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SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND: in volcanic rock. Colorful invertebrates are Excellent visibility and super photogenic
everywhere. Torpedo rays hover at a few with pink gorgonians, yellow anemones
THE CAVERNS 40’ - 50’ Adv.Large and short feet off the bottom, so beware. Good sandy and moray eels.
volcanic caves with gorgonians on ceilings area for halibut.
and kelp beds outside. NORTHEAST SHORELINE 10’ - 130’+ Int. -
INSIDE BOILER WALL 30’ - 130’+ Int. - Adv. Adv. Steep and deep just offshore. Black
MAIL POINT to LOST POINT 10’ - 30’ Beg.- Depths to 50’ near Boiler Wall, to 130’+ seabass cruise the slope. Pelagics include
Adv. Thick kelp often inaccessible due to seaward in series of walls and canyons. yellowtail and barracuda. Photogenic.
wind and swell. All kinds of kelp forest Colorful nudibranchs, golden gorgonians,
creatures. and bright anemones. Large sheephead and THE TOWERS 40’ - 50’ Beg.- Int. Lush kelp
huge calico bass. Visibility to 150’. Pyramid forest ascends from finger reefs. Known
CHINA POINT 30’ - 50’ Beg.- Adv. Extremely Head Light 33001.85’N 118025.90’ for lobsters and a few Pacific electricrays
dense kelp canopy with crystal clear water. (torpedo rays). Caution: 80 Volts.
Reefs rise out of sand. Pink and green aba- WFISH HOOK 15’ - 50’+ Int. - Adv. Varied
lones still exist. terrain with great visibility, but sparse kelp. NINE FATHOM 55’ - 90’ Int. - Adv. Near Castle
Moray eels, garibaldi, halibut, mackerel, Rock in open ocean environment. visibility
PYRAMID COVE 15’ - 80’+ Int. - Adv. Calm, calico bass. to 120’+. Colorful invertebrates include red
protected from winds, with natural anchor- and purple hydrocorals, and red, orange
age. Thick kelp forest full of colorful gorgo- LITTLE FLOWER 30’ - 75’ Beg. - Int. Usu- and purple gorgonians. Pelagics include
nians, urchins in rocks, lobsters, abalones, ally very calm with extremely clear water. jacks and ocean sunfish.
large calico bass, horn sharks, treefish and Shallow wall dive with sandy bottom at
scorpionfish. 75’. Good yellowtail hunting for freediving KEYHOLE 20’ - 40’ Int. - Adv. Dive-through
experts. hole near island is an archway above water
INSIDE BOILER 40’ - 60’ Beg.- Int. Rocky pin- level, with 100’ wall on south side. Sea lions
nacles in 40’ - 60’ of water project to near WINDOWPANE 40’ - 110’+ Adv. Deep, blue seem to like divers. Purple coral at 70’ on
surface, with caverns and chimney chutes water reef with wall that drops off steeply. seaward side of keyhole.
