We've made a couple of trips to Ita Beach south of Cape Ose on the west coast of the Izu pennisula. From Yokosuka we spent around 1600 yen on tolls. 700 yen for parking. I believe in the summer they charge 300 yen per diver. In the winter it's only parking. Only other costs will be gas which will vary depending on what you're driving. The drive (if you don't get lost) is between 3-4 hours from Yokosuka (south of Yokohama) We went right off the beach. There is a fairly substantial pier there and a local dive shop that runs dives and classes from there. We head down to the south end and enter the water there. We try to avoid getting in anyones way.
The entry is over rocks, but we only have to make our way about 20-30 feet before we're in the water. It drops off fairly quickly. Pretty nice fish life, lots of morays. I've even seen dragon morays both time I've been there. It drops down to over a 100 feet. Rocks, corals... vis has been good both times that I've been there, 50ft+. Water temp the end of September was mid 70's. Water temp last weekend was mid 50's.
Don't ask me how to get there. The first time that I went one of our Japanese club members was driving. The second time I was able to find my way back with a combination of GPS and memory. The GPS got us in the general area and I was able to get us the rest of the way from memory. I think my friend set his GPS when he was there. If anyone is interested let me know, and I'll see if I can get the coordinates from him.
The entry is over rocks, but we only have to make our way about 20-30 feet before we're in the water. It drops off fairly quickly. Pretty nice fish life, lots of morays. I've even seen dragon morays both time I've been there. It drops down to over a 100 feet. Rocks, corals... vis has been good both times that I've been there, 50ft+. Water temp the end of September was mid 70's. Water temp last weekend was mid 50's.
Don't ask me how to get there. The first time that I went one of our Japanese club members was driving. The second time I was able to find my way back with a combination of GPS and memory. The GPS got us in the general area and I was able to get us the rest of the way from memory. I think my friend set his GPS when he was there. If anyone is interested let me know, and I'll see if I can get the coordinates from him.
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