How is the diving in Okinawa Japan ?

[scubascott]

I'm travelling to Fukuoka Japan in October and am wondering if it's worth doing a side trip to Okinawa to dive.
I have never heard or read anything about diving in Okinawa so wanted to get some opinions

cheers
Scott.

[BillZ]

I was certified in Okinawa when I was in the Marine Corps. The diving on Okinanwa is pretty good especially if you are a history buff.

Do a search on Scubaboard and you'll get tons of info.

[CaptnJack]

Or on TDS, lots of shallow historical stuff there to see.

[Norris]

I could have sworn that Mongodiver was talking about diving there before

[scubascott]

Thank you all for the info

cheers
Scott

[Mongodives]

Diving on Okinawa is great, tons of hard and soft corals, water temps in the high 70's this time of year.
There are a ton of great shore dives, and several english speaking dive shops that do boat dives to the smaller islands around Okinawa as well as some of the closer in reefs.

I posted somewhere on this board several of the english speaking dive shops contact info.
Off the top of my head I can only remember Reef encounters. www.reefencounters.org

If you ask on SB zen divers there are several shop owners that post there.