Cape Maeda
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Cape Maeda in Onna Village, Okinawa, is famed for its “Blue Cave,” where sunlight creates a magical blue glow. Featuring drop-offs, vertical holes, and depths to 30–40m, it hosts diverse marine life from schools of fish to sunfish, offering excitement for both beginners and advanced divers.
Cape Maeda offers migratory fish, yasha and hammerhead gobies, sparrows, butterflyfish, wrasses, nudibranchs, plus sea turtles and Napoleon fish.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
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Total number of species: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
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Green Turtle
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Total number of species: 200
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Moray Eel
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
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Hawksbill Turtle
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Total number of species: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
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Total number of species: 100
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Parrotfish
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Total number of species: 40
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Triggerfish
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Total number of species: 3
Shutterstock_Leo Lorenzo
Trumpetfish
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Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
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