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PUERTO CUEVA LIGHTHOUSE 10’ - 30’ Int. Harbor seal haul-out Franko's CALIFORNIA
on shore. Great visibility in shallow boulders and rocky reefs KELP FOREST CREATURES
area. Known for game fishing.
Juvenile Pacific Sardine BCroarnmdotr’sant California
QUEEN’S POINT 40’ - 45’ Beg. - Int. Ridge between Middle Adult Garibaldi Northern Vermilion Grunion
Grounds and North End. 1000’s of white urchins and blackeye Rockfish
gobies. California State Fish Purple- Anchovy Opaleye
Female Striped
CORONADO DEL NORTE 10’ - 100’ + Int. - Adv. Rock and sand Jellyfish
bottom with steep cliffs. Good visibility all around island. A Male
cave thru south tip is dangerous. North tip is exposed to cur-
rents, swell and wind, and thus its name, “Pukey Point”. Kelp Bass Señorita
(Calico Bass)
LOBSTER SHACK 30’ - 65’’+ Int. - Adv. Good boat dive in clear
waters. Rocky with lots of kelp. Steep slope from shoreline. Juvenile California Sheephead
Wreck of small boat at 60’. Sea lions and harbor seals often act Pacific Mackeral
coy with divers. All kinds of kelp forest fish, sunflower stars, Giant Kelpfish
lobsters. A few old glass artifacts from long-ago lobstermen White Seabass
can be seen along steep slope.
Spiny Lingcod
PUKEY POINT 40’ - 120’+ Adv. Good drift dive due to strong Kelp Crab
currents. Strong swells give site its name. Rocky reefs, walls,
pinnacles and kelp. Big bat rays and pelagic fishes. Cabezon Giant Sea Bass Market
(Black Sea Bass) Squid
Blacksmith

Yellowtail Horn Shark
Spanish
Shawl Red Rock Wrasse

Abalone

Eel Popeye Copper Blue Rockfish
Grass Catalufa Rockfish
Sheep
Crab Black Sculpin California Two-Spot
Abalone (Spotted Moray Eel Octopus
Aggregating Scorpionfish) Halibut
Anemone Round Red Sea
Rock Stingray California Urchin
Scallop
Blackeye Goby Spiny Purple
Sea

Urchin

Sand Spiny
Star Lobster

Ochre Thornback Ray Speckled Sarcastic Giant
Sea Star Sanddab Fringehead Spined
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