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WEST JETTY “THE WEDGE” 5’ - 25’ Int – Adv featherworms, lobsters, scallops, game fish, rays. Excellent Snorkeling & Spearing
Entry in sand and surf/Best in winter with opaleye, garibaldi, octopi, huge sheephead
no surf/Jetty rocks/Sand bottom. Kelp for- has been there since the 1970’s. Excellent REEF POINT & SCOTCHMAN’S COVE 10’ - 60’
est, lobsters, octopi, nudibranchs, shoals of snorkeling, especially at high tide Beg – Adv Sandy beach entry/Reefs break
fish. Caution: “The Wedge” is infamous for surface just offshore/Extensive reefs to
neck-breaking surf HORSE RANCH (It’s Gone) 10’ - 60’ Beg – Int 1000’+ offshore/Word record 481 lb. giant
Part of Crystal Cove State Park. Sandy beach seabass was caught here in 1961 (they are
CORONA DEL MAR (BIG CORONA) 5’ - 35’ entry, Reefs, Kelp to 1000’ offshore. Sheep- now off-limits to fishing/Record 70 lb. white
Beg – Int Entry off east jetty or sandy beach head, calico bass, opaleye, lobsters, anemo- seabass was caught here in 1963. Game fish
at either end of beach/JettygGood for lob- nes, starfish. Good snorkeling to north and still abound/Rock walls with gorgonians,
ster hunting, Night diving, bat rays, octopi, Cameo Shores starfish, scallops
garibaldi, leopard sharks, Good beginner
training dive site/Good snorkeling to south CRYSTAL COVE UNDERWATER PARK 10’ - 60’ IRVINE COAST UNDERWATER PARK & REFUGE
Beg – Adv Paths to beach from parking lots/ Cameo Shores to El Moro Beach to 60’
ROBERT BADHAM MARINE ECOLOGICAL Sandy beach entries in north half of Irvine depth no marine plants, marine life, geo-
RESERVE Corona Del Mar State Beach to Coast Underwater Park. Numerous finger logical formations (rocks), archaeological
Crystal Cove State Park to 600’ seaward reefs. Gorgonians, lobsters. moray eels, artifacts may be taken. Anchorage only in
no marine plants, marine life, geological garibaldi, halibut, sheephead, Good snorke- daylight
formations (rocks), archaeological artifacts ling in shallows
may be taken/Anchorage only in daylight IRVINE COVE 10’ - 40’ Int – Adv Good kayak
CRYSTAL COVE 10’ - 45’ Beg – Adv Path entry. Private beach. Reefs, kelp, garibaldi,
LITTLE CORONA 5’ - 60’ Beg – Int Paved from Los Trancos Parking to Sandy Beach in senorita, lobsters. sea hares, starfish, scal-
path to sandy beach, Tidepools, Reefs on Front of 1940’s-Style Cottage Community, lops
both sides of beach. Gorgonians, starfish, Rocky. Kelp, white sea bass, halibut, bat