Staff Blog
As requested
Weather : Cloudy sometimes rainy Ground Temp : 31℃ Water Temp : 30℃ Wind : South (10m/s) Swells : 3m Dive Points (Visibility) ☆ Manta Scramble, Ishigaki (30m) ☆ Manta City, Ishigaki (20m) ☆Nagura Bay Coral Garden, Ishigaki (15m) As we had strong request for mantas, we made two dives around Kabira! Ka-chi-bai (seasonal south wind) was
Iriomote and Barasu island
Weather : Sunny Ground Temp : 32℃ Water Temp : 29℃ Wind : South (5m/s) Swells : 1.5m Dive Points (Visibility) ☆ Coral Village, Kohama (25m) ☆ Barasu Island East (35m) ☆Barasu Island North (30m) Our dive boat Blue Swan was on one day maintenance, so we joined our neighbor shop Yuimare for our dive cruise. Our dive cruise
Surrounded by cloud of Luminous cardinalfish
Weather : Cloudy Ground Temp : 30℃ Water Temp : 28℃ Wind : South (5m/s) Swells : 1.5m Dive Points (Visibility) ☆ Nagura Bay Coral Garden, Ishigaki (18m) ☆ Osaki Purple Queen Reef, Ishigaki (18m) ☆ Manta City, Ishigaki (20m) It was cloudy and maybe the ground temperature was a touch lower than yesterday, but it was hot nonetheless
Three dives around the north
Weather : Sunny Ground Temp : 32℃ Water Temp : 28℃ Wind : South (8m/s) Swells : 2m Dive Points (Visibility) ☆ Sakieda Big Arch, Ishigaki (20m) ☆ Manta City, Ishigaki (20m) ☆ Yonehara Double Reef (18m) Ka-chibai, the seasonal summer south wind started to blow, and the wind was getting strong from the south. So we cruised north
Almost summer!
Weather : Sunny Ground Temp : 32℃ Water Temp : 28℃ Wind : South (5m/s) Swells : 1m Dive Points (Visibility) ☆ Kayama North, Kayama (16m) ☆ Yonara Channel, Iriomote (12m) ☆ Yonara Channel, Iriomote (25m) It is almost summer here in Ishigaki… It is over 30C everyday, and humidity is 85-90%! Our staffs use the word “HOT” for
Mantastic!
Weather : Sunny Ground Temp : 32℃ Water Temp : 28℃ Wind : South (5m/s) Swells : 1m Dive Points (Visibility) ☆ Osaki Purple Queen Reef, Ishigaki (15m) ☆ Sakieda Big Arch, Ishigaki (18m) ☆ Manta City, Ishigaki (18m) After several days of no mantas, we finally got to see them!!! We had a little more breeze that
Welcome to Ishigaki!
Weather : Sunny Ground Temp : 31℃ Water Temp : 28℃ Wind : South (5m/s) Swells : 1m Dive Points (Visibility) ☆ Slender Sweeper Reef, Taketomi (15m) ☆ Nakamoto Cave, Kuroshima (20m) ☆ Manta Point, Panari (18m) Almost all the guests today were from Hong Kong – welcome to Ishigaki everyone! Our dives today were around Taketomi, Kuroshima
Sunny
Weather : Sunny Ground Temp : 31℃ Water Temp : 28℃ Wind : South (5m/s) Swells : 1m Dive Points (Visibility) ☆ Nagura Bay Coral Garden, Ishigaki (15m) ☆ Sukuji Bay Gurukun Reef, Ishigaki (15m) ☆ Manta City, Ishigaki (18m) It was almost like summer! We had total of 14 guests on the boat today – half fun
Manta Rays of Yonara Channel
Weather : Sunny Ground Temp : 31℃ Water Temp : 28℃ Wind : South (2m/s) Swells : 1.5m Dive Points (Visibility) ☆ Osaki Purple Queen Reef, Ishigaki (12m) ☆ Manta City, Ishigaki (15m) ☆ Yonara Channel, Iriomote (25m) It was a nice sunny day with ground temp of 31C and water temp 28C, with gentle breeze 🙂 The
Congratulations to new Open Water Divers!
Weather : Cloudy Ground Temp : 30℃ Water Temp : 27℃ Wind : South (2m/s) Swells : 1m Dive Points (Visibility) ☆ Submarine, Taketomi (20m) ☆ Potato rock, Taketomi (15m) ☆ Manta Point, Panari (20m) We had three new Open Water Divers today! Congratulations! It was cloudy during the morning, but there was no wind, and sea
