Kawana
★★★★☆
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Kawana in Ito City, Shizuoka, offers calm waters and varied topography. With easy-entry beach dives ideal for beginners and boat dives for experienced divers, it’s rich in marine life year-round. Sea turtles are frequently spotted, making it a popular and rewarding dive site.
Kawana offers year-round marine life from turtles to nudibranchs. Spring–summer brings Gobies, fall–winter highlights nudibranchs. Summer boat dives reveal soft corals.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
74 Sightings
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Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
32 Sightings
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Total number of species: 600
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Wrasse
28 Sightings
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Total number of species: 350
Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish
38 Sightings
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Total number of species: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
24 Sightings
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Total number of species: 25
AdobeStock_Vladimir Wrangel
Boxfish
21 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
20 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
20 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
10 Sightings
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Total number of species: 300
Shutterstock_DiveIvanov
Squid
9 Sightings
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