Rota

Before Entering the Water

• Confirm a current operating boat or local shore escort, a named instructor/guide, current site selection and the launch permission after Super Typhoon Bavi.
• Rota Hole is advanced and overhead. Its underwater access requires reliable buoyancy and planning. No intro dives or routine snorkel passage; true overhead exploration needs proper specialist training and equipment. See operator precautions and MVA.
• Shoun Maru is around 30 m deep with possible strong currents; follow qualification/decompression planning. No penetration or war artifact removal.
• Never freedive alone. Obtain rescue-aware instruction, buddy monitoring and emergency oxygen; do not mix breath-hold and compressed-gas profiles casually.
• Stay out during storm warnings, strong surf, harbor closures, unsafe roads and unreliable communications; confirm marine weather directly before departure.
• Surface safely with SMB where appropriate, avoid ascent beneath vessels, use conservative gas reserves and observe the destination-specific current briefing.
• Know the clinic phone, how to call 911, evacuation limitations and your insurer's activation process.

Rota Health Center is the identified local medical contact; CHCC said its emergency room line +1-670-532-0954 had been restored on July 7, 2026. An October 23 notice reported the health center's electrical grid service restored, but this does not certify every diagnostic or specialty capability. No on-island operational recompression chamber, chamber operator, air ambulance schedule or guaranteed evacuation time was independently verified. Treat serious decompression illness or arterial gas embolism as an emergency: call 911, obtain medical stabilization and use oxygen/first aid if trained, then call DAN emergency hotline +1-919-684-9111 for dive medical advice and coordination. Arrange medical/evacuation coverage before travel and never advertise unverified chamber support.

The Sasanhaya Bay Fish Reserve was established in 1994 to conserve Rota's reef environment and WWII heritage. Fishing, harvest of plants/animals, feeding fish, damaging reef habitats, collecting shells/sand/coral and interfering with historic wreck material are prohibited inside the reserve. This guide does not guess its GIS outline, assume permission to fish outside it, or represent operator-advertised spearfishing as legal within it. Do not stand on corals, chase turtles or remove archaeological objects. On land, DLNR documents sensitive bird habitat; stay on permitted paths, avoid wildlife disturbance, and check current management notices. Do not assume a park tag exists without official evidence.