Saki-Motobu - Okinawa Main Island
Saki-Motobu offers a gentle introduction to Okinawan diving, perfect for beginners or those getting reacquainted with their gear. It's a shallow sandy bottom, topping out at 12 metres, with scattered coral bommies where we often find various colourful reef fish darting between the branches. You won't find dramatic drop-offs here, but it’s a calm, easy dive for relaxed exploration.
- Location
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan, East Asia
- Coordinates
- 26.626900, 127.879100
- Maximum Depth
- 12m
- Difficulty
- Beginner
Marine Protected Area: 沖縄海岸
Nearby Dive Sites in Okinawa Main Island
- Aosango - 14m
- Cappadocia - 21m
- Coral 1 - 18m (reef)
- Cross Line - 21m (wreck)
- Dream Hole - 27m (cave)
- Ginowan Marine Center - 10m
- Gorilla Chop - 10m (reef)
- Hamahiga Beach - 4m
- Inan South - 16m
- Ishikiri - 18m
- Kin Red Beach - 8m
- Kohri Zampa - 24m (reef)
- Kumanomi Paradise - 16m (reef)
- Legare-J Underwater Studio
- Maeda Point - 5-25m (cave)
Nearest Dive Centres to Saki-Motobu
- Alpha Dive Okinawa
- Ar Yo Divin
- BUBBLE ADDICT OKINAWA - SSI
- BxB
- CAVE LOVER - CMAS/STARS, SDI, RAZOR (sidemount system)
- CFD KANNA THALASSA
Marine Life in Okinawa Main Island
Home to 275 recorded species including 159 reef fish, 65 hard corals, 16 sea snails & nudibranchs, 9 sea cucumbers, 5 other, 5 crabs & lobsters.
Notable Species
- Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora tenuis) - Hard Corals
- Large meandroid brain coral (Oulophyllia crispa) - Hard Corals
- Smooth cauliflower coral (Stylophora pistillata) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora hyacinthus) - Hard Corals
- Jumping Blenny (Alticus saliens) - Reef Fish
- Dorado (Coryphaena hippurus) - Reef Fish
- Pinkfish (Holothuria edulis) - Sea Cucumbers
- Staghorn coral (Acropora nasuta) - Hard Corals
- Branch coral (Acropora florida) - Hard Corals
- Fluorescence grass coral (Galaxea fascicularis) - Hard Corals
- Honeycomb coral (Favites abdita) - Hard Corals
- Common lionfish (Pterois volitans) - Reef Fish
- Stony coral (Porites cylindrica) - Hard Corals
- Burrowing urchin (Echinometra mathaei) - Sea Urchins
- Black-lined Blenny (Istiblennius lineatus) - Reef Fish
- Savigny's Brittle Star (Ophiactis savignyi)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora valida) - Hard Corals
- Stony coral (Porites lutea) - Hard Corals
- guppy (Poecilia reticulata) - Reef Fish