Silence before the storm…
September 2, 2022 Weather: Sunny Ground Temperature: 33℃ Water Temperature: 30℃ Wind Direction: North (4→8m/s) Swell: 1.0m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Submarine, Taketomi Island (23m) ☆ Buddha Head, Taketomi Island (25m) Typhoon Hinnamnor (#11) is now heading toward the Okinawa area, but the weather is still fine here in Ishigaki.
Taketomi blue!
August 30, 2022 Weather: Sunny Ground Temperature: 35℃ Water Temperature: 30℃ Wind Direction: East southeast (5m/s) Swell: 1.0m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Shark Hole, Taketomi Island (27m) ☆ Potato Reef, Taketomi Island (30m) ☆ Tokakin Reef, Taketomi Island (25m) Check out this blue sky! It is almost the end of
Never give up!
August 29, 2022 Weather: Sunny Ground Temperature: 34℃ Water Temperature: 30℃ Wind Direction: Southeast (4m/s) Swell: 1.0m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Nagura Bay Coral Garden, Ishigaki Island (15m) ☆ Osaki Purple Queen Reef, Ishigaki Island (20m) ☆ Kabira Manta Point, Ishigaki Island (20m) The wind was mild today. There was
Shining Luminous cardinalfish
August 28, 2022 Weather: Sunny sometimes cloudy and rainy Ground Temperature: 31℃ Water Temperature: 30℃ Wind Direction: Northeast→West→North (2m/s) Swell: 1.0m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Buddha Head, Taketomi Island (25m) ☆ V-Gorge, Kuroshima Island (25m) ☆ Therapy, Kuroshima Island (23m) We cruised down to Taketomi and Kuroshima Island today. We
70% bleached out…
August 27, 2022 Weather: Sunny sometimes cloudy Ground Temperature: 33℃ Water Temperature: 30℃ Wind Direction: West (4m/s) Swell: 1.0m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Osaki Purple Queen Reef, Ishigaki Island (18m) ☆ Sakieda Big Arch, Ishigaki Island (23m) ☆ Kabira Manta Point, Ishigaki Island (20m) It was strange weather. It was
Some fish like darkness
August 26, 2022 Weather: Sunny Ground Temperature: 34℃ Water Temperature: 30℃ Wind Direction: West→Southeast (3→5m/s) Swell: 1.5m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Nagura Bay Coral Garden, Ishigaki Island (15m) ☆ Osaki Sand Garden, Ishigaki Island (20m) ☆ Kabira Manta Point, Ishigaki Island (25m) The wind was blowing today from the west,
The water is getting clearer
August 25, 2022 Weather: Sunny sometimes rainy Ground Temperature: 33℃ Water Temperature: 30℃ Wind Direction: Southwest (6m/s) Swell: 2.0m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Osaki Purple Queen Reef, Ishigaki Island (20m) ☆ Sakieda Big Arch, Ishigaki Island (25m) ☆ Manta City, Ishigaki Island (25m) The south wind turned softer, and the
Corals!
August 24, 2022 Weather: Sunny Ground Temperature: 33℃ Water Temperature: 29-30℃ Wind Direction: South southeast (8→5m/s) Swell: 3.0m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Taketomi North, Taketomi Island (15m) ☆ Kayama North, Kayama Island (18m) ☆ Mitsuishi, Kayama Island (20m) The south wind was strong today, probably due to typhoon #9 located
Hateruma day!
August 21, 2022 Weather: Sunny Ground Temperature: 33℃ Water Temperature: 30℃ Wind Direction: Southwest (4m/s) Swell: 1.0m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Buddha Head, Taketomi Island (20m) ☆ Manta Point, Panari Island (25m) ☆ Yasuragi Reef, Hateruma Island (40m) The condition was calm as expected! We started off earlier than usual,
Calmer condition :-)
August 20, 2022 Weather: Sunny Ground Temperature: 33℃ Water Temperature: 30℃ Wind Direction: Southwest (4m/s) Swell: 1.0m Diving point (visibility) ————————————————— ☆ Nagura Bay Coral Garden, Ishigaki Island (20m) ☆ Osaki Purple Queen Reef, Ishigaki Island (20m) ☆ Osaki Sand Garden, Ishigaki Island (20m) The wind calmed down today, and the
