Based on 145 dive log entries written in September by our staff since 2007, here is what the sea around Sado is usually like in September.
- Water temperature
- 25 to 26.5°C (from 139 records; median 26°C, lowest 20°C, highest 29°C)
- Visibility
- 12.5 to 17.5 m (from 136 records; median 15 m)
- Exposure suits mentioned
- Drysuit mentioned in 4 entries, wetsuit in 13 entries
Dive sites we visited most
- Kitakoura (78 entries)
- Akaiwa (46 entries)
- Ogi (37 entries)
- Nagate (31 entries)
- Artificial Reef (29 entries)
Marine life seen most often
- kobudai (Asian sheepshead wrasse) (81 entries)
- damselfish (75 entries)
- chagara (a goby) (69 entries)
- kokeginpo (a small blenny) (68 entries)
- Japanese rockfish (mebaru) (62 entries)
- striped beakfish (ishidai) (53 entries)
- largescale blackfish (mejina) (50 entries)
- amimehagi (a pygmy filefish) (47 entries)
- shiroumiushi (a nudibranch) (46 entries)
- inada (young Japanese amberjack) (45 entries)
Photos from this month
Dive logs from this month
September 29: Kitakoura
September 14: Kitakoura and Ogi
September 7: Himezu
September 1: Kitakoura
September 30: Macro Dive
September 27: Ogi (Jawfish Are So Cute!)
September 24: Ogi (We Hit a School of Inada!)
September 8: Ogi (Going Macro Today!)
September 4: Ogi (Celebrating 600 Dives)
September 5: Kitakoura (A Super Cute Red and White Seahorse)
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.