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Zamami Whale Watching Dive

Kerama Islands · Japan

The open channel northwest of Zamami Island serves as a primary calving ground for humpback whales migrating from the North Pacific each winter, making it one of the very few places on earth where divers can enter the water alongside these 15-metre giants in good visibility. Mothers and calves rest in the shallows while escorts circle protectively, and on calm days the resonant song of adult males carries through the water column from kilometres away. Outside whale season, the same seamount edges host aggregations of spotted eagle rays and white-tip reef sharks patrolling the current lines.

Conditions

Depth

5 to 30 m

Open water and up

Current

Usually still

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

15 to 25 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

19 to 30°C

3mm wetsuit

Month by month

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Water (°C)	19	19	20	22	24	27	28	28	27	25	23	20
Vis (m)	20	20	20	20	20	15	15	15	15	20	20	20
Current	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Gentle	Gentle	Gentle	Still	Still	Gentle	Gentle	Moderate	Moderate