串本のダイビングポイント / Bizen

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

We can see many kinds of fishes today!!

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I met many pipefish today!

October 20, 2024

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Weather: Cloudy
Ground Temperature: 20~25℃
Water Temperature: 25℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(6~8m/s)
Swell: 1.0~1.5m
Visibility:15m
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I dive with overseas tourist from French today!!
I’m happy overseas tourist to come to Kushimoto.

I hope our dive site will be famous place all over the world!!!

Today, I met many kind of pipefish.

The body color is so beautiful!!
When I see these fishes, I found another one!!

There are 3 types pipe fishes!! The place is awesome!!!

Now, we can dive in a limited dive point.
There are also rare fishes.

We saw Weedy scorpion fish today!!
The fish can be seen rarely.

We also see sea horse today!!

It is so big!!
They can be seen in a port, so it’s rare to see this at boat diving point.

The water temperature is still warm, but ground temperature is getting lower.
It is better to wear drysuit if you want to dive more comfortable!!

If you want to experience drysuit diving, we can held drysuit experience diving course.
Of course, Drysuit Specialty course as well!!

If you want to try Drysuit diving, Please feel free to contact us!!
See you then(^^)/

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串本の生きもの

Giant Frog Fish, Pobust ghost pipefish, Great seahorse, Weedy scorpionfish, Delicate ghostpipefish

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Ando-no-hana, Isuzumisho

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

There are so many kinds of underwater creatures

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We went to Night diving yesterday .

October 8 , 2024

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Weather: Cloudy &Sunny
Ground Temperature: 22~27℃
Water Temperature: 26℃
Wind Direction: Southeast(3m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:15m
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The sea condition keep nice recently.
And the number of overseas guest is getting more.

We went to Night diving yesterday.
We could see Baby Painted spiny robster.

The body color is so beautiful!!!
We can see this size only this term.

When you go to Night diving, you can see underwater creatures closer than usual.

The night diving seems like Adventure. So it is exciting !!!

Also, today is so good condition as well.
We can meet sea turtle.

The sea turtle is so friendly.
So we can observe her easily !!

And we can also meet Giant frog fish.
The frog fish lives in same area.She likes Anchor line, I guess.

Recently, the number of tropical fish is more  and more.
There is a place that four Platte surgeonfish live in a same coral.

They are so cute!!!
We can see various of underwater creatures from temperate species to Tropical fish.

I think the one of charm of Kushimoto’s sea is that can be seen various underwater creatures.

Now is the best season to see many situation.

After this term, you can practice drysuit diving.
We held the Drysuit speciality course from Autumn season.

If you want to experience drysuit diving, October and November is the best season.

See you then(^^)/

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串本の生きもの

Sea turtle, Giant frogfish, Platte surgeonfish, Starry toadfish

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Asaji

The surge is coming due to typhoon.

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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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串本の生きもの

Phycocaris simulans, Peocock mantis shrimp

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki

We can dive easily today!!

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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

串本のダイビングポイント

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

串本のダイビングポイント

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

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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串本のダイビングポイント

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