The warm days continue in Ishigaki island✨ It feels good to be underwater!
Today was the first day of advanced open water diver course! Even while doing courses you can see manta rays in Ishigaki island♫ One manta rays was circling the cleaning station and swam close by us✨
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Practicing underwater photography for the advanced course♪
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A school of baracuda also swam by✨
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But we didn’t only play around! We also did skill practice with compass for the navigation dives♪
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and practiced buoyancy swimming over the coral reefs.
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Found a big lobster🦐🦐🦐
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And some tiny anemone partner shrimps too🦐
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The reef really glitters when the sun shines!
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Below, a bright red tomato anemonefish✨
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Looking forward to more dives tomorrow✨