串本の生きもの / Nembrotha sp.2

Interesting combination!!!

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We become able to see various of underwater creatures .

May 24, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 19~25℃
Water Temperature: 19℃
Wind Direction: Northwest(3~6m/s)
Swell: 1.0~2.0m
Visibility:12~15m
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The water temperature is getting warmer!!
I think I can dive with wet suit now.

We can find out cute frog fish today!!

The number of frog fish is getting fewer.
So, the finding is so lucky !!!

And we could see a interesting combination today.

Two shrimps lives in holes next to each other.
The body color is so beautiful!!
So, I like this shrimp.

Next one is this pics.

Skeleton shrimp ride on a sea slug!!
Some shrimp ride on a sea slug but this case is so rare!!!

Others, there is Japanese pigmy sea horse in bay side area.
This sea horse lives in Japan only.

In this season, we can see a spawning behavior of Big fin reef squid.

That scene is so dynamic!!!
I want everyone to see this behavior !!!

See you then(^-^)

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串本の生きもの

Japanese pigmy sea horse, Bigfin reef squid, Giant frogfish, Nembrotha sp.2

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world, Same-no-hire

Golden week starts tomorrow

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Almost Japanese take a holiday from tomorrow.

April 26th, 2024

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Weather: Cloudy
Ground Temperature: 15~22℃
Water Temperature: 17~18℃
Wind Direction: East(2~4m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:10~12m
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Golden week starts tomorrow.
This week is holiday in Japan.

Almost Japanese people take a holiday for a week.
So, many divers will come to our shop in the week.

The water temperature is getting warmer.
Underwater creatures activity have also increased.

I could see seaweed spawning today!!!

Have you ever seen this creatures??

It is tiny one. But its color is so beautiful!!
Recently, it becomes popular in Japanese diver.

Of course, we can see various of sea slugs in Kushimoto area.

This sea slug is rare one.
This sea slug lives in east of Kushimoto, But the number of it is not much in our area.
The color is colorful, so I like it!!!

I have been going night diving a lot lately.
It is so fun because you can see different creatures than you can see during the day.

And we can see closer than the day.
Because many fishes sleep in night.

There are so many jelly fish lately.

Even safety stops are enjoyable here.
I want everyone to go night diving.

The sea is so calm in a golden week term.
We will be able to enjoy diving for golden week, I guess.

See you then(^^)

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串本の生きもの

Nembrotha sp.2, Olindias formosus, White spotted pygmy filefish, Aplysia

串本のダイビングポイント

Sumisaki, Seamans beach

There were so many Jellyfish today.

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When we make a safety stop, I could find various Jellyfish.

April 20, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 14~23℃
Water Temperature: 17℃
Wind Direction: Southwest(3~5m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:8~10m
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It’s first dive after temporary closure.
The visibility is getting better than before.

At the morning, it is about 10~15m.
But, there are so many Jellyfish or Plankton.

So, It seemed murkier than it actually was.


And I could meet or find out rare underwater creatures at second dives.

First of all is this sea slug.
The color is so beautiful(^^)
But, we cannot see it once or second in a year. So, this sea slug is super rare in our dive site.

And we could meet cattle fish for a while.

When she was scared, she change her body color.
The color is so beautiful(^^)
I hope I will be able to see it again.

I want to show you this sea slug as well. This sea slug is very rare one!!!

The back design seems like sea turtle, doesn’t it??
Today’s guest said that the color seems like whale shark.

What do you think about the color??

The grond temperature is getting warmer and warmer.
The number of inquiry from overseas is increasing.

If you want to look for the diving service in Kansai.
Please come and visit us!!

See you then(^^)

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串本の生きもの

Nembrotha sp.2, Cattle fish, Aldisa albatrossae

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Same-no-hire

Bigfin reef squid is spawning now!!

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There are very big squid in bayside dive point.

May 27, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 18~24℃
Water Temperature: 21~22℃
Wind Direction: East(3~6m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:15m
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Now, the typhoon is coming to Japan.
It’s over the Pacific  Ocean around Philippines, but the swells are starting to reach here.

I hope that the typhoon will have little effect….

In may, many squids are coming to Kushimoto area for spawning.

The size is very big.
And we can see it very close them.

Sometimes, male squids was fighting !!!

And There are beautiful seaweed.

It is called “Kujyakukeyari” in Japanese.
“Kujyaku” means Peacock. Its color looks like Peacock color.
That’s why we called it that.

And I can find rare seaslug.
The color is so psychedelic.

The foreign tourist will come to our shop.
I will do my best tomorrow !!!

See you then(^^)/

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串本の生きもの

Bigfin reef squid, Nembrotha sp.2, Sporochnus dotyi Brostoff

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Good Wrasse world, Ni-No-Ne

Psychedelic sea slug

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I met big psychedelic sea slug.

December 24, 2023

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Weather: Cloudy sometimes Rainy
Ground Temperature: 7~10℃
Water Temperature: 18℃
Wind Direction: Northwest(6~8m/s)
Swell: 1.5~2.0m
Visibility:15m
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Today, I went to dive for taking macro creatures today.

In a first dive, I found psychedelic sea slugs.

It’s very big!!
The size is about 10cm.

There was also a very small sea slugs nearby.

In winter, there are various of shrimps and crabs.

Recently, I often find Orangutan crab.
It looks like Orangutan , doesn’t it?

And I find  shrimp that stayed in beautiful coral .

The polyps is like a flower.
So, many Japanese diver like this situation.

Now, Kushimoto is snowing .
We will not be able to dive in Kushimoto area tomorrow due to high waves.

We will dive in another dive site.

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串本の生きもの

Nembrotha sp.2, Orangutan crab, Tambja Pulcherrima, sexy shrimp

串本のダイビングポイント

Sumisaki