Stethojulis strigiventer) - Reef Fish
- Stony coral (Echinopora lamellosa) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora valida) - Hard Corals