It was raining a bit this morning but the wind is calm and the ocean flat around Ishigaki island✨
Today we did an advanced open water course and a refresher course♪ Below, compass training in action☆*:.。. o(≧▽≦)o .。.:*☆
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We also met the green sea turtles🐢🐢🐢
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In Nagura, the corals glittered under the sun✨ The corals here are strong and don’t easily get bleached even in the warm summers♪♪
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Refresher dives♪ It was mostly cloudy but the sun came out too☀️
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Lots of spotted garden eels on the sandy bottom!
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A pink leafy scorpionfish♪ Latley, we only seen one of them. I wonder where the other one went σ(^_^;)
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A brown banded pipefish♪ They have such cute faces✨
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This is really THE winter nudibranch! It looks like it has frost sprinkled all over it♪
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Below, an anemone partner shrimp.
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The wind will pick up again tomorrow, I hope the calm seas will be back for our next dives!
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