Based on 113 dive log entries written in December by our staff since 2007, here is what the sea around Sado is usually like in December.
- Water temperature
- 15 to 16°C (from 89 records; median 15°C, lowest 12°C, highest 30°C)
- Visibility
- 10 to 12.5 m (from 77 records; median 10 m)
- Exposure suits mentioned
- Drysuit mentioned in 3 entries, wetsuit in 0 entries
Dive sites we visited most
- Ogi (74 entries)
- Ryuodo (Ryuo Cave) (51 entries)
- Mushizaki (31 entries)
- Kitakoura (16 entries)
- Artificial Reef (8 entries)
Marine life seen most often
- ainame (fat greenling) (48 entries)
- dangouo (a tiny lumpsucker) (34 entries)
- kobudai (Asian sheepshead wrasse) (17 entries)
- golden cuttlefish (kouika) (17 entries)
- damselfish (14 entries)
- shiroumiushi (a nudibranch) (14 entries)
- amimehagi (a pygmy filefish) (14 entries)
- aoumiushi (a nudibranch) (13 entries)
- chagara (a goby) (12 entries)
- Japanese rockfish (mebaru) (11 entries)
Photos from this month
Dive logs from this month
December 1: Mushizaki (Photo Diving)
December 22: Ogi (Lots of Snow Fell)
December 22: Ogi
December 29: Ogi (Ryuodo and Yakushiji)
December 9: Ogi (Ryuodo and Sengoku)
December 21: Ogi (Ryuodo Night Dive)
December 19: Ryuodo (Night Dive)
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.