Based on 123 dive log entries written in August by our staff since 2007, here is what the sea around Sado is usually like in August.
- Water temperature
- 24 to 26.1°C (from 120 records; median 25°C, lowest 15.5°C, highest 29°C)
- Visibility
- 12.5 to 20 m (from 117 records; median 15 m)
Dive sites we visited most
- Kitakoura (77 entries)
- Akaiwa (58 entries)
- Artificial Reef (35 entries)
- Nagate (33 entries)
- Shipwreck (21 entries)
Marine life seen most often
- chagara (a goby) (71 entries)
- damselfish (66 entries)
- kobudai (Asian sheepshead wrasse) (64 entries)
- Japanese rockfish (mebaru) (62 entries)
- shiroumiushi (a nudibranch) (58 entries)
- kokeginpo (a small blenny) (55 entries)
- kijihata (red-spotted grouper) (54 entries)
- striped beakfish (ishidai) (53 entries)
- kitsune mebaru (a rockfish) (50 entries)
- black sea bream (kurodai) (48 entries)
Photos from this month
Dive logs from this month
August 25: Kitakoura (Akaiwa and Artificial Reef)
August 23: Snorkeling at Himezu Beach
August 16: Kitakoura
August 12: Weekday Openings in Late August
August 7: Washizaki
August 6: Ogi
August 2: Kitakoura
August 1: Mushizaki
August 24: Kitakoura (The Shallows Feel Great Too)
August 14: Ogi (The Jawfish Is So Cute!)
August 6: Kitakoura (A Red Seahorse Spotted)
August 22: Ogi
August 13: Ogi
August 6: Kitakoura
These figures are guides based on what our staff wrote in their dive logs. Conditions vary a lot from year to year and day to day. For the latest conditions, see Sea Conditions.