mccaigk1
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hey all,
have been hanging back for a while havnt posted in some time. Finally got my first dive in japan! Was a great experience. I found a friendly dive shop in suzuka where i work that drove me down to kumano for a two tank shore dive. Was pretty tame dive, in a cove/bay. Was my first time in a medium current condition though. ( waves coming in and out made for a little bit of a struggle to hold position.) First dive i saw a morey, neon damsel fish and a bunch of rockfish ( i think, the spiney one) second dive was the best, with a swim to the middle of the bay where the rocks gave way to a sand patch the size of a baseball diamond. very cool. The best was spotting a baby box puffer fish, looked like a yello poka dotted shooter marble with a tail. will post pics when i get a disk burned. Im not one to rant an throw kudos out regularly, but the dive shop Manta 7 was amazing. Theres no service like that back home in Maryland at least. They drove down 3 hours ( i rely on kintetsu and have no wheels) took care of everything including snacks, and the couple who owns the shop made a huge lunch. It cost about 190,000 yen for the trip which is steep for home but i guess? reasonable all in all. Seeing how my entry level scubapro r290 octo ran 320,00 i guess you deal with it or dont dive. Has anyone else been to wakayama? im heading there in two weeks with the same operation
have been hanging back for a while havnt posted in some time. Finally got my first dive in japan! Was a great experience. I found a friendly dive shop in suzuka where i work that drove me down to kumano for a two tank shore dive. Was pretty tame dive, in a cove/bay. Was my first time in a medium current condition though. ( waves coming in and out made for a little bit of a struggle to hold position.) First dive i saw a morey, neon damsel fish and a bunch of rockfish ( i think, the spiney one) second dive was the best, with a swim to the middle of the bay where the rocks gave way to a sand patch the size of a baseball diamond. very cool. The best was spotting a baby box puffer fish, looked like a yello poka dotted shooter marble with a tail. will post pics when i get a disk burned. Im not one to rant an throw kudos out regularly, but the dive shop Manta 7 was amazing. Theres no service like that back home in Maryland at least. They drove down 3 hours ( i rely on kintetsu and have no wheels) took care of everything including snacks, and the couple who owns the shop made a huge lunch. It cost about 190,000 yen for the trip which is steep for home but i guess? reasonable all in all. Seeing how my entry level scubapro r290 octo ran 320,00 i guess you deal with it or dont dive. Has anyone else been to wakayama? im heading there in two weeks with the same operation
