HammerTime Japan – How to Hammerhead Shark Dive in Japan

HammerTime Japan – How to Hammerhead Shark Dive in Japan
Of all the places to see Schooling Hammerheads in the world, I feel lucky to have 3 hammerhead viewing locations here in Japan: Yonaguni Island, Oshima Island, and Mikomoto Island. One of them, Mikomoto Island, is just 3 hours from Tokyo and is going absolutely bonkers right now with Scalloped hammerhead sharks. The Kuroshio (black current or warm current) has come to Japan early (again) this year, bringing the hammerhead sharks earlier and in higher numbers.

In this video, we learn a bit about the scalloped hammer, where to see them in Japan, some dive logistics, and lots of videos from recent dives. Let’s have a look.

Hammer Diving References
Hammer diving in Mikomoto (July to Sept): Kaiyusha 290 (https://www.290.jp/)
Hammer diving in Yonaguni (Feb high season): Doug @ Reef Encounters (https://www.reefencounters.org/)
Hammer Diving in Oshima (July to Sept high season): https://www.reefencounters.org/

Video: Yuichi Kunisada, Big Chris D., Kaiyusha 290
Kaiyusha 290 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/kaiyusha290/featured
Photos: Kazuyuki Hamamoto, Sean C.

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Chapters:
Chapters:
00:20 Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks
01:00 The three Hammerhead dive sites in Japan
01:09 Yonaguni Island
01:46 Izu Oshima Island
02:33 Mikomoto Island diving
04:31 Mikoto Island basic dive plan
05:00 The Mikomoto Island dives I did last week
06:48 The dive logistics (for those who are interested or might want to make a trip)
09:23 My 2021 dive plan (lots of hammers!!!)

Safe diving!

Jim

Big Dog, DDT
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