The 2 Scuba Diving Tours That Earn Their Price

1.Okinawa:Kerama Islands experience Diving/Snorkeling/WhaleWatching

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 16 reviews · from $96Our pick

Depart Naha at 7:30 am for a seven-hour boat trip around the Kerama Islands. You can try beginner scuba or snorkel with careful instruction, visiting two or three sites near Zamami, Tokashiki, Kuroshima, or Maejima. Takashi is one instructor named in guest feedback. Whale watching runs January 12 through March 31.

“Very attentive to people safety (I chose snorkelling). The experience in water felt also safe. The guide gives information about the animals and we could see turtles, many different types of fish and sharks.”

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2.Cebu City: Scuba Diving with Whale Sharks Trip in Oslob

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 14 reviews · from $172

Leave Cebu City around 5:00 AM for Oslob by private car. After a safety briefing and equipment fitting, an English-speaking instructor takes you into the sea for a 30 to 40-minute scuba session beside whale sharks. Non-licensed and licensed participants are welcome.

“Whale shark watching in Oslob starts early at 3am, but you should definitely go. There are many snorkeling tours, but there are a lot of people lined up to board the boat that goes out to sea, so you have to wait quite a while. And the surface of the sea is also full of people. However, with diving, you can enter directly from the beach without having to wait to enter, and the water is empty so you can move freely and see well. It's a little more expensive than snorkeling, but diving is definitely recommended. At Sumilon Island, we didn't dive, we went snorkeling. The drivers are very…”

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