PacificSea

Yellow Sea

Between China and Korea

A shallow sea coloured by sediment from Chinese rivers, with intensive fisheries and important migratory bird coastlines.

Max depth

152 m

Avg depth

44 m

Temperature

3 to 25 °C

Salinity

30-33 ppt

Wildlife

Marine life

Fish

Yellow CroakerHairtailAnchovy

Mammals

Finless PorpoiseSpotted Seal

Corals

Very few

Invertebrates

Blue CrabJellyfish

Other wildlife

Red-crowned Crane (coasts)

Activities

Sports suitability

Diving

Fishing

Sailing

Surfing

Snorkelling

Seafloor

Rock & geology

Terrigenous mud & sand
Sediment carried from land by rivers
Loess-derived silt
Yellow silt from the Huang He river
Granite & gneiss
Continental bedrock exposed on shelves and coasts

Live conditions · Open-Meteo Marine

Marine weather right now

Updated 1:06:39 PM

Sea surface temp

18.6 °C

Wind

—

Wave height

1.0 m

Wave period

5.3 s

Visibility

—

Air temp

—

Current

0.14 m/s

Swell height

0.9 m

Readings interpolated at 36.00°, 123.00°. Winds, waves, currents and sea surface temperature via Open-Meteo.

Tides · next 48 hours

Global tide model (estimate)

High tide

Fri 04:00 PM

0.88 m

Low tide

Fri 10:00 PM

-0.80 m

High tide

Sat 05:00 AM

1.05 m

Low tide

Sat 11:00 AM

-0.61 m

Estimated from the Open-Meteo tide model, relative to mean sea level. Not for navigation.

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