Pacific Ocean underwater photo guide

The Pacific: Too huge an area to generalise about. Thousands of atolls, each with its own character. You would need a lifetime to do it justice

Best Season
Jan-April typhoon season is Jul-Dec (Palau) anytime Truk Apr-Nov avoid Dec-Mar rainy season (Fiji)

Visibility
100-200

Water Temp
70-82 depending on location

Wrecks
Fujikawa Maru, Fumitsuki, Shinkoku Maru, Yamigiri Maru, Sankisan Maru etc. (Truk)

Palau
340 islands, vertical walls. Marine lakes with wall to wall jellyfish.

Truk lagoon
Huge lagoon, boat. no currents but loads of decompression.
WWII wrecks. The BIG one. 275 planes and 210,000 tons of Japanese naval and merchant cargo ships.

Guam
Known as the gateway to Micronesia. Fringing reefs from shore
900 species of fish, Napoleon wrasse, manta, few soft corals but spectacular hard corals, Japanese zero

Japan
Not most peoples idea of a dive destination.
giant crabs the size of a diver!

Fiji
300 islands,75,000 sq. miles, 300+ varieties of soft corals
Colourful soft corals, big pelagics

Hawaii
boat, shore, shallow, deep, volcanic terrain, caves, tunnels, drop-offs. Not the best dive site in the Pacific but the islands are enjoyable to visit!
600 fish species, Nudibranchs, spinner dolphins, humpback whales (Nov-May)

Philippines
coral reef varied. 7100 volcanic mountainous islands stretching 1000 miles.
WWII wrecks