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BIRD ROCK HUNT COURSE Formerly reef full of giant kelp. Colorful anemones,
an equestrian hunt and steeplechase sponges and algae covers everything.
course. Used in the 1920's for Cavalry Fishes include sculpin, rockfish,
riding and sabre practice. monkeyface eels, and lingcod.
Underwater arches offshore of Castle
BIRD ROCK Cormorants, pelicans, gulls House (high tower, pink house).
and numberless shorebirds rest here, as do
harbor seals and California sea lions. OCEAN PINNACLES (PESCADERO
PINNACLES) 10’ - 130’+ Int. - Adv.
SEAL ROCK PICNIC The dynamic sea, Boat or kayak dive to thick kelp bed
seabirds, seals, sea lions, otters, Monterey straight off of Castle House. Divers see
Peninsula scenery, and lot and lots of blue rockfish purple hydrocoral, sea stars,
fresh air make a perfect picnic spot. and pelagics, including Medusa jellyfish.
FAN SHELL BEACH This is a favorite EAST PESCADERO PINNACLE 55’ -
haul out and play area for harbor seals. 130’+ Int. - Adv. Boat or kayak dive
They also pup here, closing the beach amongst thick kelp. This pinnacle is an
from April 1 to June 1. extension of Pescadero Pt. which consists
of granite pinnacles with cracks and walls
CYPRESS POINT 20’ - 70’ Int. - Adv. covered with pink and purple hydrocorals,
Entry at Tidewater Cove turnout for nudibranchs, anemones and sea stars. Sea
wreck diving: SS Flavel (1923), a lumber lions play here.
ship just off the 15th Tee of Cypress Point
Golf Course; SS JB Stetson (1934), a STILLWATER COVE 10’ - 60’ Beg. -
cargo carrier. Sponges, nudibranchs, and Int. Shore, boat or kayak access to rocky
gorgonian corals are abundant. The and sandy bottom with giant bull kelp and
elegant feather boa kelp. The beach area is
CYPRESS POINT LOOKOUT is good notably polluted with runoff, but beyond
for seasonal whale watching, and there are the rocky islets the water is fabulous.
often a dozen or more otters resting in the Parking at Cove is handy, but parking
kelp. spaces fill up fast. To shore dive get
permission at (831) 625-5836. Dive E of
THE LONE CYPRESS The very symbol pier only.
of the Pebble Beach Company is this 250
year-old Monterey Cypress perched on a CARMEL BAY ECOLOGICAL
rock above the crashing sea. This must- RESERVE Pescadero Point to Granite
see landmark is the icon of fortitude. Point in Point Lobos. No taking of
invertebrates. Fin fish hunting okay.
LINGCOD REEF 20’ - 60’ Beg. - Adv.
Boat or kayak entry to a mile-long rocky
