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 approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
282 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
37 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 350
Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish
255 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 40
iStock-Hoatzinexp
Jackfish
159 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 250
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Grouper/Basslets
60 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 300
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Squid
59 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 250
iStock-Miguel-Angelo-Silva.
Scorpionfish
51 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
48 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 950
Unsplash-Sonia Kowsar
Sea Urchins
13 Sightings
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Oceanic Blacktip Shark
10 Sightings
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