Based on 161 dive log entries written in June by our staff since 2007, here is what the sea around Sado is usually like in June.
- Water temperature
- 16 to 19°C (from 143 records; median 18°C, lowest 11°C, highest 22°C)
- Visibility
- 10.5 to 15 m (from 139 records; median 12.5 m)
- Exposure suits mentioned
- Drysuit mentioned in 23 entries, wetsuit in 13 entries
Dive sites we visited most
- Kitakoura (90 entries)
- Akaiwa (67 entries)
- Mushizaki (41 entries)
- Ogi (35 entries)
- Shipwreck (35 entries)
Marine life seen most often
- kobudai (Asian sheepshead wrasse) (87 entries)
- Japanese rockfish (mebaru) (63 entries)
- damselfish (52 entries)
- shiroumiushi (a nudibranch) (43 entries)
- olive flounder (hirame) (41 entries)
- kokeginpo (a small blenny) (39 entries)
- kijihata (red-spotted grouper) (39 entries)
- aoumiushi (a nudibranch) (37 entries)
- striped beakfish (ishidai) (36 entries)
- emura mino umiushi (a nudibranch) (35 entries)
Photos from this month
Dive logs from this month
June 28: Mushizaki
June 13: Kitakoura
June 12: Kitakoura
June 7: Isoginpo Eggs
June 1: Lake Kamo and Umezu
June 26: Birthday Diving!
June 30: Ogi (A Relaxed Shore Dive)
June 23: Umezu Beach and Kitakoura (Easygoing Macro Diving)
June 17: Kitakoura (Aiming for Kobudai Fights and Pairing! The Result Was...)
June 11: Ogi (Night Dive)
June 30: Ogi (Iwashiguri, Shintani Cape and Sengoku)
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.