串本の生きもの / Warty Frogfish

We can see various of underwater creatures now!!

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We can enjoy diving now!!

November 20, 2024

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Weather: Couldy/Sunny
Ground Temperature: 12~17℃
Water Temperature: 23℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(3m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:12m
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There are various of macro underwater creatures now.
So, we can enjoy diving!!!

We can see many frog fishes in bayside dive point.

You can see different size.
If you like tiny one, you will be able to see 5mm frog fish.

Have you ever seen this shrimp??

It is tiny. the size is about 2mm haha
It is hard to see it with your eyes.
I belive it’s the best to use digital camera to see its details.

In this year, the number of Ghost pipe fish is more than usual.

If you want to see them, you will be able to see 5~7 fishes in a day lol

I cannot research if the number of nudibranchs is getting more, but I guess there are also many nudibranchs.

I have to research for nudibranch as soon as possible.

After this term, the number of guest become fewer than summer.
You can try drysuit diving in your pace. And you can dive in small group.

The water temperature is still 23 degrees.
So, you can dive without feeling cold if you wear drysuit or 5mm wetsuit and inner vest.

I hope you will come to Kushimoto in this term.

See you then(^^)/

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串本の生きもの

Warty Frogfish, Phycocaris simulans, Decorated ghost pipefish, Bornella anguilla

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world

The water is clear today!!

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We could see various of underwater creatures today.

October 15, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 23~28℃
Water Temperature: 26℃
Wind Direction: East(3m/s)
Swell: 0.5~1.0m
Visibility:15m
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i thought that the sea condition is so good also today.
But, we arrive at the dive point located in out of the ocean.
It totally changes….

But, after entering water, the condition is so good!!!
There are so many fishes at first dive.

Green fish stay at the same place recently.
It’s so dynamic !!!

At second dives and third dive, I could find other underwater creature unless I tried to find another one…
I met same situation lol.

At second dives, I could find Phycocaris Simlans.

It’s shrimp. The color is rare.
So, I’m happy to be able to find.

And then, I met this fish as well.

When I found it, I tried to find seahorse actually….
But, I met other underwater creatures(^^;)

When I take a guest for diving guide, the same things occur often lol

There are many frogfish now.
The size is tiny, so it is so cute!!!

You can see various of underwater creatures in Kushimoto now.
You must be enjoy diving in this term, I believe.

See you then!!

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串本の生きもの

Warty Frogfish, Phycocaris simulans, Ghost pipe fish, Green fish

Many guest from overseas came our shop in this weekend!!

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We are glad that the sea of Kushimoto seems to be spreading around the world .

October 14, 2024

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Weather: Sunny⇨Rainy
Ground Temperature: 21~27℃
Water Temperature: 26℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(6~8m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:15m
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In this weekend, many guest from overseas came to our shop!!
I’m glad that the sea of our dive site seems to be spreading around the world.

I can note the English name of underwater creatures more and more recently.
We can meet friendly sea turtle!!

She always sleeping lol.
She don’t run away at all. So, you can take a picture easily.

Today, I have mainly introduced the representative fish of Kushimoto!!

It is one of representative fish in Kushimoto.
We call it Kagokakidai in Japanese. It’s so beautiful isn’t it??

Have you ever seen this sponge??

It’s baby Giant-Barrel sponge.
How long does it take to grow up this size??

We were able to meet cute warty frogfish yesterday, so We were enjoy diving in this weekend.

After this term, the number of guest become less than high season on weekdays.
It is easy to dive in your pace on weekdays, I guess.

We held Drysuit Specialty Course from October.
If you are interested in this course, please contact us!!

See you then(^^)/

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串本の生きもの

Warty Frogfish, Giant-Barrel sponge, Green sea turtle

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Good Wrasse world

Long time no see(^^;)

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I went to various dive site in Feb.

March 9,2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 5~11℃
Water Temperature: 16~17℃
Wind Direction: Northwest(3~8m/s)
Swell: 1.0~2.0m
Visibility:8m
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Hello. I’m sorry that I couldn’t update blog.
Actually , I went to various of dive site. I went to Hokkaido for ice diving and Thailand.

I didn’t much dive in Kushimoto(^^;)

Then, I dived in Kushimoto area for a while.
Kushimoto is a home ground, so I was relived to dive in Kushimoto.

Today, I did macro diving.
There are so many macro creature today!!!

Especially , we can see so many kinds of sea slug in this season.
The size is so tiny(^^;) But the eyes are so cute!!!
I like this sea slug!!

The color of this is so beautiful, isn’t it??  They usually lives in seaweed.
We can usually see this sea slug in spring season.

And this sea slug lives in shells.
They are good at hiding. So It is hard to find out them.

Others, I could see other macro creatures today.

First one is warty frog fish. It’s so cute(^^) The size is about 2cm.

Second one is Shrimp named Phycocaris Simulans.

The number of this shrimp is more than usual year I guess.
I could find them so many times in this year!!!

So, I will dive for searching macro creatures tomorrow as well.
I hope I could see many kinds of cute creatures!!!

I will enjoy diving tomorrow!!

See you then(^^)/

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串本の生きもの

Warty Frogfish, Phycocaris simulans, Placida babai, Antonietta janthina, Stiliger berghi

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world

Happy New year!!

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There are many frog fishes in Kushimoto!!

January 3, 2024

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Weather: Cloudy⇨Rainy
Ground Temperature: 7~13℃
Water Temperature: 17~18℃
Wind Direction: Southeast(3m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:8~12m
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Happy new year!!
Thank you for reading this blog last year.

I hope you will read this blog again this year.

Today, I dive three times in a day.
There are many frog fishes in our dive site.
So, I observed all of frog fishes as much as possible.

Especially , I want to see this frogfish.

Red and white color are colors that remind us of the beginning of the year.
So, I want to show you this pic.

This frog fish is so cute, isn’t it??

Also, we saw other color pattern frog fishes.

Frogfish is the one of popular fish in Japan.
So, when I could find it by myself, I feel so happy.

Others, there are various of seaslugs.

There are many kinds of macro creatures in Kushimoto area.
So, you can see various of creatures now.

Foreign tourist will come to our shop on next weekend.
I’m looking forward to dive with them.

You can experience drysuit diving in our shop.
I teach you how to use drysuit, so you will be able to enjoy diving with drysuit.

I’m waiting for you coming Kushimoto.
See you then, and, thank you for your continued support.

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串本の生きもの

Warty Frogfish, Giant Frog Fish, Whitesaddle goatfish

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world

Three consecutive holidays finished

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The visibility is very very good today!!!

October 9, 2023

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Weather: Rainy
Ground Temperature: 19~22℃
Water Temperature: 25℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(3~7m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:20m
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Three consecutive holidays finished today.
I’m happy many guest to come to our shop.

Today’s visibility is very very good.

Everyone is happy to dive in such condition!!!!

Now, there are many frog fishes in Kushimoto area.

The size is tiny. So, it is so cute(^^)

This wrasse is rare one. She lives in tropics.I wanna see bigger one.

At the last dive, I could find tiny shrimp.
It is called “Hamopontonia corallicola” .

The size is 2mm.
It is hard to observe it with your eyes.
I recommend you to use digital camera for observing it.

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串本の生きもの

Warty Frogfish, Wedge-tailed wrasse, Hamopontonia corallicola, Antennarius coccineus

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world, Ni-No-Ne

We can see many kinds of underwater creatures now!!

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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(^^)/

 

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串本の生きもの

Warty Frogfish, Sea turtle, 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

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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(^^)/

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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

Spring season is coming

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The fish become more active.

April 15 , 2023

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Weather: Rainy
Ground Temperature: 14~17℃
Water Temperature: 16~17℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(6m/s)
Swell: 1.0~1.5m
Visibility:5~10m
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Today, we restart diving after winter holiday.
So, I checked if the macro underwater creatures is still staying at the same place as before the holidays.

First, I can find tiny frogfish.
She was moving a little bit, but she was almost in the same place.

And then, I would like you to watch this picture.

Some creatures hide in the picture.
Could you find guess what creature is hidden in this picture?

Also, There is a sea slug in this photo. Please try to find!!

Then, there are many kinds of underwater creatures in Kushimoto area.
So, I think you can enjoy diving in this season.

I will search for sea slug only tomorrow.
Because I’m in charge of the sea slug searching team guide.

I will do my best to find many sea slug.

Bye for now!!

串本の生きもの

Warty Frogfish, Decorator crab

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Same-no-hire

Rare Sea slug

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I can find rare sea slug today.

January 21, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 5~11℃
Water Temperature: 17~18℃
Wind Direction: Northwest(3~6m/s)
Swell: 1.0~1.5m
Visibility:15m
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I’m in charge of the event of searching sea slugs today.
The number of sea slug is usually getting increasing in winter.

Today, I can find rare sea slug.
The name is “Placida barackobamai”.

I have never met before.
When I found it, I think it is seaweed or Polyps.

Now, there are many “Pikachu” in Kushimoto.

You can meet various size of them now.

And then, there is Warty frogfish.

The size is 1cm.So It’s so cute(^^)

The number of guest is fewer than summer season.
So, The winter season is best season to dive in your pace.

The W.temp is 18 degrees.
So, you might be able to dive with wetsuit.

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串本の生きもの

Warty Frogfish, Pikachu, Pracida Barackobamai

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world