Rainbow Arch
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Rainbow Arch in Aigaura, Minami Ise, Mie, features a massive arch ceiling draped in colorful soft corals. Home to rock lobsters, eels, nudibranchs, and shrimp, it’s great for macro and wide shots. Accessible by boat, it’s best from spring to fall for top visibility and vibrant scenery.
Japanese rockfish, snappers, hawksbill turtles, longnose hawkfish, giant frogfish, scorpionfish. A variety of nudibranchs. Its an enjoyable dive site for both wide-angle and macro divers.
Dive Activity
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: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
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Total number of species: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
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Alamy-WaterFrame
Common Seahorse
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Total number of species: 350
Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish
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Total number of species: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
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iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
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Total number of species: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
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Total number of species: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
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Total number of species: 8
Alamy-Reinhard Dirscherl
Bannerfish
1 Sightings
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Total number of species: 3400
Shutterstock-Shane Gross
Shrimp
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