Based on 199 dive log entries written in July by our staff since 2007, here is what the sea around Sado is usually like in July.
- Water temperature
- 20 to 23°C (from 182 records; median 22°C, lowest 15°C, highest 27.5°C)
- Visibility
- 10 to 15 m (from 175 records; median 12.5 m)
- Exposure suits mentioned
- Drysuit mentioned in 14 entries, wetsuit in 16 entries
Dive sites we visited most
- Kitakoura (132 entries)
- Akaiwa (101 entries)
- Nagate (58 entries)
- Mushizaki (49 entries)
- Artificial Reef (40 entries)
Marine life seen most often
- kobudai (Asian sheepshead wrasse) (129 entries)
- chagara (a goby) (109 entries)
- Japanese rockfish (mebaru) (93 entries)
- damselfish (90 entries)
- shiroumiushi (a nudibranch) (81 entries)
- kijihata (red-spotted grouper) (68 entries)
- kokeginpo (a small blenny) (67 entries)
- kitsune mebaru (a rockfish) (62 entries)
- sabihaze (a goby) (55 entries)
- largescale blackfish (mejina) (54 entries)
Photos from this month
Dive logs from this month
July 30: Kitakoura
July 28: Kitakoura, Akaiwa and the Artificial Reef
July 21: Mushizaki
July 19: Washizaki
July 18: Kitakoura
July 14: Mushizaki
July 14: Mushizaki
July 13: Kitakoura
July 11: Ogi (Jizo and Onbe)
July 10: Kitakoura
July 9: Mushizaki
July 8: Kitakoura (Nagate and Akaiwa)
July 7: Kitakoura (Artificial Reef and Akaiwa)
July 6: Kitakoura
July 5: Mushizaki
July 4: Kitakoura
July 26: Kitakoura (Water Temp Rising! Visibility Up!)
July 24: Kitakoura (Amimehagi Guarding Eggs!) with Video
July 22: Mushizaki (A Relaxed Shore Dive)
July 16: Kitakoura (A Packed Three Day Weekend!)
July 2: Kitakoura (A Seahorse with a Round Belly)
July 1: Kitakoura (That Current...)
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.