HONG STAR DIVE

“There’s an Ocean We’d Love to Show You” — that promise sits at the heart of Hongstar Dive, a PADI 5 Star Dive Resort based in Naha and Chatan, Okinawa. Run by a licensed Korean team, the centre pairs professional expertise with a decade-long record of zero accidents, so safety and skill go hand in hand on every outing.

Courses and diving

With four PADI Instructors and premium, small-group teaching, Hongstar guides you from Introductory Diving through Open Water and Advanced Courses. Two private boats mean the team can head to the best dive sites each day, where Okinawa's waters bring the chance to meet sharks, whales, turtles, rays, ocean fish, corals, eels and a colourful cast of molluscs and crustaceans.

A full rental range — from wetsuits and BCDs to a scooter (DPV), plus kids' and freediving gear — keeps things easy for every kind of guest. With Japanese and Korean spoken and a dive club and conservation activities on offer, it suits first-timers, course students and travelling divers alike who want thoughtful, guest-centred guiding beneath the waves.