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About this site
Magotatego (孫立厳) is a boat site four minutes out from Shirasaki, Yura, on the Kii Peninsula of Wakayama, with a maximum depth of 18 m and an average around 12–14 m. Shrimp gobies and blue-and-yellow dartfish live with snapping shrimp all across the sandy bottom, rocks of every size lie scattered with banded coral shrimp in the gaps, and the main rock holds dense schools of cardinalfish and stripey, with frogfish worth searching for. A guide rope is laid, there is little current, and the site is suitable from beginner level.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Loggerhead Sea TurtleCaretta carettaReported here · unconfirmed
Encrusting Horn CoralHydnophora exesaReported here · unconfirmed
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