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Nudibranch diving

I could met various of nudibranchs today.

March 10, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 2~13℃
Water Temperature: 16~17℃
Wind Direction: Northwest(2~3m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:8~10m
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I went to diving for searching nudibranch today!!
As the seasons progress, the underwater environment is also changing, I guess.

The nudibranch species that we could see are changing.
I could see cute nudibranch.

It seems like ladybug, isn’t it?
The form is so cute. So many Japanese diver likes it!!!

And Our guest could find rare nudibranch.

The nudi was walking on the sand.
I think she look for some food. I hope she can find some food she likes soon.

If you wanna see various of nudibranch, I recommend you to come to Kushimoto from Dec to March.
If you come to here in this term, you can see many kinds of nudibranchs.

At the end of last dive, we could met rare ray.

The shape is so cool!!!
I’m happy to be able to see it!!!!

I will dive tomorrow as well!!
See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Stiliger aureomarginatus, trinchesia sp.25, Common Skete, Thecacera sp.1

串本のダイビングポイント

Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world

Long time no see(^^;)

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(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

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

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world

Nice condition!!!

The visibility is so nice today.

January 29, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 4~13℃
Water Temperature: 17℃
Wind Direction: Southwest(1m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:20m
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I went to research diving today.
Recently, there are so many kind of macro creatures in bay side diving point.
So, I have been diving mainly to look for macro underwater creatures.

At first, I could find Japanese pigmy sea horse.

In Japan, there is a custom called zodiac signs, and this year, Tatsu is the creature of the year. This sea horse is called “Hachijyo-tasu” in Japanese.

So many Japanese divers want to take a picture of that.

And I also could find rare shrimp.

It is Phycocaris simulans.
It liiks like sea weed. So it is hard to find it.

Others, there are various of seaslugs.

Seaslug’s color is so beautiful!!!
So many divers likes seaslug!!!

I will be in charge of Advanced Open Water diver corse.
I will enjoy diving tomorrow as well!!

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Japanese pigmy sea horse, Phycocaris simulans, Goniobranchus roboi (Gosliner & Behrens, Caloria indica (Bergh, Placida babai Ev. Marcus

串本のダイビングポイント

Sumisaki

Many Amberjack!!

This situation is so dynamic!!!

January 24th, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 2~9℃
Water Temperature: 17~18℃
Wind Direction: Northwest(8~10m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:12~15m
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Kushimoto area is closed due to heavy wind today.
So, I went to other area for diving.

There are so many amberjack now!!
The number is so huge!!!

When they get close to us, we cannot see over there.
It seems like big cloud.

I wish everyone to see this fishes and situation!!

Others, there are macro creatures as well.

I could find rare seaslug at the morning.

It lives in tropical ocean. But we can sometimes see it.
They eat seaslug. If you can see the situation of eating sealugs, you’re so lucky!!

And, I could see this lion fish.

The fin color is beautiful !!
So, many Japanese diver like this fish!!!

The whether forecast said that the wind is getting lower.
So, I think we will be able to dive in Kushimoto area.

I wish the wind and wave are getting calm…

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Bigeye scad, Broadbarred firefish, Tyrannodoris luteolineata (Baba

串本のダイビングポイント

Uchiura beach

There are so many kinds of macro creatures now!!

I could find tiny frogfish today!!

January 9, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 4~13℃
Water Temperature: 17℃
Wind Direction: Northwest(3~6m/s)
Swell: 0.5~1.0m
Visibility:15m
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Foreigner tourist came to our shop in last weekend.
They come to our shop with the desire to try drysuit diving.

Requests for dry suit diving have been increasing recently.
We hold dry suit diving courses from time to time, so please contact us if you are interested.

Then, I went to diving two times.
At first dive, I could find tiny frog fish.

It is so cute(^^)
The size is less than 1cm. There are so many frog fish such as the same size.

And there are also many sea slug.

 

The sea slug is  trinchesia sp.25.
It is called “Macchibo-mino umiushi” in Japanese.

At second dive, I went to dive to try finding goby.
I could various of gobys, so I was relieved.

The water temperature is still warmer than usual.
So, you can enjoy diving without stress, I guess.

I’m waiting for your inqury.
If you come to Kansai area, I want you to come to Kushimoto to dive.

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Giant Frog Fish, Black sailfin goby, Orange-striped shrimpgoby, trinchesia sp.25

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki

Happy New year!!

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.

Inquiry (English)

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

There are so many Whitesaddle goatfishes

Write the topic in this line.

December 16, 2023

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Weather: Cloudy/Sunny
Ground Temperature: 20~21℃
Water Temperature: 19℃
Wind Direction: Northwest(3~6m/s)
Swell: 1.5m
Visibility:15m
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The forecast said there will be windy day today.
So, I think i cannot dive in Kushimoto area at first.

But, I was able to dive in a whole day contrary to my expectations.
I was relived(^^)

In winter season, you can see so many Whitesaddle goatfish in bay side area.

The number of these is more than usual.
Now is so dynamic!!!
I want you to see this situation!!!

Others, there are so many fishes as well.

And then, you can also see various of macro creatures.
I could find new baby frog fish.

It’s tiny and cute. The size is 5mm.
I hope I can meet again.

And, I can meet rare situtaion.

Hermit crab walk around Jawfish’s hole.
It seems like they have a conversation  haha

You can see many kind of underwater creatures and situation in this term.
So, If you come to Wakayama, please consider to visit Kushimoto for diving.

See you then!!

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Giant Frog Fish, Whitesaddle goatfish, double-lined fusilier, jawfish

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki

Underwater Christmas tree

There is  Christmas tree in dive point.

December 13, 2023

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 10~17℃
Water Temperature: 19~20℃
Wind Direction: west(3m/s)
Swell: 0.5m
Visibility:15m
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Christmas season will come soon.
In Kushimoto area, there is Christmas tree in dive point.

It has also been featured on news programs.
It become popular spot recently.

Also, there are many fishes in bay side area.


This situation is popular thing as well.
You can see this situation in winter season.

So, if you want to see them, please come to Kushimoto in winter season.

On the other hands, there is macro creatures.

Tiny frog fish is so cute!!
The size is 5mm.

You can see various of sea slug as well.

Sea slug is so colorful!!

Japanese diver likes sea slug.
So, I often try to find sea slug.

At last week ends, I can found out 50 species for two days.
I think there are so many types in Kushimoto.

If you wanna see macro creatures, Kushimoto area is the best place.
You can experience dry suit diving in this season.

You can have a good time in this season, I guess.

Please come and visit us!!

See you then(^^)

 

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Christmas tree

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki

Late November

There are various of macro underwater creatures.

November 27, 2023

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Weather: Cloudy→Rainy
Ground Temperature: 9~17℃
Water Temperature: 20℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(3m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:8m
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In this season, there are various of underwater creatures as usual.
Recently, the visibility is not good, so we usually enjoy diving with watching macro creatures.

In this season, we can see many young fishes.

This fish is one of popular fish among Japanese diver.
The size is so tiny but it is so cute.

And we can see rare lion fish now.

We can see it once or twice in a year.
But the number of them is more than usual in this year.
I can see it three or four times in this season.

This shrimp as well.
Now the number of them is so many.
The size is 5mm. So it it hard to see it with your eyes.

Baby Ribbon eel is in bay side dive point.
This eel is very rare in Kushimoto area.
But, sometimes this eel is hiding at their hole.

If you can see it, you are so lucky!!

Then, the number of inquiry from overseas is getting more in this season.

Especially , Dry suit diving corse has become popular among overseas diver.

We also offer drysuit training course, so please consider it.

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Phycocaris simulans, Giant frogfish, Ribbon eel, Dwarf Lionfish

Nice visibility

I went to diving with the guest who have never dived in Japan.

November 10, 2023

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Weather: Rain
Ground Temperature: 18~20℃
Water Temperature: 23℃
Wind Direction: Northeast(3~4m/s)
Swell: 1.0m
Visibility:15~20m
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Today, French guest came to our shop.
It is first time to dive in Japan.

So, I introduce her some creatures which lives in Japan.

When foreigner tourist come to our shop, I want them to see this creatures.

The size is so tiny.
But, she was so interesting in this creature.
She carefully observe it.

And this fish can also be seen in Japan only, I think.

The name of this fish is Japanese pigmy angel fish.
It is so rare fish for aquarium.

And, I want you to see this situation.
There are many silver striped round herring in bay side area.

Its scenes are very powerful and dynamic.
So, I wanna everyone to see this scene.

In this season, there are various of fishes in Kushimoto area.
So, if you plan to dive in Japan, you should come to Kushimoto now.

I guess you must enjoy diving in our dive site.
It will be weekend tomorrow. Many divers come to here.

I hope the sea condition keep good for a while.

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Good Wrasse world