Sanchin
★★★★☆
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About an hour by boat from Naha Port, this first Kerama Islands site features clear water, colorful corals, crevices, and swim-throughs teeming with tropical fish, making it a stunning and vibrant dive spot.
Possible sightings of triggerfish, sea snakes, clownfish, turtles, blue damsels, and vibrant soft and hard corals.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
9 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.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
5 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
2 Sightings
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iStock-ShaneGross
Loggerhead Turtle
1 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.: 600
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Wrasse
1 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.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
1 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
12 Sightings
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AdobeStock-Richard Carey
Banded Sea Krait
6 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.: 30
Shutterstock-s_a_j
Sand Eel
4 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.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
4 Sightings
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