Today was the last day of our 3 days diving trip around Izu peninsula and it was the Japanese public holiday dedicated to the Ocean.
We checked out at Ugusu and went up the north coast of Izu on the 17 heading for Ita. No one of us had been there yet so we were pretty excited what the place would be.
When you come down the winding roads, you will pass first a quiet residential area following a very narrow road down to the harbor. It is amazing that any cars can actual fit on this road – in Europe you use such for bicycles ;-)
All dives start from the port, where you have to climb over stones as kind of beach entry:
We checked out at Ugusu and went up the north coast of Izu on the 17 heading for Ita. No one of us had been there yet so we were pretty excited what the place would be.
When you come down the winding roads, you will pass first a quiet residential area following a very narrow road down to the harbor. It is amazing that any cars can actual fit on this road – in Europe you use such for bicycles ;-)
All dives start from the port, where you have to climb over stones as kind of beach entry:
The visibility here is rather good compared to the previous day with 5-12m, but this place doesn’t real feature any big stuff.
It is more famous for the real small ones like the cute blennies
… or a rare seahorses, frog fish & crabs.
After long search Franz found the only remaing nudibranch which saved the day of Izumi (there is no dive without one ;-)
So for people interested in Macro photography this is a nice place to go. Also the people from the MOC Maritime Officer Club were very helpful and good guides – I can recommend them again!
Now it is time to say goodbye to Izu and heading back from a long weekend to Tokyo … with million others on the highway X-)
Jammed
