Based on 132 dive log entries written in March by our staff since 2007, here is what the sea around Sado is usually like in March.
- Water temperature
- 10 to 11°C (from 115 records; median 10.5°C, lowest 9°C, highest 14°C)
- Visibility
- 5 to 10 m (from 99 records; median 9 m)
- Exposure suits mentioned
- Drysuit mentioned in 3 entries, wetsuit in 0 entries
Dive sites we visited most
- Ogi (63 entries)
- Kitakoura (46 entries)
- Mushizaki (39 entries)
- Ryuodo (Ryuo Cave) (35 entries)
- Akaiwa (31 entries)
Marine life seen most often
- dangouo (a tiny lumpsucker) (67 entries)
- hoteiuo (smooth lumpsucker) (64 entries)
- emura mino umiushi (a nudibranch) (54 entries)
- akaera mino umiushi (a nudibranch) (45 entries)
- chagara (a goby) (42 entries)
- shiroumiushi (a nudibranch) (33 entries)
- Japanese rockfish (mebaru) (32 entries)
- sakura mino umiushi (a nudibranch) (30 entries)
- aoumiushi (a nudibranch) (28 entries)
- azukiumiushi (a nudibranch) (26 entries)
Photos from this month
Dive logs from this month
March 29: Mushizaki Shore Dive
March 25: Dangouo and Hoteiuo
March 24: Chagara with Eggs
March 17: Chagara Egg Guarding Has Begun!
March 15: Kitakoura Safety Prayer Ceremony
March 14: Kitakoura “Let's Eat Seaweed” Dive!
March 13: Two Dives at Lake Kamo (Mizutama Umiushi Mating!)
March 12: Our Interns' Last Day (Rescue Skills Training)
March 11: Welcoming Our Interns (Their First Drysuit Dive)
March 8: My First Hanayagiumiushi in 12 Years of Diving
March 7: GO DIVE at Gusty Mushizaki!
March 4: A Baby Hoteiuo
March 1: Kitakoura Reopens Today, Straight Out on a Boat Dive
March 24: Kitakoura (Three Dangouo Siblings)
March 16: Kitakoura (Let's Eat Crab Dive)
March 19: Ogi (Kofuku Jizo ×2)
March 23: Ogi (Ryuodo & Yakushiji)
March 30: Kitakoura (Akaiwa × 2)
March 11: Ogi (Koma and Yakushiji)
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.