Based on 167 dive log entries written in May by our staff since 2007, here is what the sea around Sado is usually like in May.
- Water temperature
- 12 to 15°C (from 148 records; median 13°C, lowest 10°C, highest 18°C)
- Visibility
- 9 to 12.5 m (from 143 records; median 10 m)
- Exposure suits mentioned
- Drysuit mentioned in 11 entries, wetsuit in 0 entries
Dive sites we visited most
- Kitakoura (65 entries)
- Mushizaki (44 entries)
- Akaiwa (44 entries)
- Ogi (37 entries)
- Nagate (36 entries)
Marine life seen most often
- Japanese rockfish (mebaru) (70 entries)
- emura mino umiushi (a nudibranch) (67 entries)
- dangouo (a tiny lumpsucker) (60 entries)
- kobudai (Asian sheepshead wrasse) (60 entries)
- akaera mino umiushi (a nudibranch) (58 entries)
- damselfish (51 entries)
- shiroumiushi (a nudibranch) (45 entries)
- aoumiushi (a nudibranch) (40 entries)
- chagara (a goby) (40 entries)
- oniokoze (devil stinger) (39 entries)
Photos from this month
Dive logs from this month
May 22: Ogi
May 20: Lake Kamo and Mushizaki
May 19: Kitakoura
May 18: Lake Kamo and Umezu
May 16: Katanoo
May 11: Lake Kamo
May 8: Umezu
May 4: Mushizaki
May 1: Himezu
May 4: Mushizaki
May 3: Mushizaki
May 2: Mushizaki
May 30: Mushizaki (Benten Beach & Village Front)
May 13: Kitakoura (Shipwreck and Nagate)
May 4: Kitakoura (Nagate and Akaiwa)
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.