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BIRD ROCK Cormorants, pelicans, gulls Underwater arches offshore of Castle
and numberless shorebirds rest here, as do House (high tower, pink house).
harbor seals and California sea lions.
OCEAN PINNACLES (PESCADERO
SEAL ROCK PICNIC The dynamic sea, PINNACLES) 10’ - 130’+ Int. - Adv.
seabirds, seals, sea lions, otters, Monterey Boat or kayak dive to thick kelp bed
Peninsula scenery, and lot and lots of straight off of Castle House. Divers see
fresh air make a perfect picnic spot. blue rockfish purple hydrocoral, sea stars,
and pelagics, including Medusa jellyfish.
FAN SHELL BEACH This is a favorite
hang out and play area for harbor seals. EAST PESCADERO PINNACLE 55’ -
They also pup here, closing the beach 130’+ Int. - Adv. Boat or kayak dive
from April 1 to June 1. amongst thick kelp. This pinnacle is an
extension of Pescadero Pt. which consists
CYPRESS POINT 20’ - 70’ Int. - Adv. of granite pinnacles with cracks and walls
Entry at Tidewater Cove turnout for covered with pink and purple hydrocorals,
wreck diving: SS Flavel (1923), a lumber nudibranchs, anemones and sea stars. Sea
ship just off the 15th Tee of Cypress Point lions play here.
Golf Course; SS JB Stetson (1934), a
cargo carrier. Sponges, nudibranchs, and STILLWATER COVE 10’ - 60’ Beg. -
gorgonian corals are abundant. Int. Shore, boat or kayak access to rocky
and sandy bottom with giant bull kelp and
CYPRESS POINT LOOKOUT is good elegant feather boa kelp. The
for seasonal whale watching, and there are beach area is notably polluted with runoff,
often a dozen or more otters resting in the but beyond the rocky islets the water is
kelp. fabulous. Parking at Cove is handy, but
parking spaces fill up fast. To shore dive
THE LONE CYPRESS The very symbol get permission at (831) 625-5836. Dive E
of the Pebble Beach Company is this 250 of pier only.
year-old Monterey Cypress perched on a
rock above the crashing sea. This must- CARMEL BAY ECOLOGICAL
see landmark is the icon of fortitude. RESERVE Pescadero Point to Granite
Point in Point Lobos. No taking of
LINGCOD REEF 20’ - 60’ Beg. - Adv. invertebrates. Fin fish hunting okay.
Boat or kayak entry to a mile-long rocky
reef full of giant kelp. Colorful anemones, COPPER ROOF HOUSE 10’ - 60’ Beg. -
sponges and algae covers everything. Int. Beach entry by Scenic Rd. and Martin
Fishes include sculpin, rockfish, Ave. in front of a house with a green
monkeyface eels, and lingcod. copper roof. Palm kelp lives on pinnacles
