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Various of macro underwater creatures

2024年3月16日Staff BlogBoat diving, drusuit diving, Drysuit diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Photo diving, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

I could enjoy diving with observing macro creatures.

March 16,2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 10~19℃
Water Temperature: 16~17℃
Wind Direction: Southwest(3~6m/s)
Swell: 0.5~1.0m
Visibility:8~10m
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I have been searching nudibranchs only recently.
But, I did normal style diving today for a while.

As I went to various of dive site in February, so I didn’t know where the creatures are.
But, I could recover the information where the creatures are.

Now, there is Japanese pigmy seahorse in bay side area.
She is so friendly. So we can take a picture easily.

And I could meet rare situation.
The nudiobranch(Sagaminopteron ornatum) was swimming.

It seems like Clione, dosen’t it??
In spring season, we meet this situation more than other season.

This rock shrimp is the creatures that our guest is most interested in.

It’s small even if the shrimp grow up.
The size is about 5cm. It’s so cute(^^)

At last, I wanna show you this scene.

Did you find out wired point???

Actually, tiny nudibranch was walking on a face of frogfish haha

I notice that scene when I took a logging with our guest.
I was so surprised!!!!

The water temperature is still 16 degree.
But, Now is the best timing for practicing dry suit diving.

If you wanna experience drysuit diving, Now is the best!!!

I’m looking forward to hearing from you!!
See you then(^^)/

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串本の生きもの

Japanese pigmy sea horse, Giant frogfish, Sagaminopteron ornatum, Favorinus pacificus, Chelarctus cultrifer

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Ni-No-Ne

Using microscope mode a lot today!!

2024年3月15日Staff BlogBoat diving, Drysuit diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro diving, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

We took a many pics of tiny underwater creatures today!!

March 15,2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 9~17℃
Water Temperature: 16℃
Wind Direction: Southwest⇨West(3~9m/s)
Swell: 0.5~2.0m
Visibility:8~10m
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I went to diving for searching tiny nudibranchs today.
At first dive, the guest wanna see tiny Pikachu nudibranch, so I went to the dive point which can see it.

The color seems like Pokemon Pikachu. So we call it “Pikachu”.
The size is 2mm. It’s so tiny!!!

There are many Pikachu recently. If you wanna see it, you can see easily in this season.

At second dives, I saw these tiny nudibranchs.

These size is also 2mm~3mm.
In witer season, Some Japanese diver like searching for tiny underwatar creatures.

Of course, there are various of underwater creatures expected nudibranchs.
If you like see macro creatures, I recommend you to dive in this season.

And if you like Nudibranch, Now is the best season to see them.

Japanese sea has 4 seasons, so you can see different situation every season.
Please come and see the expressions of the sea in each of the four seasons.

See you then(^^)/

Inquiry (English)

串本の生きもの

Pikachu seaslug, Stiliger aureomarginatus, Marianina rosea, Philine orca

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world

The rocket will launch tomorrow

2024年3月12日Staff BlogBoat diving, Drysuit diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

The sea condition is rough tomorrow .

March 12, 2024

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Weather: Sunny
Ground Temperature: 13~16℃
Water Temperature: 16~17℃
Wind Direction: Southwest(4~6m/s)
Swell: 1.0~1.5m
Visibility:8m
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I went to diving in this morning.
But, the sea condition is getting rough. So We can dive only one time.

But, I can see many macro creatures in this dive.

first of all, I can see this nudibranch.
The nudibranch was found out two days ago.
But she still stay in the same place.

I wonder she likes this place.

Then, This nudibranch is also staying at the same place.

She is on the shell of hermit crab.
I think she will gone soon, but I can see her today!!!

And there are so many frog fish in kushimoto area.

As the season become spring, the color of water become green.
But, you can see this color in this season.

So, I want you to see this color.

That is a characteristic of Japanese sea.
Why don’t you see this sitiation??

The water temperature is getting warm.
I hope many foreigner tourist know the beautiful sea of Kushimoto!!

See you the(^^)

Inquiry (English)

Nudibranch diving

2024年3月10日Staff BlogBoat diving, Drysuit diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

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(^^;)

2024年3月9日Staff BlogBoat diving, Drysuit diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

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, Placida babai, Antonietta janthina, Stiliger berghi

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki, Good Wrasse world

Nice condition!!!

2024年1月29日Staff BlogBoat diving, Drysuit diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

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!!

2024年1月24日Staff BlogBoat diving, Drysuit diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

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!!

2024年1月9日Staff BlogBoat diving, Drysuit diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

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!!

2024年1月3日Staff BlogBoat diving, Drysuit diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Seaslugs, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

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

2023年12月16日Staff BlogBoat diving, English, English guide, Japan, Kansai, Kushimoto, Macro photography, Nanki Seamans Club, Scuba diving, Visitjapan, Wakayama小池

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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

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

串本のダイビングポイント

Bizen, Sumisaki