Coral Garden Amami Oshima

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Coral Garden in Amami Oshima, Kagoshima, features vibrant coral colonies including Palau coral. With depths of 8–10m and minimal current, it’s ideal for all skill levels. Accessible year-round, just 10 minutes by boat, it’s a popular and beginner-friendly dive spot.

Amami-Oshima’s Coral Garden hosts colorful fish, red snappers, turtles, rays, and crustaceans like frigate shrimp—an ideal macro diving destination.

Dive Activity

Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

Humpback Whale

19 Sightings
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11
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Wrasse

16 Sightings
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8
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2
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0
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6
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Moray Eel

10 Sightings
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2
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8
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Green Turtle

8 Sightings
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2
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2
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4
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Common Dolphin

4 Sightings
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2
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2
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Bottlenose Dolphin

2 Sightings
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Clownfish

30 Sightings
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5
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12
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7
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0
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0
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2
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4
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0
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0

Damselfish

28 Sightings
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0
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10
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2
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0
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0
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5
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7
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4
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0
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Angelfish

25 Sightings
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3
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11
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7
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0
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0
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0
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4
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0
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0
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0

Bannerfish

22 Sightings
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3
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10
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6
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0
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0
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3
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0

Triggerfish

18 Sightings
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2
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7
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6
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3
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Butterfly Fish

17 Sightings
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2
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6
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5
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0
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4
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Sweetlips and Grunts

17 Sightings
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6
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0
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3
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0

Goatfish

15 Sightings
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0
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9
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2
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0
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0
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4
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Lionfish

14 Sightings
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8
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0
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0
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2
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4
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Soldierfish

14 Sightings
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2
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6
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2
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0
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4
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Parrotfish

13 Sightings
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2
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6
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2
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0
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3
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Shrimp

13 Sightings
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10
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0
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3
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0

Boxfish

10 Sightings
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0
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6
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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4
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0
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0

Trumpetfish

10 Sightings
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3
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4
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0

Nudibranch

10 Sightings
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10
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Scorpionfish

9 Sightings
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6
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3
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0

Surgeonfish

8 Sightings
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0
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0
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4
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0
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0
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0
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4
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Emperor

8 Sightings
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6
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2
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0
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0
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0
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Crab

8 Sightings
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5
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0
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0
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3
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Squid

6 Sightings
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6
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0
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0
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Porcupinefish

5 Sightings
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2
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3
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Snapper

4 Sightings
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4
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Pufferfish

4 Sightings
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4
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Stonefish

4 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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4
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0
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Leaf Scorpionfish

3 Sightings
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0
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0
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3
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0
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0

Garibaldi Damselfish

2 Sightings
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2
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0
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0
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0
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Sea Wasp

2 Sightings
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Moon Jellyfish

2 Sightings
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0
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