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COPPER ROOF HOUSE 10’ - 60’ Beg. - form walls which descend to 100’ +.
Int. Beach entry by Scenic Rd. and Martin Many nooks and crannies host scallops,
Ave. in front of a house with a green cabezon, strawberry anemone, orange
copper roof. Palm kelp lives on pinnacles sponges, purple hydrocoral, and all kinds
offshore. Sea otters and harbor seals rest of rockfish.
here.
POINT LOBOS STATE RESERVE
BUTTERFLY HOUSE 15’ - 50’ Beg. - Nothing may be taken or disturbed.
Int. Beach entry near Scenic Rd. and Diving only in designated area on North
Stewart Way in front of the "Butterfly side of reserve. Diving, boating, or
House". Rocky underwater with small kayaking by permit only. Park rangers
caves and thick kelp is a fishy area with a issue permits. Ranger: (408) 624-4909
wide variety. Caution: S swell brings in http://pt-
big surf. lobos.parks.state.ca.us/scuba/diverer.html
Point Lobos State Reserve is a separate
CARMEL RIVER 10’ - 50’ Beg. - Adv. map within a map and side 1 of Franko’s
Carmel River Beach entry to reefs and Map of Monterey. It is a zoom-in showing
pinnacles amongst kelp. Colorful all of the roads and trails around the State
anemones and sponges host sculpin, Reserve as well as the dive spots, which
greenling, rockfish, and gobies. Caution: are often regarded as some of the best in
Exposed. the world. The dive spots described on the
map are as follows:
CARMEL MEADOWS 20’ - 40’ Int. -
Adv. Beach entry near 80 steps at Bibera GRANITE PT. PINNACLES
Rd. and Cuesta Way. Area has good kelp (WHALING WALL) 30’ - 130’ Int.- Adv.
forest with lots of rocks. Brittle stars, Open water diving with sea lions,
rainbow nudibranchs, blue rockfish, corynactis anemones, hydrocorals,
lingcod, cabezon abound. Leopard sharks sheepcrabs and blue rockfish.
come in late winter and spring. Caution:
Steep and deep trench. COAL CHUTE COVE (THE PIT) 20’ -
40’ Int. - Adv. Caves and crevices are
MONASTARY BEACH 10’ - 100’+ Int. habitat for invertebrates including white
- Adv. Enter at N end of beach to shallow stinging cave sponges. Fin-tugging harbor
area (20’ - 40’) with rocky reef and kelp. seals like to surprise divers.
Canyon wall is very steep and drops into
abyss. Overhangs are popular for hunting. GRANITE POINT WALL 40’ - 80’ Int. -
Caution: Steep and deep with waves. Adv. This is a granite wall with fissures.
Large parallel walls to Northwest has
MONO-LOBO 40’ - 120’ Int. - Adv. Boat giant kelp. Cabezon and lingcod nest here.
dive to ledge area at 40’ depth. Ledges
