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There are numerous fish and anemones, colorful sponges, cabezon, and
invertebrates. copper rockfish. Photogenic. Caution:
Can be surgy or rough.
WHALER’S COVE 20’ - 45’ Beg.- Adv.
Easy access from boat ramp. The middle GIBSON BEACH 15' - 60' Int. - Adv.
reef is comprised of conglomerate Boat dive south of reserve boundary only.
“Carmello” rock. This giant kelp forest Huge rocks and sandy patches host all
has many pockets for rockfish and kinds of fish, colorful invertebrates,
invertebrates. hydrocorals and sea lions.
CANNERY POINT WALL 20’ - 70’ Int.- The rules and regulations of Point Lobos
Adv. Three parallel walls are teeming are noted as follows:
with colorful invertebrates. Wolf eels
cruise in the cold waters. Also, there are POINT LOBOS STATE RESERVE
lingcod, rockfish, senoritas, cabezon and DIVING: Nothing may be taken or
sea lions. disturbed. Diving only in designated area.
Diving by permit only. Boating/Kayaking
CANNERY POINT 10’ - 40’ Beg.- Int. by permit only. Park rangers issue
Easy access at boat ramp to shallow, thick permits. Ranger: (408) 624-4909 http://pt-
kelp forest and harbor seal rookery. Rich lobos.parks.state.ca.us/scuba/diver.html
in marine life, and extremely beautiful,
especially on a sunny day. Side 2 of Franko’s Map of Monterey is a
zoom-out view to show the area from the
CANNERY PT. PINNACLES 10’ - 130’ Northern edge of Big Sur, up through
Int.- Adv. Boat dive or swim to vertical Monterey, around Monterey Bay and on
walls and boulders. past Santa Cruz. The two-mile deep
Cup corals, strawberry anemones, and Monterey Canyon is shown in visually
huge green anemones compete for space. stunning descending hues of Franko’s
Sharks in the deep. favorite colors - ocean blues. It looks as
if you can see right through the water into
BLUEFISH WALL 10’ - 110’ Int.- Adv. the vast Monterey Canyon. A further
Boat dive to sheer granite wall and zoom-out showing the Monterey Bay
pinnacles that National Marine Sanctuary accentuates
extend beyond kelp forest. Invertebrates the underwater bathymetry of the region,
include hydrocorals and yellow sponges. from San Francisco Bay to San Simeon
Occasional dolphins. State Beach. Also on side two, there are
zoom-ins of Monterey Harbor, which
BLUEFISH COVE 40’ - 100’ Adv. Boat details everyone’s need to get around
dive to thick kelp. Extremely dense downtown Monterey and Cannery Row,
marine life includes nudibranchs, plus the Wharf area; plus Moss Landing
