Grott 1

★★★★★ (53)

Grotto 1 in Minami Ise, Mie, dubbed “Ise-Shima’s Blue Cave,” features light streaming into its cavern, schools of tuna, and occasional stalactites. Surrounding roots at 25m+ host snappers, rock lobsters, frogfish, and nudibranchs, offering both dramatic scenery and rich marine life.

Grotto 1 hosts tuna, blacktip reef fish, Japanese snook, sparrowhawk, snappers, Dall’s shark, kuei, frogfish, frigatefish, and nudibranchs.

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Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 300

Octopus

1 Sightings
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Total number of species: 3000

Nudibranch

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Total number of species: 3400

Shrimp

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Total number of species: 7000

Crab

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