Page 1510 - Dive the Seas and More-2

Sensitive Area: The slough is important to Pinnacle, Pescadero Pinnacles, Stillwater
the survival of sea otters, harbor seals and
birds, which are feeding and resting here.
It is critical that we do not disturb them.
Please keep a respectful distance (100’ or
at least 8 boat lengths).
Rules & Regulations for Low Impact
Paddling
Launch and Land at designated sites only.
Slough is day-use only.
Do not step on the marsh or mudflats.
Leave nothing behind (zero trash).
Paddle in open areas only.
Do not disturb wildlife - Elkhorn Slough
is part of Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary.
Protect the natural resources.
No collecting.
Directions to Kirby Park: On Hwy. 1 go
4.3 mi. North of Moss Landing,turn east
onto Salinas Rd., Go 1.2 mi. Werner Rd.,
Turn right and go 0.2 mi. to Ekhorn Rd.,
Turn right and go 0.8 mi. To fork in road,
stay right and go 2.3 mi. To Kirby Park.
There is free parking and a launch ramp.
Side 1 shows Franko’s Map of Monterey
Peninsula, which consists of information
borrowed from Franko’s Map of
Monterey, adapted to this fish card use. It
shows the major dive sites of the
peninsula, including Del Monte Beach,
Wharf #2, Coast Guard Wharf,
Mertridium Field, Mc Abee Beach,
Hopkins Reserve, Lover’s Point, Otter
Cove, Chase Reef, Coral Street, Point
Pinos, Moss Cove, Point Joe, Cypress
Point, Lingcod Reef, East Pescadero
Cove, Copper Roof House, Butterfly
House, Carmel River, Monastery Beach
and Mono-Lobo. The major roads,
including 17-Mile Drive and the show the
user how to get around everywhere from
the Monterey Bay Aquarium to Pacific
Grove, as well as Carmel, Pebble Beach,
Spanish Bay, Carmel Bay and Cannery
Row.
Side 2 is Franko’s Monterey Peninsula
Kelp Forest Creatures. Cooler water
means a different species than the fish
cards from Southern California, and so
this fish card shows the Wolf Eel and
Monkeyface Eel, but it does not show the
moray eel or the spiny lobster, which only
lives further south. Lots of kinds of
rockfish are also included. Certain
species, such as the sheephead, bat ray,
horn shark, ochre seastar, lingcod, spotted
scorpionfish, giant kelpfish and others are
common to kelp forests up and down the
entire California coast. An ascending sea
otter is also shown, as he rises to the
surface after a hunt. Colorful
invertebrates are common in Monterey
waters, and a few, including a nudibranch
- the Spanish shawl, and a bat star are
shown.