COLOR/SEASON
We can see various kind of fish and animal in the sea water at izu. Fish and Invertebrate have a lot of variation of color. And there are some tipical sean of each season.
- Green
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- Yellow
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- Orange&Pink
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- Red
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- Purple
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- White
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- OSE CAPE;Winter
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- OSE CAPE;Spring
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- OSE CAPE;Autumn
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Green
The day visibility is not good, sea water color look green.
- This is sea anemone with green tentacles. Graded green are beautiful.
- DATA:May/1999 ;719-03
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Sea anemone
Cover
- There are full covered with green algae ont the bottom.
- DATA:Feb/2004 ;837-24
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Soft cover
- Under the bad sea condition, sea water color is green. The bottom are covered with green sea weed.
- DATA:Feb/2004 ;838-17
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Egg laying
- There is a lot of egg of squid, At first color was white and become green gradually.
- DATA:Jun/2001 ;780-07
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Yellow
Yellow can be seen with invertebrate.
- This photo is close up of sea lily. Yellow color of sea lily was stressed by strong flash light.
- DATA:un-12i
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brilliance
Sea lily
- There is a young filefish near the sea lily.
- DATA:Oct/2003 ;824-11
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Sea anemone
- This is sea anemone with yellow tentacles. This tentacle are fluorescence yellow reelect flashlight.
- DATA:Aug/1996 ;557-15
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Sea fan
- This is a kind of sea fan. This type of invertebrate looks like plant.
- DATA:Oct/1994 ;475-22
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Orange&Pink
Orange and pink are often can be seen with soft coral.
- This soft coral is -30m depth. There are less sunlight, dark condition. This is sea fan opening its polyp.
- DATA:Mar/1998 ;644-32
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In the dark
Under the rock
- This soft coral are under surface of the rock. So that there are less sunlight and polyp are open.
- DATA:Jun/2002 ;794-14
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Look like Strawbery
- We call this "strawbery coral". Shape and color look like strawbery.
- DATA:Apr/1997 ;594-32i
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Camouflage
- The cowries have pink color spots on its shell. The color of shell fit with soft coral. It is very impressed and nice camouflage.
- DATA:Jun/1993 ;316-23
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Red
Red color image "strong life".
- Red color let us image blood. Ditail shape of sea fan are look like vein.
- DATA:Jan/1996 ;524-11
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Vein
Red flower
- This soft coral is indivisialy on the sand.
- DATA:Jun/1994 ;436-10
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Sea lily
- Red of sea lily.
- DATA:Sep/1993 ;355-21
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Purple
Purple is a special color for Ose cape. There are a lot of sea anemones colored purple.
- There are alot of sea anemone with purple tentacles.
- DATA:Mar/1997 ;589-12
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Sea anemone
Image
- This is a close up of tentacles of sea anemone. Tentales were swinging slowly.
- DATA:Izu Oceanic Park Dec/2002 ;un-010i
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Sea weed
- This small sea weed is purple.
- DATA:Mar/1998 ;642-12
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White
White can be seen often with invertebrate.
- This is sea slug having beautiful white color. Sea slug are beautiful so that some diver concern deeply with finding out sea slug
- DATA:Mar/1992 at Ose cape ;166-05
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Sea slug
Cute
- This sea slug is very small and cute. It look like japanese-style confection.
- DATA:Apr/1992 ;175-07
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OSE Winter
Come on to the cold water.
- Shortspined cowfish have a kind of mesh designed body. It is appear in the flash light in a wink.
- DATA:ose112
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Mesh
Why are you in here?
- I don't know why a narrow banded batfish at IZU in Jan. Usually we can see it in warm water such Okinawa island. Water temp is 14 deg C so that it can not live long.
- DATA:ose101
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Current
- It the time some current happen in the bay spot. Tentacles are flowing by the current silently.
- DATA:ose102
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OSE Spring
Spring is the season for new life
- Yellow goosefish is taking a rest on the sand bottom. It look like having beard .
- DATA:ose103
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Uncle
Slim body
- Near the sea anemone, s shrimp is eating quaint a while.
- DATA:ose104
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Algae cover
- Green algae cover all of the dive spot.
- DATA:98819059s
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Ose festival
- Ose festival is held on Apr 4th every year.A lot of ships have various flags for the festival.
- DATA:169-12i
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OSE Summer
Sea shore is crowd in the summer.
- A marbled rockfish looks at me. Its fase is look like philosopher.
- DATA:ose106
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Philosopher
Wonder twins
- A weever and brickred firefish are near by. I wonder why they are near by.
- DATA:ose107
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Mouth
- Tuskfish open its mouth. It is breaking shell by biting.
- DATA:98819056s
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OSE Autumn
Autumn is the best season for dive.
- Some painted sweetlip are across slowly in front of me.
- DATA:98819055s
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Across slowly
Dancer
- This is a young painted sweetlip. It swim like a dancing. I love it. It is sweet and beautiful.
- DATA:ose110
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My position
- A shortbodied pipefish swimming with head down position.
- DATA:98819053s
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IOP Winter
Come on to the cold water.
- A shore rockfishes is heading down on the sponge.
- DATA:98819064s
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Downward
Good condition
- Visibility is good in winter. In winter water temp is lower than 15 deg so that we have a quaking at the long time dive.
- DATA:iop101
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Algae
- We call this type of algae "MOKU".These algae grow up in winter.
- DATA:iop102
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IOP Spring
Spring is the season for new life
- This sea weed is beautiful color and shape just like circle.
- DATA:98819073s
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Circle
Cloudy water
- Sea water has been cloudy in spring.
- DATA:643-02i
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Frogfish
- If there is no light, it is diificult to find out.
- DATA:iop104
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Numerous life
- There were numerous life over the bottom.
- DATA:98819071s
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IOP Summer
Sea shore are very crowd in the summer
- Visibility is 3-4m,very bad condition. Water color is green. White of the sea slug is reflect on flash light.
- DATA:98819070s
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Bad condition but,
Waiting part1
- It seems some butterflyfish are waiting for cleaning.
- DATA:iop107
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Waiting part2
- A lot of three lined grunt are waiting for wrasse's cleaning. These grunts know the cleaning spot.
- DATA:iop108
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IOP Autumn
Best season for dive
- This is basic scene with coral and fish and green water. A lot of small fishes are running behind the coral. It is moving back ground.
- DATA:iop109
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Basic scene
Double twin
- There are two rockfishs on the sponge. They say "welcome" to two diver.
- DATA:98819066s
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For small fish
- There is a coral with young small fishes. If diver close small fishes, they hide back of coral.
- DATA:98819065s
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