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FRANKO’S MAP OF CRYSTAL Creek, and El Moro Beach); and Best Tide
COVE UNDERWATER PARK & Pools (North end of Treasure Cove,
KELP FOREST CREATURES Pelican Point, Rocky Bight, and Reef
IDENTIFICATION CARD Point). Crystal Cove State Park basic
rules and information is also shown.
Side 1 shows Franko’s Map of Crystal Franko’s Crystal Cove Underwater Park
Cove Underwater Park, is a part of Crystal fish card was a project which began in late
Cove State Park, and lies right between 2001 as the very first of Franko’s fish
Newport Beach and Laguna Beach. It is cards, which include La Jolla Shores and
Orange County’s only remaining pristine The Yukon. However, it was not finally
piece of coastline. Special thanks to The published until early 2004. It is so good,
Cygnet Foundation and the sponsorship of it was worth the wait.
the Crystal Cove Alliance for funding this
fish card, which serves as a fund-raiser for Side 2 shows Crystal Cove Underwater
the Crystal Cove Underwater Park Park Kelp Forest Creatures in a real kelp
environmental protection. Three miles of forest with a sandy bottom. Over 5 dozen
coastal bluffs, sand and tide pools species include fishes, anemones, rays,
comprise the underwater parks land sharks, seals, sea stars, a spiny lobster and
boundary, and kelp forests, rocky reefs much more. The list includes: sardines,
and sandy flats at a depth of 120 feet make blacksmith, topsmelt, halfmoon, zebra
the seaward boundary. Crystal Cove perch, Garibaldi, opaleye, kelp greenling,
Underwater Park extends rom Fameo rainbow surfperch, harbor seal,
Shores by the Pelican Hill Golf Course on cormorant, California sea lion, sargo,
the north end to Abalone Point on the treefish, bocaccio, pile surfperch, black
south end. The map shows Crystal Coves surfperch, leopard shark sheephead, kelp
abundant recreational spots, including: bass, senorita, yellowtail, rubberlip
Surfing spots (Elevators, Scotchman’s surfperch, walleye surfperch, blue
Cove, Sammy’s, the Historic District, rockfish, starry rockfish, bat ray, rock
Pelican Point, and Treasure Cove); Scuba wrasse, barracuda, white sea bass, giant
diving spots (Corsair wreck, Reef Point & kelpfish, blackeyed goby, copper
Scotchman’s Cove, Rocky Bight & rockfish, lingcod, giant sea bass, barred
Crystal Cove, and Pelican Point & sand bass, great sculpin, Spanish shawl,
Treasure Cove); Snorkeling spots spotted scorpionfish, cabezon, olive
(Aquariums at El Moro Beach, Two rockfish, octopus, horn shark, blue shark,
Historic Anchors from the 1850's, blue-banded goby, spiny kelp crap, white
Scotchmans Cove, Pelican Point and plumed anemone, bat star, thornback ray,
Treasure Cove); Kayak Launching (El sea cucumber, shovelnose guitarfish,
Moro Beach, Crystal Cove, and Treasure purple urchin, spiny lobster, strawberry
Cove); Best Swimming areas (Treasure anemone, gorgonian sea fan, moray eel,
Cove, Historic District, 3.5 Cove, Muddy California Halibut, C-O turbot, sunflower
