Based on 161 dive log entries written in October by our staff since 2007, here is what the sea around Sado is usually like in October.
- Water temperature
- 20.4 to 23°C (from 152 records; median 21.8°C, lowest 13.5°C, highest 26°C)
- Visibility
- 10 to 15 m (from 143 records; median 12 m)
- Exposure suits mentioned
- Drysuit mentioned in 53 entries, wetsuit in 53 entries
Dive sites we visited most
- Kitakoura (87 entries)
- Ogi (59 entries)
- Akaiwa (56 entries)
- Artificial Reef (36 entries)
- Nagate (29 entries)
Marine life seen most often
- kobudai (Asian sheepshead wrasse) (74 entries)
- damselfish (56 entries)
- chagara (a goby) (53 entries)
- kokeginpo (a small blenny) (48 entries)
- nenbutsudai (half-lined cardinalfish) (46 entries)
- Japanese rockfish (mebaru) (46 entries)
- red sea bream (madai) (41 entries)
- inada (young Japanese amberjack) (41 entries)
- black sea bream (kurodai) (40 entries)
- amimehagi (a pygmy filefish) (38 entries)
Photos from this month
Dive logs from this month
October 27: Friendly Kobudai
October 23: Kinubari Egg Guarding Coming Soon?!
October 22: Diving at Washizaki, a Hidden Gem Dive Site!
October 13: Me and My Hiramasa Luck! lol
October 10: Hiramasa, Go Go!
October 9: Celebrating 400 Dives in a Sea Full of Fish
October 6: You Never Know What the Autumn Sea Will Bring!
October 5: We Saw Amimehagi Eggs!
October 4: Autumn Trial Diving
October 3: Huh?! A Scrawled Filefish?! Who Are You??
October 2: Nudibranch Dive!
October 1: A Lone Kingyohanadai
October 28: Hiramasa, Boom!
October 24: What a Shock! A Southern Fish!
October 25: Kitakoura (Baby Kobudai Are So Cute)
October 22: Kitakoura (A Slow, Thorough Photo Dive!)
October 2: Kitakoura (Off to Find Nudibranchs!)
October 22: Kitakoura (Another Seahorse Today!)
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.