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Our service after COVID-19
Now that the Japanese government has lifted the state of emergency, Prime Scuba Ishigaki will be restarting our dive cruise from June 1st. The risk of COVID-19, however, is far from gone, and life after COVID will have to be different from the one before. In order to assure our guests with a safe
Eight Simple COVID-19 Risk Reduction Steps for Divers
Although COVID-19 is far from being “things of the past”, the worst seems to be over for many countries including Japan. Government is now getting ready to lift the state of emergency, and economic activities will restart soon. As for Prime Scuba Ishigaki, we will be restarting our dive cruise on June 1, and
Extension of closure to May 31
May 5, 2020 We have decided today to extend the current closure period to May 6, 2020. We will continue to monitor the situation, and decide if we can indeed restart after the period. The first case of COVID 19 in Yaeyama islands was reported today. Given the limited medical infrastructure of
Extension of closure
April 13, 2020 We have decided today to extend the current closure period to May 6, 2020. We will continue to monitor the situation, and decide if we can indeed restart after the period. The first case of COVID 19 in Yaeyama islands was reported today. Given the limited medical infrastructure of
Notice of Temporary Closure
April 6, 2020 In light of the current COVID 19 crisis, we are closing our operation for the period of April 6th thru 25th. We will evaluate the situation again around April 20th, and decide if we will reopen from April 26th. No case of COVID 19 has yet been reported
Congrats x 2!
April 5, 2020 Weather：Cloudy Ground Temperature：23℃ Water Temperature：23℃ Wind Direction：North northeast (6m/s) Swell： 2.5m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Potato Reef, Taketomi (18m) ☆ Nakamoto Cave, Kuroshima (18m) ☆ Manta Point, Panari (18m) Day 2 for PADI course tour guys from Tokyo – one for AOW and three for OWD 🙂
What about social distancing?
April 4, 2020 Weather：Sunny, cloudy and rainy Ground Temperature：23℃ Water Temperature：24℃ Wind Direction：North (7m/s) Swell： 2.5m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Osaki Purple Queen Reef, Ishigaki (20m) ☆ Osaki Purple Queen Reef, Ishigaki (20m) ☆ Nagura Bay Coral Garden, Ishigaki (20m) We started off nice and sunny, but it turned rainy
More than mantas
April 3, 2020 Weather：Cloudy then sunny Ground Temperature：24℃ Water Temperature：24℃ Wind Direction：Southeast (4m/s) Swell： 1.5m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Tokakin Reef, Taketomi (20m) ☆ Therapy, Kuroshima (20m) ☆ Manta Point, Panari (30m) Great condition! Gotta see mantas today! So we cruised down to Panari island. Two mantas right below our
Start of the three day diving vacation
April 2, 2020 Weather：Cloudy Ground Temperature：23℃ Water Temperature：24℃ Wind Direction：Northeast (4m/s) Swell： 2.0m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Shark Hole, Taketomi (20m) ☆ Turtle Point, Kuroshima (25m) ☆ Manta Point, Panari (30m) We had two groups today, both visiting us for three day diving vacation 🙂 Our destination today were Taketomi, Kuroshima
Tiny ones, huge ones
March 31, 2020 Weather：Cloudy then sunny Ground Temperature：26℃ Water Temperature：24℃ Wind Direction：Northeast (4m/s) Swell： 2.0m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Little Creatures Home, Taketomi (20m) ☆ Slender Sweeper Reef, Taketomi (20m) ☆ Tokakin Reef, Taketomi (20m) Hi everyone! The weather changed quickly during the day – it rained, and then turned
