Minami Echizen
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About 10km south of Echizen, Minami Echizen is a diving area that has opened relatively recently. It is very accessible from the Kansai and Chubu areas, so many divers visit here. There are more than 20 dive sites on the beach and by boat.
Kobtay resides at a point. Summer brings sardines, horse mackerel. Autumn unveils Echizen, Mizudako jellyfish. Observe dandelions, sea horses, nudibranchs, groupers year-round.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
203 Sightings
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
29 Sightings
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Total number of species: 350
Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish
186 Sightings
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31
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Total number of species: 40
iStock-Hoatzinexp
Jackfish
134 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250
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Scorpionfish
51 Sightings
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10
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Total number of species: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
42 Sightings
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10
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Total number of species: 300
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Squid
41 Sightings
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28
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Total number of species: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
41 Sightings
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