Page 1489 - Dive the Seas and More-2
P. 1489
dive within refuge. Big granite deep called
DEEP REEF is a boat dive with white PACIFIC GROVE MARINE GARDENS
anemones and wolf eels beyond the FISH REFUGE Third St. to end of city
Refuge boundary. limits at Asilomar Conference grounds,
from mean high tide mark to depth of 60’.
LOVER’S POINT 10’ -40’ Beg.- Adv. No invertebrates or plant life may be
Beach check-out dive with rocky taken. Fin fish hunting okay.
pinnacles. Sea life includes sculpin, bat
rays, and torpedo rays. West side night SPANISH BAY Spanish explorer Don
diving. Gaspar de Portola camped here in 1769
while looking for Monterey Bay. This is a
OTTER COVE & KC ROCK 10’ - 60’ good picnic spot.
Beg.- Adv. Rocky beach dive. KC Rock is
17' - 60' deep. The bottom is sandy with MOSS COVE (SPANISH BAY) 5’ - 25’
anemones, sponges, nudibranchs, octopus Beg.- Adv. Entry at Spanish Bay parking
and various rockfish. for wreck diving: CG 256 (1933), a 75’
prohibition era rum chaser off Asilomar
CHASE REEF Inner: 30’ - 60’/Outer: 40’ State Beach; and Roderick Dhu (1873), a
- 110’ Int.- Adv. Boat or kayak dive(s) to 1573-ton bark near the parking lot.
Inner Reef, 400’ offshore, or Outer Reef
at 600’+ offshore. Thick kelp, sheer walls, POINT JOE 25’ - 30’ Int.- Adv. Entry at
mertridium and giant rose anemones and Restless Sea parking for wreck diving: SS
pelagic species abound. Gray whales Celia, (1906), a lumber ship N of Pt. Joe;
migrate past. Caution: Exposed to open Paul (1896), a livestock carrier (yes, the
ocean conditions. animals were saved), S of Pt. Joe. Many
early mariners crashed on these rocks
CORAL STREET 10’ - 60’ Beg.- Adv. possibly believing they were near the
Rocky beach entry or kayak dive to kelp entry to Monterey Bay.
and boulders. Scallops and abalone are
found here along with rockfish, cabezon CHINA ROCK From here to Point Joe
and monkeyface eel. Caution: Often Chinese fishermen camped in lean-to tents
rough. in the late
POINT PINOS 40’ - 110’+ Int.- Adv. 1800's to early 1900's.
Rocky shore or boat dive amongst granite
boulders with caves and reefs. This site BIRD ROCK HUNT COURSE Formerly
features an array of invertebrates, an equestrian hunt and steeplechase
including a rock scallop bed at 100’, plus course. Used in the 1920's for Cavalry
gamefish. Explore the wreck of SS Frank riding and sabre practice.
H. Buck (1924). Caution: Exposed to
wind, swell and boat traffic.
