Mermaid’s Grotto
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Apogama (Mermaid Grotto) in Onna Village, Okinawa, features a large natural cave with a heart-shaped hollow, famed as a lovers’ spot. With depths to 35m, its underwater tunnels and arches offer stunning topography and diverse marine life, making it a captivating dive site.
Apogama hosts lance fish, yellowfin seabream, dogtooth tuna, giant trevally, lobsters, nebrids, and occasional turtles or barracudas.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
28 Sightings
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
9 Sightings
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Total number of species: 600
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Wrasse
8 Sightings
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Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
5 Sightings
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Total number of species: 27
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Barracuda
5 Sightings
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Leatherback Turtle
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark
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Shutterstock-Ed Jenkins
Hawksbill Turtle
2 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
17 Sightings
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Total number of species: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
15 Sightings
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