Tatsukushi Bentenjima Nishi
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About this site
Bentenjima Nishi (弁天島西) is a dive site at Tatsukushi in Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, suitable from novice level, with the top of the reef at 7 m and a maximum depth of 13 m. An overhang here fills with nudibranchs in winter, when their numbers surge. There is also a tunnel roughly 1.5 m wide, 1.5 m high and 5 m long.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Hood CoralStylophora pistillataReported here · unconfirmed
Encrusting Horn CoralHydnophora exesaReported here · unconfirmed
Lace CoralPocillopora damicornisReported here · unconfirmed
Pavona decussataReported here · unconfirmed
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