13 Dive Sites

EastDive The best sites in the Izu Peninsula
Shishihama is the closest dive site in West Izu. Conditions are best when winds are from the northeast. After crossing a short bridge, divers enter the water and swim to the drop off. A sandy slope starts at 5 meters and continues down to 15 meters before dropping off to a depth belowd imagination. Deep dives are popular here with many fish including  half-lined cardinals, emperor fish and sergeant majors can seen at 30 meters depth.
Osezaki is a very popular dive site in West Izu because of the great underwater environment and view of Mt. Fuji. There are many dive sites accessable by shore: in the bay, outside the bay and at the cape. PADI dive training courses are popular here, as well as refreshment couses and Discover Scuba Diving experiences. In the bay, you can a small shrine, a sunken ship, a Venus statue and a motorcycle all underwater.

​Outside the bay, there is a steep dropoff to 30-40 meters depth. There are many soft corals and whip corals that can be seen at about 20-30 meters depth. The "Manbo" moon fish can be seen at the outside and cape points in Spring - very exciting!
West Izu is home to Ida, a small village located between Osezaki and Toda. About 10 years ago, this shore diving site was discovered and has since become a popular dive point. The water is extreemly clear since it faces the open ocean with good bottom contours and abundant fish life.

​Ida has a gentle slope leading to a sudden drop off to a depth of 35 meters. and Deep Elijah has countless fish in a boundary of GOROTA and sands. It's possible to think the very clean silhouette to look up at migration fish near surface of the water from the bottom. From autumn to winter, visibility is often more than 30 meters.
Tago is a famous area in West Izu with boat diving points inside and outside of the bay. Divers can enjoy taking many macro pictures of the dynamic underwater features while diving inside of the bay. Drift diving is available only for a few months of the year. Inexperienced divers are encouraged to join and there is no training fee drift diving. 

Tago is well know for an abundance of beautiful table corals, especially at the outside dive sites. Table corals are usually found in the warmer waters of southern Japan. Soft coral has also stuck around this neighborhood. This is the secret of why Tago has so many different kinds of fish. 

One popular point has a dynamic 30+ meter drop off. In the flow of the current, countless fish can be seen here. Another area has a sandy bottom for beginner divers. There is also a cave drift dive here.
Toi is a diving area located in the middle of West-izu. There is a large pool facility and it's used for a various courses. There are shore and boat diving options available, with many dive sites. One popular point has three shipwrecks lying very close to each other. 

From the shore, water gradually deepens to about 5 meters - perfect for beginner divers to gain confidence and feel comfortable in the water. Many fish are here, with nice views above water.
Koganezaki is located within a national park in West Izu. It is well known for a vivid golden color reflected off the cliffs at sunset. This shore diving site is good for beginners and muck-diver enthusiasts. 

Beach course depth increases slowly after entering,There can feel easy about beginners. Countless rock is in front of the sands, and the group of a fish requires an it top.It is a point which can enjoy nature fully.If it is not a macro lens, there is a small and easily unseen living thing abundantly. a local service guide teaches information, it is not troubled by a living thing material, either. a shoal water can enjoy long diving.In Koganezaki, there is the seafood restaurant local plentifully. also introduce the store which is not known unless it is local .
It is a very popular the cave point in west izu peninsula . There are many dive site with caves inside of the bay, some on the out side too . Many divers visit all seasons to Kumomi, The boat dive at Kumomi is the most popular in izu peninsula. It is very comfortable at Kumomi, Dive boat has a lift-type exjit which makes it very easy. three divers can be pulled up at once. It moves to much point by this comfortable boat. Kumomi is so many has the different cave you can see. In the Pacific Ocean, near Japan . since a warm current flows, summer temperature goes up to 27 degrees. divers can enjoy diving all year. Summer to especially autumn is favorable since the visibility can be greater than 20meters. Whatever the feature may be called, it is a cave. We call "cave of H " is It is a waterway like a complicated maze. We will guide you through with our expert experience with ease. Also OHUSHI is a biger the cave can seen .
Mikomoto is the most southern point of Izu peninsula. You can do a real drift dive. At Kamene there is a flow of tide, a wide range fish is also seen. Underwater it is very dynamic geographically and there are many different schooling fishes as well as nudibranch and soft corals.Usually, it is expected that they arrive around summer every year. They ride the tide and often appear in great numbers. If you are lucky, you can swim along with them. We call this "Hammer River"  It is very comfortable at Mikomoto, Dive boat has a lift-type exit which makes it very easy. Three divers can be pulled up at once. It is a very comfortable boat. Mikomoto has so many different points you can see.This dive tour is not a beginner dive. You need good experience and over 50 logged dives and Advanced Open Water Diver Certification. You must be able to deploy an SMB (DSMB)
Atami It is popular point of a shipwrecks dive and also fairly near to Tokyo. Called the "Chinsen" meaning shipwreck , The large ship Asahi Maru (about 85m length) was filled with lange rocks sank about 25 years ago in a stom and split in to two parts.  Top of the shop at 26m and the bottom of the ship lies at 35m. Soft coral sea fans,fishes, sponges,crabs,and nubibranchs can be foind around the shopwreck. The interior of a shop is visable with the light from outside. Sodaine is a deep dive drop off that many divers enjoy. Also a lot of fish can be seen any time .This is a pinacle dive and various underwater geographical features can be enjoyed. Usually it is a point that we go on the second dive . There is a large and small root in Bedakane it is very popular point at Atami. A beginner or advanced diver can also enjoy themselves.  Many coral sea fans, and large fishes, beautiful underwater is waiting. 12-40m depth this is also a pinacle dive.
It is an island close Tokyo in takes only 25 minutes from a Atami port. it is popular tourist spot. which about 300 people reside You can go by ferry and can eat local seafood delicacies.  For diver it feels like a taste or traveling in a small boat for island diving. you arrives in only 25 minutes from Atami port. The time of summer is crowded with many tourists. Usually, diving is possible in an all year.  FUTATSUNE is the mein dive point where you can see a lot of fish in clear shalllow water There so many softcora l and can see house in underwater. it is very beautiful underwater There are many fish also at a shoal water .this island dive evry diver want go the trip.  The located food shop in a line with the seashore is ten or more affairs. A fresh fish is cooked for evry divers . its Recommendation is a rice bowl put on SASHIMI Cuttlefish, some set menu .after dive enjoy this food .
This is East Dive's recommendation for diving the East Izu peninsula It is very popular East side Ocean dive point. There are tow beach dive site at Futo which is located in a large cove. It is many fish you can seen underwater.  The beach point which beginners can also enjoy. YOKOHAMA has many Sea anemone
and crustaceans underwater. Many tropical fishes migrate to the cove every year. From June to August you can seen squid eggs spawning.   When a southwest wind is calm you can go Futo Hole . At 3meters below the suface. It is a very easy to see . Sunlight enters the cave and it is beautiful. This dive point can going swim skindive from entry point.  There are Drift dive points such as Maekado and Futatsune that provide good drop off and deeper dives . They have dynamic geographical feature that are rarely seen. For an Advenced diver or pro divers Izu ocean park outside No2 or Sankaku is recommended..  After the Diving you can Relax in the Onsen maru boat right in front of the sea. you can do it peacefuly . looking at the sea and talk about deys dive . This hot tub you can enjoy as a free Service. but drinking japanese sake is not allowed.
It is a very popular point in East izu peninsula. there Underwater geographical feature which lava flowed into the sea by the eruption of the mountain of Oomuroyama, wonderful underwater can seen gleeming with various sea life.  From the Pacific Ocean, a warm current Kuroshio flows up from the phillpines, in the summer time water temperature reaches 25 degrees. the lowest temperature of winter is about 13 degrees, divers can enjoy in an all year.   A huge Christmas tree will be displayed in December. This is a customary event every year. The dive center lends out the costume of Santa Claus or a reindeer for divers who aer in the chrismas spirit. .Many Santa Claus is swimming in underwater.
Yawatano is located in East-izu, and is ahead of Izukougen station. The ocean park/direction displayed as Futo on the coast is different, so the time when a beach is the northeast is a gentle point. The nature taken out about the offing and the horse mackerel nature near the embankment are a highlight, and a lot of creatures also live in sands in a front page. It's a sea in front of the tank place, so movement is also entry from a bank little, so I'm relieved at a beginner, too. A bank continues, so the beginning can go out to the offing while practicing how to swim. A lot of fry and migration fish are even seen from a bank. Indeed a point for a beginner. When I advance the root which has gone out to the offing, there are wide sands in a front . It's recommended to the person we like to do observation in the water of slowly and the person who would like to take many pictures. When I advance towards the inside, the depth becomes deep quickly. Deep dive can also be done. Fish observation is best carefully in the front area which becomes deep.