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The surge is coming due to typhoon.

2024年10月2日Staff BlogBeach diving, Boat diving, Coral reef, DIving, Drysuit diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Photo diving, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

We can see many kinds of underwater creatures now.

October 2, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 21~29℃
Water Temperature: 25~26℃
Wind Direction: Southeast(3m/s)
Swell: 1.0~1.5m
Visibility:10m
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The surge keep coming here for a few days.
The visibility is about 10m, but we can enjoy diving for seeing many kinds of underwater creatures.

Recently, we can see many kinds of nidi.

I believe the number of these will be increasing soon.

I found the place that many rare shrimps lives in.
The name is Phycocaris Simlans.

They are good at hiding, so it is hard to find them.

And Mantis shrimp still having eggs now.

Others, there are various of baby fishes as well.

Now, you can see various of underwater creatures and situation now.
Now is the best season to dive in Kushimoto!!

See you then(^^)/

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Phycocaris simulans, Peocock mantis shrimp

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Bizen, Sumisaki

Sea condition was so nice in a weekend

2024年9月29日Staff Blog小池

There are so many macro creatures now.

September 29, 2024

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Weather: Cloudy and Rainy
Ground Temperature: 23~27℃
Water Temperature: 25~26℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(3~6m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:10~15m
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We thought there was surge this weekend.
But the sea condition is so nice actually.

There are so many kinds of underwater creatures.
This frog fish stay at the limited diving point.

We can dive this point until October 31th.
And we can see Razorfishes as well.

And there is a mantis shrimp that has a eggs.

They have a strong punch, so we have to take care of not to get punch lol.

After this term, I guess the number of nudibranch is getting more and more.

We can also see this nudibranchs.
I wonder if I can find it tomorrow as well.

Others, we can see many kinds of cute baby fishes now!!!

I believe you must enjoy diving in this term.

See you then(^^)/

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The swell continues

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The ground conditions are good but swell continues .

September 18, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 25~32℃
Water Temperature: 24~29℃
Wind Direction: Southwest(3~5m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:7~12m
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After coming typhoon, fine whether continues. But the swell also continues….
The sea condition is not bad. so we can enjoy diving everyday.

I hope the swell will be gone as soon as possible.

There is sea moth now.
But, I always take a long time to find it.

Maybe this fish and I just don’t get along well.
Some creatures are easy to find, but others, like this fish, are hard to find. This phenomenon may be common among the guide staff.

Water temperature is 24-29 degree.
I think it is high for sea slug, but there still are many sea slugs now.

We can see different kinds of nudibranchs( sea slug) in winter and summer.
It is one of charm of the Kushimoto’s sea.

At last, I will show you this pics.

I like this picture because it is dynamic, I guess.

Then, We will dive three times in a day tomorrow.
I hope the sea condition will be better than today!!!

See you then(^^)/

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Good Wrasse world, Kichiemon, Nakaguromi

We can dive easily today!!

2024年9月13日Staff Blog小池

There are so many kinds of macro creatures.

September 13, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 25~32℃
Water Temperature: 27~28℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(3~5m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:10~20m
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Australian guest came to our shop today.
The number of overseas guests is getting more and more!!

I’m so happy many overseas guest to come to Kushimoto!!!

When they come to here, I always try to show them Japanese pigmy sea horse.

The sea horse is endemic to Japan.
So, I want everyone to see it.

Also, I usually show Japanese pigmy angel fish as well.

Recently, The guest who likes nudibranch come to our shop!!
I guess the number of these is getting more. So, I want to the guest who like nudi to come on the end of the Oct or Nov.

There might be many nidibranchs in our dive site.

And now, there are so many Long-nose hawkfish now.

And there are so many herrings in bay side area.

So, you can see some a school of fishes and macro creatures.

The autumn is the best to dive in Kushimoto.
I hope many overseas tourist come to Kuhsimoto!!

See you then(^^)

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串本の生きもの

Japanese pigmy sea horse, Silver-stripe round fishes, Longnose hawkfish, Japanese pigmy angel fish

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Bizen, Same-no-hire

After passing typhoon

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Typhoon made our shop close for a week.

September 2, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 26~32℃
Water Temperature: 27℃
Wind Direction: Southeast(1~3m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:10m
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The typhoon named Shanshan made our shop close for a week…
We cannot dive for a week.

So, we went to research dive today.
I worry if underwater creatures were gone, but almost underwater creatures still stay at the same place.

There wasn’t huge surge for a week, but the situation of underwater was changed a little bit.

However, some goby still live in a same place.

Filament-finned prawn-goby was swimming a lot.
I guess they are so hungry due to typhoon. lol

On the other hands, Black sailfin goby looks exhausted.
They didn’t spread their fin at all.

When it doesn’t spread fin, it look like a branch, doesn’t it?

We also meet a shrimp named “Dasycaris zanzibarica”.
The shrimp is a little bit rare in Kushimoto area.

Others, we were able to meet Japanese pigmy seahorse as well.

This time, the typhoon didn’t seem to have much of an impact underwater.

We will restart diving from tomorrow.
I wonder if we can meet many kinds of underwater creatures tomorrow!!!

Foreigner tourists will come to our shop tomorrow.
I will do my best our guest to have a good time!!!

See you then(^^)/

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串本の生きもの

Japanese pigmy sea horse, Black sailfin goby, Filament-finned prawn-goby, Dasycaris zanzibarica

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Bizen

I went to two dives to meet underwater macro creatures

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Many foreigner diver come to our shop recently!!

August 20, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 24~32℃
Water Temperature: 22~26℃
Wind Direction: Southwest(3~5m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:12~15m
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There was some surge a little bit due to typhhon.
But we can enjoy diving in a whole days.

The guest who comes from Germany and Australia today.
The number of overseas guest become more and more recently.

I would be happy if the sea of Kushimoto spread to the world.

I received some request that want to see nudis and Japan endemic species.

I showed this nudi at first dive.
They likes it. They said they had never seen it before.

And Today’s guest likes tiny underwater creatures.
So, I showed them tiny nudi.

The size is 2mm lol.
I was glad that they were so enthusiastic about taking photos.

And I also introduced them Japan endemic species.

The English name is Japanese butterfly fish.
I know the English name, but I don’t know the academic name.

The academic name is Chaetodon nippon.

The name include Japan!!! “Nippon” means Japan.
So I guess it is Japan endemic species.
I have to noted the academic name.

Others We saw many kinds of fishes in a day!!
There are so many fishes now.

You can see many kinds of fishes. So, you must enjoy diving in Kushimoto now.

See you then(^^)/

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串本の生きもの

Tambja amakusana, Verconia sp.1, Chaetodon nippon

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Good Wrasse world

Nice condition!!!

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It was so nice day but typhoon will come to Japan…

August 14, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 26~34℃
Water Temperature: 23~28℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(3~6m/s)
Swell: 0.5~1.0m
Visibility:10~15m
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It was fine day today.
And the sea was so calm!!

The water temperature is changing day by day.
Today’s water temperature was 23~28 degree.

Then, We went to dive in the point that located in out of the ocean.
There are so many fishes.

At this morning, we saw so many greater amberjacks.
Sometimes, they attack to silver striped round herring.

Recently, we can saw many kinds of baby fishes.

We were able to see baby Lion fish at the morning.

At second dive, we saw super small crab!!!

The size is 1mm. It was so hard to see it with our eyes lol

At last dive, we saw baby frog fish.

There isn’t many frog fish recently.
So this frog fish is very valuable!!!

I hope the frog fish keep staying at the same place for a long time.

The surge will be bigger and bigger after this time I guess.
We may not be able to dive on Friday due to typhoon effect.

See you then.

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グラスワールド, Asaji, Same-no-hire

I like searching macro creatures

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We were able to see various macro underwater creatures.

August 13, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 26~34℃
Water Temperature: 23~28℃
Wind Direction: South(1~3m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:10~15m
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Good sea condition keep well for a week.
So, we can dive easily.

Today, I try to find out macro underwater creatures.
I really like to find macro creatures!!!

We saw Japanese pigmy seahorse today.
This seahorse are staying at the same place.

And there are still many kinds of sea slugs.

The size is tiny.It is about 2mm.
But the color is so beautiful!!!

This situation is so beautiul, isn’t it??
Some goby lives in soft coral.
Many Japanese diver likes this situation.

I guess the number of baby jawfish is getting more!!!
It so cute!!!

We will dive three times in a day!!
The sea condition will be calm tomorrow as well.

See you then(^^)

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Bizen, Sumisaki, Kichiemon

There is blue water in Kushimoto!

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The sea condition is so nice!!!

August 12, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 27~33℃
Water Temperature: 25~28℃
Wind Direction: Southwest(3~4m/s)
Swell: 0.5~1.0m
Visibility:12~20m
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It was so nice day for diving.
The visibility was so nice and water temperature was also good!!

Recently, there are so many Greater amberjack.
We can see them very close!!

The scene is so exciting.
Sometimes, some greater amberjack attack to silver striped round herrings.

We were seeing this scene for a long time(^^)

When we look on the rock, there are many kinds of macro creatures.
Today, we could see Beautiful Tambja nudibranch.

The color is so beautiful!!
We can see many kinds of sea slugs in this summer.

The water temperature is getting warmer, so the number of tropical fishes and toropical underwater creatures is getting more.

We can see boxer crab at the morning.

When they get angry or feel scared , they usually shaking their sea anemone.
The behavior is so cute(^^)

Then, it was OBON week by tomorrow.
The sea condition will be good.
We will be able to dive without stress as well!!

See you then!!

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串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Ni-No-Ne, Asaji, Same-no-hire

Long public holiday was starting!!

2024年8月10日Staff Blog小池

The sea condition keep well!!

August 10, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 27~33℃
Water Temperature: 22~29℃
Wind Direction: Northwest(3m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:10~15m
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Japanese long public hoilday term was staring from today.
It is called “OBON” in Japanase.

Many Japanese take a day-off for a week.
So, many guest came to our shop today.

The visibility become well!!
At the morning, we could meet big school of Greater Amberjack.