Good evening, this is Koide from Freeway's Sado shop!
On the first day of Golden Week, we held dives at Ogi!
① Sakuma's team: trial diving
② Koide's team: fun diving
It was a day of constant changes, with rain coming and going and sunny spells from the morning. Underwater, the visibility has been gradually recovering. On the first dive at Ryuodo it was 8m, and on the second dive at Kofuku Jizo it was over 15m. We were moved by the clear water for the first time in a while! It felt like Sado's summer sea! As always there were lots of nudibranchs, and we found 19 species in today's 2 dives. The water temperature has also risen to around 13℃. Along with the rising water temperature, the chagara and suzumedai have started swimming around actively.
Tomorrow we're planning to dive at Kitakoura! I wonder if Yamato the kobudai (Asian sheepshead wrasse) is doing well!
“The Kofuku Jizo”
“Visibility over 15m! So moved by the clear water after so long!”
“Clear seas mean less stress!”
“We found 19 species of nudibranchs today! Does anyone know what this nudibranch is?”
“A huge ubauo (a clingfish), about 5cm long, lol”
“We're running trial diving too! Here's the breathing practice.”
“You're both doing great! Welcome to the underwater world!”
Today's dive sites: Ogi (Ryuodo and Kofuku Jizo)
▢Weather: rain, then sunny
▢Air temp 15℃
▢Water temp 13℃
▢Visibility 8 to 15m
▢Marine life
Nudibranchs × 19 species
① Shiro umiushi ② Jiboga umiushi ③ Hiro umiushi ④ Eda umiushi ⑤ Yubi umiushi ⑥ Suginoha umiushi ⑦ Hiramiru midorigai ⑧ Emura mino umiushi ⑨ Akaera mino umiushi ⑩ Flabellina verrucosa ⑪ Azuki umiushi ⑫ Otome umiushi ⑬ Fujiera mino umiushi ⑭ Hiiragi umiushi ⑮ Futasuji mino umiushi ⑯ Kisewatagai ⑰ Hozuki fushieragai ⑱ Unidentified nudibranch ⑲ Akaboshi umiushi
Others
• Usumebaru (a rockfish) • Mebaru (Japanese rockfish) • Ainame (fat greenling) • Sui (a sculpin) • Ubauo • Amimehagi (a small filefish) • Anahaze (a sculpin) • Kokeginpo (a blenny) • Kajika (a sculpin) • Suzumedai (pearl spot chromis) • Chagara (a goby) • Haokoze (a waspfish) • Ryuguhaze (a goby) • Sabihaze (a goby) • Nezumigochi (a dragonet) • Kusafugu (grass puffer) • Common octopus • Kouika (cuttlefish) • Spear squid eggs, and more
