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 & Environmental Conditions
Top Wildlife Sightings
Most frequently spotted marine life based on dive logs
#1
Clownfish
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Parrotfish
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Triggerfish
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Trumpetfish
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Angelfish
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#6
Butterfly Fish
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#7
Bannerfish
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#8
Nudibranch
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#9
Pufferfish
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Surgeonfish
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