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MInabe Syougase
Minabe, Osaka, Japan
Max depth40 m
LevelEstimated: Advanced and up
Water bodyPhilippine Sea
Water temp17–28°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Aug
About this site
MInabe Syougase is a wall dive site near Minabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, in the Philippine Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 40 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, sea turtles, soft corals, seahorses. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 17 to 28 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Loggerhead TurtleCaretta caretta
Thorny SeahorseHippocampus histrix- Amur GobyRhinogobius brunneus
Banded UrchinEchinothrix calamaris
Iridescent NudibranchNotobryon wardi- White-tentacle Japanes AeolisSakuraeolis enosimensis
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org