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Snorkelling, manta rays and diving around Ishigaki
Three pages, each with the rules, the season, the sites and what the sellers publish on price. The short version: go by boat, mantas are a summer-to-autumn thing, and keep a day between diving and your flight.
Snorkelling
Where it is allowed (not Kabira Bay), the jellyfish season, published half-day prices.
Where it is allowed (not Kabira Bay), the jellyfish season, published half-day prices.
Manta rays
Season, Manta Scramble and Manta City, snorkel or dive, how to behave.
Season, Manta Scramble and Manta City, snorkel or dive, how to behave.
Diving
Who can dive, sites by level, typhoon limits, flying after diving, published prices.
Who can dive, sites by level, typhoon limits, flying after diving, published prices.
When
Sea temperature, rainy season, typhoon counts and the jellyfish advisory month by month: best time to visit. Winter north winds move snorkel boats to the sheltered south; see rough sea.
Boat tours from Ishigaki
Sold by GetYourGuide and Klook; prices and seasons are theirs.
GetYourGuideBlue Cave tour with turtle snorkelBlue Cave plus a turtle snorkel on one half-day trip.See dates and price on GetYourGuide →GetYourGuideBoat snorkeling tour at Phantom IslandBoat to the Hamajima sandbar, snorkel on the reef around it.See dates and price on GetYourGuide →GetYourGuideBeginner turtle snorkeling in English with pickupBeginner turtle snorkel run in English with hotel pickup.See dates and price on GetYourGuide →GetYourGuideIshigaki tours and activitiesAll Ishigaki listings; filter for manta snorkel and dive trips in season.See dates and price on GetYourGuide →KlookHalf-day Blue Cave exploration and snorkelingHalf-day Blue Cave exploration and snorkel.See dates and price on Klook →Klook3-hour sea turtle snorkel and Blue Cave tourThree hours: sea turtle snorkel and the Blue Cave.See dates and price on Klook →KlookHalf-day sea turtle snorkeling or experience divingHalf-day turtle snorkel or a first dive with an instructor, hotel pickup included.See dates and price on Klook →
Prices and inclusions are as the seller publishes them on its booking page; they change by date and season.