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H8K Japanese Sea Reconnaissance Plane
Garapan, Northern Mariana Islands
Water bodyPhilippine Sea
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Jun
About this site
H8K Japanese Sea Reconnaissance Plane is a reef and wreck dive site near Garapan, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, in the Philippine Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, groupers, moray eels, sea turtles, dolphins. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Brown SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscus
Princess DamselPomacentrus vaiuli
Arc-eye HawkfishParacirrhites arcatus
Fivestripe WrasseThalassoma quinquevittatum- Guam DamselPomachromis guamensis
Darkfin HindCephalopholis urodeta
Reticulated DascyllusDascyllus reticulatus
Leopard WrasseMacropharyngodon meleagris
Nearby sites
- 1Sub Chaser1.2 km
- 2Ship Wreck (Showan Maru)1.5 km
- 3Wing Arch7.4 km
- 4Wing Crevasse7.9 km
- 5Lau Lau Dive Site9.2 km
- 6Lau Lau Beach9.3 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org