Kadena North Steps
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Kadena North in central Okinawa is a beach-entry site with depths to 20m (avg. 10m). Its calm sandy bottom and colorful soft corals host symbiotic gobies, crustaceans, pufferfish, dogtooth scorpionfish, and longnose hawkfish, making it enjoyable for both beginners and advanced divers.
Kadena North hosts gobies, crustaceans, pufferfish, scorpionfish, butterflyfish, dolphinfish schools, and seasonal nudibranchs amid vibrant soft corals.
Dive Activity & Environmental Conditions
Top Wildlife Sightings
Most frequently spotted marine life based on dive logs
#1
Banded Sea Krait
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Octopus
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Clownfish
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Lionfish
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Angelfish
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Butterfly Fish
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Jackfish
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Snapper
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Surgeonfish
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Sweetlips and Grunts
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