Konnichiwa from Okinawa!

[CrowBar]

Hello all,
New OWD. I'm currently living in Okinawa, Japan, but originally from Texas. Came to the board looking to soak up as much info as I can. Looking forward to expanding my horizons as they relate to all things SCUBA!

 

[Jafo19D]

I've only been to Okinawa once for TDY and loved it.

 

[speleo]

Hello all,
New OWD. I'm currently living in Okinawa, Japan, but originally from Texas. Came to the board looking to soak up as much info as I can. Looking forward to expanding my horizons as they relate to all things SCUBA!

So how's the diving in Okinawa?

 

[Jafo19D]

So how's the diving in Okinawa?

There was a guy here who was positing videos of him and his wife diving in Okinawa. Maybe he'll chime in.

 

[Jafo19D]

Diving in Okinawa was actually what stopped me from getting into SCUBA in the first place.

I was on TDY doing some Force Protection/Anti-Terrorism stuff (nothing sexy or exciting) there in Okinawa with a retired Special Forces E-8 who never left Japan. We were walking near a shore and I saw an instructor with a student doing an exercise. The SF guy told me they were doing the freeflow exercise. That freaked me out and kept me from trying out SCUBA for lots of years.

Funny thing is that the exercise was not a big deal for me when I did my OW.

 

[kelemvor]

Looks like a good place for diving to me!

Not my video.

 

[drrich2]

Welcome to ScubaBoard! Hope you get some good dive trips in while you're in that region of the world.

Richard.

 

[John C. Ratliff]

Some of the best diving I have even done, anywhere, was in Okinawa. Enjoy it to the utmost, as you are in one of the best dive sites in the world. The photos were taken in 1968, while diving for the U.S. Air Force as a Pararescueman.

SeaRat

 

[ChampUSMC]

I absolutely love Okinawa. Was stationed there in the 90's. ( Camp Foster ) I kick myself for not getting certified there way back then. We did a lot of cliff jumping and snorkeling at a place called Mida Point I think it was called.