Based on 126 dive log entries written in February by our staff since 2007, here is what the sea around Sado is usually like in February.
- Water temperature
- 10 to 11°C (from 116 records; median 11°C, lowest 9°C, highest 12°C)
- Visibility
- 10 to 15 m (from 98 records; median 12.5 m)
- Exposure suits mentioned
- Drysuit mentioned in 6 entries, wetsuit in 0 entries
Dive sites we visited most
- Ogi (64 entries)
- Mushizaki (57 entries)
- Ryuodo (Ryuo Cave) (38 entries)
- Kitakoura (16 entries)
- Kotoura (12 entries)
Marine life seen most often
- emura mino umiushi (a nudibranch) (54 entries)
- hoteiuo (smooth lumpsucker) (52 entries)
- chagara (a goby) (44 entries)
- Japanese rockfish (mebaru) (37 entries)
- akaera mino umiushi (a nudibranch) (36 entries)
- dangouo (a tiny lumpsucker) (36 entries)
- shiroumiushi (a nudibranch) (35 entries)
- damselfish (32 entries)
- amimehagi (a pygmy filefish) (29 entries)
- houzuki fushieragai (a sidegill slug) (26 entries)
Photos from this month
Dive logs from this month
February 27: Secret Shore Dive Sites (Lake Kamo and Seai)
February 21: Nudibranch Dive at Katanoo!
February 17: Still Watching Ainame Eggs
February 8: Mushizaki (We Dive Even at −3°C Air Temp, lol)
February 7: Nudibranch Dive at Ogi!
February 12: Mushizaki (Macro on a Beach of White Sand)
February 11: Ogi (Celebrating 750 and 550 Dives)
February 8: Mushizaki (A Koshimagarimoebi Guarding Its Eggs)
February 20: Ogi (Ryuodo and Jizo)
February 5: Kitakoura (Nagate) and Mushizaki (Hyogozaki)
February 17: Ogi (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.