Album: Autumn Beach Oshima island, Japan Sept 2003
Underwater pictures taken at Oshima Island Japan. Oshima is located East/NorthEast of Izu pennisula.

Album: Palm Beach Oshima, Japan
Underwater pictures taken at Oshima Island Japan. Oshima is located East/NorthEast of Izu pennisula. These were taken on two dives Sept. 28 2003

Album: Palm Beach Oshima Night Dive
Photos from a night dive at Palm Beach Oshima

Album: Izu Pennisula, Japan. Golden Cape Dive Site
A two dive day trip to the west side of the Izu pennisula. Oct. 5, 2003

Album: Ita Beach
Diving at Ita Beach Oct. 25, 2003. This site is pretty much a boulder field with I hope still has some nice whip coral. This site also only 4 critters to see. There were close to 100 divers when I was and a lot of pressure on the 4 critters and surrounding life.

Album: Izu Oceanic Park
This was a 2 dive day trip on Nov. 22 2003. There is only one dive site at this place and it is very popular with the Japanese divers. Timing for the dives is very crucial to avoid the crowds above and below water. The entry can be difficult if you are not prepared for the surf. The site is a boulder field/wall for about 20 meters and goes to a depth of 20 meters. After that, it is a sand bottom from there out into the pacific.

Album: Autumn Beach Night Dive
Autumn Beach Night Dive:These photos where taken on Dec 13th. The night was awesome! There was no city lights and no moon could see the Milky Way. I think this convinced some new AOW why night dives are the best.

Album: Autumn Beach Dec. 2003

Album: Osezaki Jan 11 2004
This is a nice open bay. At the tip of the bay there is a nice drop-off which gives it a little bit of wall. The slug type pics are, from what I am told, the only known illustrations of the species.

Album: Gold Cape Jan. 12 2004
This is a nice shallow bay with a lot of interesting fish. Some firsts for me: Japanese eagle ray and two types of Frogfish.

Album: Golden Cape Jan 18 2004
I was disappointed to here that we were doing the same sites as last week. The first day it was snowing and very cold, so decide not to mess the camera. The second day warmed up and gave me some very interseting fish to shoot.

Album: Yawatano Jan. 31 2004
This was a two boat and one shore dive day. The boat was interesting as it is also probably used for squid fish. We had a nice shark at 34 meters the camera housing is rated to 30 meters and would not focus. I got the pics from the dive master camera. We also had a lot of nudis and a seahorse on the shore dive.

Album: IOP Feb. 1 2004
The second day of the weekend trip brought a less crowded dive site then the first time. We had some new nudis and the Japonise dragonet that I stared at everytime I opened the Id. book. Too bad it was the end of the dive and I was low on air.

Album: Hatsushima Island Feb
This island is located off the Northeast coast of the Izu pennisula of Japan. There is only one dive site which is open to the Pacific ocean. Entry and exit can be trick if it is windy.

Album: Hatsushima Island Feb04
This island is located off the Northeast coast of the Izu pennisula of Japan. There is only one dive site which is open to the Pacific ocean. Entry and exit can be trick if it is windy.

Album: Hatsushima Island
This island is located off the Northeast coast of the Izu pennisula of Japan. There is only one dive site which is open to the Pacific ocean. Entry and exit can be trick if it is windy. This gallery of photos is from my first trip to island. We used a ferry to get to the island.

Album: IOP and the Lumpfish
This was my last dive in Japan and was able to finally see the lumpfish