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Nippo Maru
Tonoas Municipal Building, Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia
EntryBoat
Max depth48 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp29–30°C
Estimated from climate dataNov–Sep
About this site
Nippo Maru is a wreck dive site near Tonoas Municipal Building, Chuuk State, Micronesia, in the Pacific Ocean. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 48 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes jacks, nudibranchs, reef sharks, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 29 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Lined BristletoothCtenochaetus striatus
Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidus
Palenose ParrotfishScarus psittacus
Pacific Longnose ParrotfishHipposcarus longiceps
Barred SpinefootSiganus doliatus
Bleeker's ParrotfishChlorurus bleekeri
Whitemargin UnicornfishNaso annulatus
Steephead ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinos
Nearby sites
- 1Momokawa Maru1.1 km
- 2Aikoku Maru1.1 km
- 3Nagano Maru1.9 km
- 4San Francisco Maru2.1 km
- 5Shotan Maru2.4 km
- 6Seiko Maru2.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org