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Reachable in 30 minutes by plane from Kagoshima, Yakushima is an island with a circumference of about 130 km and an area of 500 km². In the center of the island is a prehistoric forest, and the Jomon cedars are all too famous.
You will see big fish like bluefin tuna, bigeye trevally, bluefin trevally, reef sharks, stingrays, and sometimes hammerheads. Also great macro life.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
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Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
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iStock-ShaneGross
Loggerhead Turtle
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Alamy/BIOSPHOTO
Ocean Sunfish
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Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
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Total number of species approx.: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
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Total number of species approx.: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
5 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
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Total number of species approx.: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
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