Based on 113 dive log entries written in November by our staff since 2007, here is what the sea around Sado is usually like in November.
- Water temperature
- 17 to 19°C (from 100 records; median 18°C, lowest 15°C, highest 23°C)
- Visibility
- 10 to 12.5 m (from 96 records; median 10 m)
- Exposure suits mentioned
- Drysuit mentioned in 26 entries, wetsuit in 3 entries
Dive sites we visited most
- Kitakoura (53 entries)
- Ogi (41 entries)
- Akaiwa (38 entries)
- Mushizaki (24 entries)
- Nagate (20 entries)
Marine life seen most often
- kobudai (Asian sheepshead wrasse) (45 entries)
- Japanese rockfish (mebaru) (39 entries)
- chagara (a goby) (33 entries)
- kokeginpo (a small blenny) (33 entries)
- damselfish (31 entries)
- aoumiushi (a nudibranch) (28 entries)
- shiroumiushi (a nudibranch) (27 entries)
- kijihata (red-spotted grouper) (26 entries)
- nenbutsudai (half-lined cardinalfish) (26 entries)
- amimehagi (a pygmy filefish) (24 entries)
Photos from this month
Dive logs from this month
November 24: Ogi (Red Lighthouse & Ryuodo)
November 3: Taking It Easy at Mushizaki Beach
November 2: Sado Island Means Kobudai!
November 1: In Just One Day… (Tears)
November 1: Kitakoura (Southern Fish Have Come to Sado!)
November 12: Ogi (Will We Find the Season's First Dangouo?!)
November 5: Katanoo (Surrounded by Big Red Sea Bream)
November 16: Kitakoura (Akaiwa) and Mushizaki (Hyogozaki)
November 27: Mushizaki (Hebiiwa and off Benten Beach)
November 12: Mushizaki (Hyogozaki and Village Front)
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.