Kawana Beach
★★★★☆
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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 approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
34 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 600
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Wrasse
28 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
2 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 350
Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish
39 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
26 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 25
AdobeStock_Vladimir Wrangel
Boxfish
22 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
20 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
20 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
10 Sightings
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