Okirai Namiita Beach
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Koshiki Namiita Beach in Ofunato, Iwate, offers calm, shallow waters perfect for beginners. With seasonal scenery and ongoing seaweed bed restoration, it hosts abundant marine life. Unique for the coexistence of northern and southern species, it’s a site rich in biodiversity.
Koshi Kirai Namiita Beach hosts lingcod, croaker, sculpin, gibbon, sea slugs, ameflagellates, crabs, and shrimp, thriving in its rich seaweed forest ecosystem.
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Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
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Total number of species: 600
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Wrasse
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Total number of species: 3000
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Nudibranch
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Total number of species: 40
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Jackfish
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Total number of species: 3400
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Shrimp
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Total number of species: 12
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Lionfish
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Total number of species: 110
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Snapper
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Total number of species: 8
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Bannerfish
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Total number of species: 120
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Flounder
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Total number of species: 80
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Stingrays
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Total number of species: 130
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Butterfly Fish
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Total number of species: 130
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Pufferfish
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Total number of species: 25
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Boxfish
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