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We can see many kinds of underwater creatures now!!

2023年10月3日Staff BlogBoat diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

I could see sea turtle and many frog fish.

October 3, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 18~27℃
Water Temperature: 25~26℃
Wind Direction: Southeast(5~6m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:10~15m
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I try to find a school of silver striped round herring.
There are so many them in bay side dive point!!

Bonito sometimes aim them.
In that timing, the shape of a school of fishes suddenly change.
It is so beautiful and powerful!!

At second dive, I can find many frog fishes.

First one is so big!!!!

Others are tiny. Its size is about 1cm~3cm.

They are so cute(^^)
I want to them to stay at the same place.

At third dive, we could meet three turtles!!!

The sea turtle is so friendly. So, you can take a picture of sea turtle.

It will be sunny day tomorrow .
So, I will be able to enjoy diving as well.

Autumn season is nice for enjoying diving!!
So, you should come to Kushimoto in this season, I guess.

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Sea turtle, Warty Frogfish, Silver-stripe round fishes, Bonito

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world

Sea condition is so nice recently

2023年10月2日Staff BlogBoat diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

There are many silver striped round herrings in bay side dive point

October 2, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 20~27℃
Water Temperature: 26.6℃
Wind Direction: North(2~3m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:15m
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Now is the best season for diving in Kushimoto, I guess.

Because, there are various of underwater creatures in our dive site. Recently, there are so many silver striped round herrings in bay side dive point.

And many migratory fish aim them. The scene is so dynamic.
Bonito also aim them.

On the other hands, there are various macro creatures as well.
For examples, frog fish, gobies, shrimps, baby fishes and various tropical fishes.

The things what I want to tell is that the visibility is so nice!!
We can enjoy diving without feeling stress.

I recommend you to come to Kushimoto area.

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Warty Frogfish, Emperor shrimp, Silver-stripe round fishes, Bonito

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki

The visibility is good

2023年9月26日Staff BlogBoat diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

The condition is so good..

September 26, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 23~29℃
Water Temperature: 26℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(3~6m/s)
Swell: 1.0~1.5m
Visibility:20m
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It was so good for diving today.
The visibility and w.temp are very good.

Now, the limited diving point which can be dived for two weeks is opening.

There are so big Sponge.

It is the biggest sponge in Kushimoto area.
But, one of the sponge disappeared due to typhoon .

Others, there are many colony of Tomato grouper.

This fish is the one of popular fish in Kushimoto.

Recently, the number of seaslug is increasing.

There are many kinds of seaslug in bayside area.

Almost seaslug is tiny.

So, it is hard to see with your eyes only(^^;) But the color is beautiful and it is so cute.

From now on, it will be a season which you can enjoy diving slowly.

It is easier to meet your expectations than summer season. But, the number of fish is the most in a year.

So, I recommend you to come to Kushimoto in this season.
See you then!!

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串本のダイビングポイント

Ando-no-hana

Nice day！！！

2023年9月16日Staff BlogBoat diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

Today is so nice for diving.

September 16, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 26~31℃
Water Temperature: 25~28℃
Wind Direction: Southwest(5m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:15~20m
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It is so nice day today!!
The sea water is so clear and warm.

So our guest can enjoy diving without feeling could and stress.

There are so many fishes in Kushimoto area now.

Especially , The number of green fish is very lot !!!
You can see this fish in all of diving point.

And there are many baby doubled-line fusilier in the pint of out of ocean.
The body color is silver, so it is so beautiful.

Also, you can see macro creatures now.
Today, I show our guest so tiny creatures.

First one is crab. It has sponge on their back.
It shake their body, when it feel stress.

And sea slug is also tiny.

These size is about 2mm hahaha

I’m happy when I could find tiny creatures.
I try to find tiny creatures tomorrow as well.

Then, Foreigner tourist and guest willl come to our shop tomorrow and day after tomorrow .

I will enjoy diving with them.

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Asaji, Ichi-no-Ne Higashi

Decorated goby

2023年9月6日Staff BlogBoat diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

Decorated goby appeared .

September 6, 2023

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Weather: Rainy
Ground Temperature: 24~26℃
Water Temperature: 26~27℃
Wind Direction: Southeast(3~9m/s)
Swell: 1.0~1.5m
Visibility:8~10m
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The water temperature is still warm.
So, we can enjoy diving with wetsuit without feeling cold.

Now, Kushimoto area is full of goby.
The goby is Decorated goby.

The body color is so beautiful!!!!
So, I can see it for a long time.

And the face is also beautiful!!

I like the light purple color .

The goby usually lives in deep area that is more about 40m in Kushimoto.
But, now we can see it in 23m.

It is very very rare goby. So many diver want to see it.

Others, many kinds goby is in bay side area.

Orange-striped shrimpgoby.
This goby is also rare.

And the number of Filament-finned prawn-goby is increasing.

There are so many this gobies in some place.

Others, Silver-striped round herring, Greater Amberjack can be seen now.

We can enjoy diving today.
I hope I will enjoy diving also tomorrow .

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Orange-striped shrimpgoby, Filament-finned prawn-goby, Decorated goby

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Good Wrasse world

Enjoy diving today!

2023年9月3日Staff BlogBoat diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

The swell is not getting bigger.

September 3, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 25~32℃
Water Temperature: 26~27℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(3~6m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:8~12m
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The weekend finished today.
The swell was not getting bigger than yesterday.

So, we can enjoy diving easily.
At first dive, I went to out of the ocean.
There are so many fishes.

Especially , greenfish is so lot!!!

After first dive, I went to bayside dive site.
There are various of macro creatures now.

The baby frog fish is popular among Japanese diver.

I cannot check tiny frog fish today.
So, I wanna check if the frogfish are staying at the same place.

Also, other rare macro creatures are still seen.
If you like macro creatures, this season is the best to dive, I think.

But, forecast said that the swell will be getting bigger tomorrow.
I hope I will be able to dive in a whole day.

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Giant Frog Fish, Greenfish

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Asaji

The swell due to typhoon no.11 arrived at Kushimoto

2023年9月1日Staff BlogBoat diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

The swell arrived at Kushimoto today.

September 1, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 26~31℃
Water Temperature: 24~28℃
Wind Direction: Southeast(3m/s)
Swell: 1.5m
Visibility:10~12m
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The swell due to typhoon no.11 arrived at our dive site.
But, we can dive in bay side area today.

There are various of underwater creatures in bay side dive point.
The w.temp is from 24 to 28. I feel cold in the end of dive.
But, today’s guest coming from North America said that they didn’t feel cold at all.

We have been able to see swallow batfish at he same place.
They usually stay at 5m. So, we can see with making a safety stop.

Also, there are many fishes in bay side dive point.

It is very powerful!!
They are suddenly disappeared, so whether you can see them or not may depend on your luck.

Of course, there are various macro creatures as well.

Today, we can see Ornate ghost fish.

It is good at hiding at seaweed.
So, it is difficult to find it.

Also, this fish is good at hiding.
It is called “Sea moth” or “Little dragonfish” in English.

The body shape is so unique.
You may not forget if you see it at once.

It’s the weekend starting tomorrow .
Many guest will come to our shop.

I hope the swell is getting lower than today.

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Black spotted snapper, Sea moth, Ornate ghost fish, Swallow batfish

串本のダイビングポイント

Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world

Summery sea

2023年8月30日Staff BlogBoat diving, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

the visibility and W.temp is so good!!

August 30, 2023

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Weather: Rainy→Cloudy
Ground Temperature: 25~28℃
Water Temperature: 26~28℃
Wind Direction: Southeast(3~4m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:12~25m
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It was heavy rain in this morining.
But, the visibility is good.

I went to out of the ocean in the morning today.

There are many fishes in the dive point I went in the morning.
And the water is clear. So I can see far area easily.

Recently many butterfly fishes are in one of the bay site dive point.

This dive point has so many corals.
The scene is so beautiful, isn’t it?

Kushimoto coral reef is the northern part of Honshu Peninsula.
I hope many foreign tourist to know this view.

In the summer season, our dive site has many kinds of charm.
So, If you come or stay in Japan, please come and visit us.

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本のダイビングポイント

Good Wrasse world, Asaji, Isuzumisho

Nice weekend

2023年8月27日Staff BlogBoat diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Scuba diving, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

The sea condition is so good.

August 28, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 24~29℃
Water Temperature: 25~27℃
Wind Direction: Southeast(3m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:12~20m
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Many guest come to our shop in this weekend.
The sea condition is so calm.

So, our guest enjoy diving in a whole day.

Recently, there are many baby fishes in our area.

This is Bluelined angelfish.
When it grow up, the color is changing completely.

The frog fish that I could find yesterday is still in the same place.
The color is so beautiful.

I hope the frogfish is staying at the same place for a long time.

Now, there are many baby jawfish now.
It is so tiny and cute!!

At last, I will show you rare fish.
Have you ever seen it?

The fish is very unique shape.
The name is Short dragonfish.

It is so rare.
But it i good at hiding, so it is so hard to find it quickly.

I will go to out of the ocean at morning tomorrow .
See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

frogfish, jawfish, Short dragonfish, Blueline angelfish

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Good Wrasse world, Asaji

It’s nice day today!!

2023年8月25日Staff BlogBoat diving, English, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

The sea is so calm.

August 25, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 26~31℃
Water Temperature: 26~27℃
Wind Direction: Southeast(3m/s)
Swell: 1.0~m
Visibility:10~12m
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Today, I went to dive with Canadian guest today.
Recently, our shop become international.