Okinawa Snorkeling & Discover Scuba Diving
From the Blue Cave — one of only two sea-eroded caves of its kind in the world — to swimming with a whale shark all year round, the crystal waters of the Kerama Islands and a wartime US shipwreck. All seven sites are boat dives, with Chinese-speaking PADI instructors guiding you from briefing to underwater tour. English guidance is available on request.
📅 Schedule (based on an 8:00 meeting time)
Single activity: snorkeling or Discover Scuba Diving
- Hotel pick-upAt hotels along the route from Naha city to Chatan (American Village) (if a transfer has been booked)
- Paperwork & changingPaperwork at the shop and changing into your wetsuit
- Skills briefingSnorkeling or diving skills briefing
- Boat & activityBoat out to the site, then snorkeling or diving
- Return & rinse offBack to the shop, rinse off and change
- Drop-offAt hotels along the route from Naha city to Chatan (American Village)
💡 The 10:00, 12:30 and 14:30 sessions follow the same schedule, shifted accordingly. Meeting times and total duration vary by site — please refer to the price list below.
Combo: snorkeling + diving, or two dives
- Hotel pick-upAt hotels along the route from Naha city to Chatan (American Village)
- Paperwork & changingPaperwork at the shop and changing into your wetsuit
- Skills briefingSnorkeling skills briefing
- First activityBoat out for snorkeling or the first dive
- Surface intervalRest on board and rehydrate
- Skills briefingDiving skills briefing
- Second activityBoat out for your Discover Scuba Dive
- Return & rinse offBack to the shop, rinse off and change
- Drop-offAt hotels along the route
💰 What’s included?
Instructor fee, insurance, consumption tax, equipment, photos of your whole trip, and fish feed.
🤷 Diving equipment
Tank, fins, gloves, mask, weights, BCD, wetsuit, regulator
🏄 Snorkeling equipment
Snorkel, fins, mask, wetsuit, life jacket
🧹 Disinfection
Snorkels and regulators are disinfected and cleaned after every single use
🎒 What do I need to bring?
- Swimwear (please wear it beforehand)
- A towel, sandals and a sun hat
- A few ¥100 coins (for the lockers and shower)
- Your certification card (Open Water or above) for Certified Fun Dive
⚠️ Good to know
- Age limits: snorkeling from 4 up to 59 years of age (please ask about children under 6); Discover Scuba Diving from 10 up to 59; guests under 12 need a consent form signed by a parent or guardian.
- Certification: Certified Fun Dive requires a PADI Open Water (OW) certificate or higher; the wreck site requires AOW and 20 or more logged dives.
- Site changes: if the swell picks up, the captain will switch to an alternative site on safety grounds. This cannot be known in advance — thank you for your understanding.
- A note about buses: buses in Okinawa are routinely 20–40 minutes late, so please build in a generous buffer. If you miss the tour because you are late, it is treated as a No show and cannot be rescheduled or refunded.
- Snorkeling tip: in the July–September peak season, please avoid the 10:00 session — the water is very crowded then and the experience suffers noticeably.
- Transfers: transfers are shared with other guests and are adjusted to fit each route, so we will confirm your exact pick-up time the day before your tour. Transfer prices on this page are based on a minimum of 2 guests; a solo booking pays a ¥2,000 supplement on the day.
📍 Meeting point & getting here
📍 Shop address: 1553-30 Ishikawa-Iha, Uruma City, Okinawa (search “Oceaner Diving” on Google Maps)
🚌 Public transport: take bus No. 120 or No. 20 on Okinawa’s Route 58 to the Nakadomari bus stop, then walk 14 minutes to the shop. (Around 2 hours from Naha, roughly ¥2,800 round trip.)
🗺️ Departure ports by site (your exact meeting time and point will be confirmed the day before)
Price List by Dive Site
Below you will find every activity and price across all seven sites. Prices are per person in Japanese Yen (JPY) and include tax. Snorkeling and Discover Scuba Diving include all necessary equipment; Certified Fun Dive does not, and equipment rental is ¥3,000 per day. Choose your site and activity above, then book in a couple of taps.
🏝️ Blue Cave
| Activity | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Snorkeling | ¥6,500 | Minimum 1 guest; full equipment included; Approx. 2.5 hours |
| Discover Scuba Diving | ¥16,000 | Minimum 1 guest; full equipment included; Approx. 2.5 hours |
| 2-Dive DSD Package | ¥29,000 | Minimum 1 guest; full equipment included |
| Snorkeling + Diving Combo | ¥22,000 | Minimum 1 guest; Departs 8:00 / 12:30; full equipment included; Approx. 4.5 hours |
| Fun Dive — 1 dive | ¥10,000 | Open Water or above, minimum 2 guests; Equipment not included, rental ¥3,000/day; Approx. 2.5 hours |
| Fun Dive — 2 dives | ¥18,000 | Open Water or above, minimum 2 guests; Equipment not included, rental ¥3,000/day; Approx. 4.5 hours |
| Fun Dive — 3 dives | ¥25,000 | Open Water or above, minimum 2 guests; Equipment not included, rental ¥3,000/day; Approx. 6.5 hours |
🐳 Whale Shark Swim
| Activity | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Discover Scuba Diving (Whale Shark Swim) | ¥22,000 | Minimum 2 guests; full equipment included; Approx. 2 hours |
| Certified Fun Dive | ¥16,000 | Open Water or above, minimum 2 guests; Equipment not included, rental ¥3,000/day; Approx. 2 hours |
🌊 Cape Manza
| Activity | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Snorkeling + Diving Combo | ¥26,000 | Minimum 2 guests; full equipment included; Approx. 4 hours |
| 2-Dive DSD Package | ¥34,000 | Minimum 2 guests; full equipment included; Approx. 4 hours |
| Fun Dive — 2 dives | ¥22,000 | Open Water or above, minimum 2 guests; Equipment not included, rental ¥3,000/day; Approx. 4 hours |
🐠 Kerama Islands — Half Day
| Activity | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Snorkeling + Diving Combo | ¥26,000 | Minimum 2 guests; full equipment included |
| 2-Dive DSD Package | ¥34,000 | Minimum 2 guests; full equipment included |
| Fun Dive — 2 dives | ¥22,000 | Open Water or above, minimum 2 guests; Equipment not included, rental ¥3,000/day |
🐠 Kerama Islands — Full Day
| Activity | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Snorkeling + 2-Dive DSD Package | ¥39,000 | Minimum 2 guests; full equipment included; Approx. 7 hours |
| Fun Dive — 3 dives | ¥33,000 | Open Water or above, minimum 2 guests; Equipment not included, rental ¥3,000/day; Approx. 7 hours |
🚢 USS Emmons Wreck
| Activity | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fun Dive — 2 dives | ¥45,000 | AOW or 20+ logged dives, minimum 4 guests; Equipment not included, rental ¥3,000/day; Approx. 4 hours |
🌅 Cape Hedo
| Activity | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fun Dive — 3 dives | ¥45,000 | Open Water or above, minimum 4 guests; Equipment not included, rental ¥3,000/day; Approx. 5 hours |
The Oceaner Philosophy
Founded in 2018, Oceaner Diving is a dive shop with 92 years to go before its centenary. Our first and only benchmark is safety, safety, and safety again. With seven years of diving experience behind us, we aim to take you into a state of relaxed, comfortable diving.
Where do safety, relaxation and comfort come from?
- 1. Every briefing and every in-water session is led by a PADI-certified, currently-registered instructor who carries public liability insurance and communicates in Chinese. Professional knowledge delivered in your own language — zero communication gaps.
- 2. To deliver on relaxed, comfortable diving, we keep one of the longest and most detailed pre-dive briefings in the industry. We tell you every problem you might meet and exactly how to handle it, weaving in plain-language explanations of the principles so that you understand it in your body, not just your head.
- 3. The two questions we hear most: “I can’t swim” and “I couldn’t get down last time”. Backed by seven years of data, our in-water success rate is 99.9% — it rarely fails, unless you give up. Give us one chance to show you the Okinawan ocean and open the door to the other 70% of the planet. And if you have already tried Discover Scuba Diving and want to go further, we would be honoured to be the instructor who signs your certification.
Three lifetimes of luck. Oceaner Diving dives with you.
📷 Photos from the Field
What’s Included
💰 Instructor & Insurance
Chinese-speaking PADI instructor fee, public liability insurance and consumption tax are all included. No hidden on-site charges.
👓 Full Equipment
All necessary diving equipment is included in the price.
📷 Free Photos
Your instructor photographs the whole trip with an OLYMPUS TG-6/7. Download from the cloud afterwards, free of charge.
🚖 Hotel Transfer
Shared pick-up and drop-off along the Naha – Chatan American Village hotel strip (advance notice required).
Equipment provided
Optional Extras
🧹 Brand-new mouthpiece
¥300 each. All shared equipment is disinfected after every use, but a sealed new mouthpiece is available if you prefer.
🎬 DJI Action 4 rental
¥3,000 per unit. Shoot your own underwater video; we sanitise the housing after every rental.
📷 Cloud photo delivery
Instructor photos are uploaded to the cloud — download them free after your activity.
🏥 Medical Restrictions
For your health and safety, please do not book if any of the following apply to you:
- Middle ear or corneal surgery within the past 6 months
- Any history of lung injury, in particular spontaneous pneumothorax
- Severe obstructive pulmonary disease, e.g. chronic emphysema or severe asthma
- Congenital alveolar diverticula or pulmonary blebs
- History of epilepsy or convulsions
- Recurrent fainting of unknown cause
- Coronary artery disease, e.g. angina or a previous myocardial infarction
- Red blood cell disorders such as sickle-cell anaemia
- Insulin-dependent diabetes
- Long-term alcoholism or drug dependency
- Any surgery within the past 6 months
- Pregnancy
Booking Notes
- Flying after diving: leave at least 12 hours after a single dive and 18 hours after multiple dives before boarding a flight.
- Site changes: the dive site may be changed on the day for sea conditions, weather or safety. Thank you for your understanding.
- Contact & sizing: please leave a reachable contact (WeChat / WhatsApp / LINE / Kakao) plus each guest’s gender, height, weight and shoe size.
- Insurance scope: instructor liability insurance covers accidents during the dive itself. It does not cover injuries caused by the guest (e.g. concealing a medical condition, or slipping while boarding). Please arrange your own travel insurance.
🌱 Eco Guidelines
- Do not use shower gel or shampoo in the on-site showers.
- Do not wear chemical sunscreen in the water — it damages coral. Use reef-safe products.
- Never touch, stand on or collect coral and marine life. Take only photos, leave only bubbles.
Cancellation Policy
| When | Fee |
|---|---|
| More than 7 days before departure | Free rebooking or cancellation — 0% |
| 7 to 3 days before departure | 50% fee |
| Within 3 days of departure | 100% fee |
- No refund is given if you cannot join for personal reasons (period, fear of water and choosing to stay on the boat, no-show, wrong time, arriving more than 10 minutes late, etc.).
- A full refund is given for force majeure (weather, sea conditions, natural disaster, political situation, government order, aviation emergency, etc.).
- Please make sure your passport is valid for at least 6 months and that you hold a valid visa. Bookings cannot be changed, cancelled or refunded if you cannot join because of passport or visa problems.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is equipment rental included in the price? Are there hidden fees?
For snorkeling, Discover Scuba Diving and courses, all necessary equipment and photography are included. For Fun Dives the price is clearly shown with and without equipment rental (¥3,000/day). There are no hidden on-site charges.
I can’t swim. Can I still join?
Absolutely. Our in-water success rate is 99.9%. Your instructor will brief you thoroughly and stay with you the whole time. You only need to be comfortable in the water, not a strong swimmer.
Can you pick us up from our hotel?
Yes — shared transfers are included for hotels along the Naha to Chatan American Village route. Please tell us your hotel when booking; we confirm the pick-up time the day before.
What is your cancellation policy?
Free cancellation more than 7 days before the activity (20 days for courses), 50% from 7 to 3 days (20 to 7 days for courses), and 100% within 3 days (7 days for courses). Full refunds for force majeure.
How old do I need to be?
Snorkeling and DSD: 10 to 59. Guests under 12 need a parent or guardian to sign a consent form. PADI Open Water: 10 and above; Advanced Open Water: 12 and above with an Open Water certification.
Will the photos really be free?
Yes. Your instructor shoots with an OLYMPUS TG-6/7 throughout the activity and you get a cloud download link afterwards, at no extra cost.