Boat Diving

We offer day trips for certified divers, intro divers, and snorkellers out on our 40ft cruiser - Reef Encounters I. We usually head out to the spectacular dive/snorkeling sites located in the the Kerama island group, which is world famous for its magnificient coral reefs and abundant sea life. We also take day trips to the Chiibishi Islands, Rukan Atoll, Onna Village, and Sesoko-Island. (See the dive locations map)

butterflyfish We offer 2 tank, 3 tank, and snorkeling trips from our boat. Here is a typical schedule for a day trip out to the islands:

8:15 am - Meet at the boat harbor, set up gear, prepare for departure

9:00 am - Depart for Kerama Islands

10:00 am - Arrive at first dive site, dive preparation, enter the water

11:30 am - Arrive at second dive site, dive preparation, enter the water

12:30 - 2:00 pm - Lunch break at second dive site, snorkeling, nap time, relax

2:00 pm - Depart for final dive (usually a drift dive), preparation, enter the water

3:00 pm - Leave the Keramas, head home

4:00 pm - Arrive at the marina, drive to shop for debriefing and log book, sayonara!

All day trips are totally dependant on weather conditions, currents, wind, and tide changes. Time schedules are very flexible because of Okinawa's sudden changes in weather. Please check with us for current conditions and schedules.

Whats Hot!!!!!

NEW Wreck Dives!!

Our efforts at finding and diving new wrecks around Okinawa have finally paid off with mooring lines installed on the our newest wreck off the port of Naha. Come explore this new very large wreck with the wreck experts on Okinawa.

Yonaguni Trips for 2013.

We have two trips scheduled for Yonaguni this year: Jan 24 and Feb 12. You can come for 3 -7 days depending on how many dives you would like to do. Contact us now for reservations. Depending on interest we may add a trip in March.

New Scooter Fleet and Double Tanks have Arrived!

Our new fleet of Cuda 650 scooters have arrived and we have been running them through their paces on the reefs and wrecks surrounding Okinawa. Our new advanced scooter classes will be starting soon. We also now have over 8 complete doubles set ups and 40cuft deco cylinders added to our rental fleet. Backplates and double wings

Get Certified at Reef Encounters!!

We are still offering certification classes weekly. Advanced classes also go weekly. Remember we have day, evening and weekend schedules available. Classes can be taught in English or Japanese.

Intro to Tech and the new NAUI Tech classes to include Technical Decompression Diver and Extreme Exposure Diver are also available monthly.

Also Reef Encounters is hiring instructors and DM's email Doug for more info!!!

reservations@reefencounters.org