Hello, this is Koide from Freeway's Sado shop!
We've had wonderful weather for the past few days!
The tulips at Kitakoura are full of life too!
The cherry tree at the Benten shrine is at its peak right now!
This cherry tree is apparently 30 years old.
Just a little younger than me.
The sea is gradually turning its summer color.
Though visibility still has a way to go (haha).
Dive 1 was at Akaiwa.
A kurosoi (a rockfish) about 30 cm long welcomed us.
It didn't move at all, even when we got close.
It makes you worry whether it's alive (yikes).
This is a nijikajika (a sculpin).
And this is a mizudako (North Pacific giant octopus) that has stayed in the same spot for the past few days.
It's really huge!
Scattered around it were the remains of kijihata (red spotted grouper).
Probably the mizudako attacked and ate them during the night.
How frightening, how frightening.
Dive 2 was at Hamadaoki!
It's a rare site we recommend for this season.
Macro here is so much fun!
＜Hagoromo umiushi＞
＜Flabellina verrucosa??＞
＜Hiro umiushi＞
＜Akaboshi umiushi＞
＜Sakura minoumiushi＞
＜A relative of the hori minoumiushi＞
20 species of nudibranchs today!
Searching for nudibranchs is fun too!
Today's dive sites: Kitakoura
①Akaiwa
②Hamadaoki
◆Air temp: 18°C
◆Water temp: 11°C
◆Visibility: 5 to 8 m
◆Marine life
＜Nudibranchs＞
①emura minoumiushi ②sakura minoumiushi ③Flabellina verrucosa ④kasumi harasakku umiushi ⑤akaboshi umiushi ⑥jiboga umiushi ⑦hozuki fushieragai ⑧hibusa minoumiushi ⑨ao umiushi ⑩akaera minoumiushi ⑪hagoromo umiushi ⑫hiiragi umiushi ⑬oshoro minoumiushi ⑭kiiro umikocho ⑮kuro midorigai ⑯a relative of the hori minoumiushi ⑰shiro umiushi ⑱futasuji minoumiushi ⑲fujiera minoumiushi ⑳hiro umiushi
＜Others＞
• Juvenile dangouo (a tiny lumpsucker), juvenile hoteiuo (smooth lumpsucker), kurosoi, kijihata, mebaru (rockfish), kokeginpo (a blenny), asahi anahaze (a sculpin), himeginpo (a triplefin), nijikajika, damselfish, kinubari (a banded goby), and more
