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October 27: Friendly Kobudai

Staff blog | Published: | Written by Chika Nakagawa (Sado Shop Support Staff)

Diving at Sado Island: October 27: Friendly Kobudai, photo 1

Good evening!

This is Chika Nakagawa from Freeway.

It rained from time to time, but...

on the boat it was sunny ☀️

We dove at Kitakoura for the first time in a while!

Dive 1 was the shipwreck 🚢

A lively kobudai (Asian sheepshead wrasse) came out to greet us 🐟

At this time of year the kobudai don't come out much, so...

we were really lucky!

Dive 2 was Akaiwa 🪨

We went all in on macro!

There was a toragisu (a sandperch), one of the seasonal visitor fish,

Igaguriumiushi,

Nisehakusenminoumiushi,

our ever reliable kokeginpo (a small blenny),

and plenty of amimehagi (a small filefish) and chagara (a small goby) too.

It was a fun sea 🏖️

And...

Dear Miura!

Thank you for this wonderful photo 😊

I totally went for it and jumped into the shot 🤣

A photo that makes me so happy!

Thank you so much for the two days 😊

I'm so glad we got to see kinubari (a banded goby) guarding their eggs too!

(↑ We actually saw this on October 26 👍)

There are still lots more creatures I want to show you!

We hope to see you again!

The sea is really fun every day!

I'll be working here until around November 10!

Hope to see you!

Little by little, it's becoming the season when it's nice to have something to throw on (a windbreaker or similar).

Today's sea conditions

Air temp
15 to 18°C
Water temp
20 to 22°C (the water is warm this year)
Visibility
around 10 to 15 m
Suit
10% wetsuit / 90% drysuit
  • Depending on the air temperature, you may feel a little chilly during breaks on land.

Photos from the day

Diving at Sado Island: October 27: Friendly Kobudai, photo 2 Diving at Sado Island: October 27: Friendly Kobudai, photo 3 Diving at Sado Island: October 27: Friendly Kobudai, photo 4 Diving at Sado Island: October 27: Friendly Kobudai, photo 5 Diving at Sado Island: October 27: Friendly Kobudai, photo 6 Diving at Sado Island: October 27: Friendly Kobudai, photo 7 Diving at Sado Island: October 27: Friendly Kobudai, photo 8

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