Hello, this is Koide from Freeway's Sado shop!
Visibility at Mushizaki continues to be excellent.
We're gradually heading into the season when the spring cloudiness arrives.
So we're enjoying the beautiful underwater world while we can.
Dive 1: 65 minutes
Dive 2: 75 minutes
On these long dives, we went looking for small creatures.
Himeika (Japanese pygmy squid)
Their breeding season seems to be approaching, and if you search seaweed and fishing nets,
you can find them consistently.
It's the world's smallest squid, about 2 cm at most.
They're easier to photograph when they're clinging to seaweed than when they're swimming!
Yagurumaumiushi
Konohamidorigai
If you look carefully, nudibranchs are starting to appear too.
They're small, and it feels like you'll find more of them searching shallower than 10 m.
There are different nudibranchs from those at Ogi, so searching felt fresh.
And the chagara (a goby), with their almost see-through colors.
Both males and females are spreading their fins beautifully.
Males have longer dorsal fins than females, so you can tell them apart.
In the photo, the male is on the left and the female on the right.
The male seems to be twitching his long dorsal fin to show off to the female.
Here and there, there were individuals that looked like they were about to pair up.
The chagara at Mushizaki seem a couple of sizes bigger than those at Ogi.
Maybe the food is better here?
Today's dive site: Mushizaki
① Village Front, rocky shore side
② Village Front, offshore side
◇ Air temp: 5°C
◇ Water temp: 11°C
◇ Visibility: 20 m
• Yagurumaumiushi, Konohamidorigai, Tamagawakoyanagiumiushi, Mukademeribe, Aoumiushi, Arimoumiushi, Fujieraminoumiushi, Mitsuirameriumiushi, Akaeraminoumiushi, Chagara, Chagara (breeding colors), Asahianahaze (a sculpin), Makogarei (marbled flounder), Golden cuttlefish, Olive flounder, Kinubari (young), Himeika, Koshimagarimoebi (a shrimp, guarding eggs)
