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SAN DIEGO COAST FISH ID CARD FRANKO’S MAP SAN DIEGO
COAST DIVE MAP
One side features kelp forest creatures
from all over the kelp forests, including Side 1 of Franko’s Map of San Diego
fishes, sea lions, sea stars, rays, the County Coast shows the viewer right
octopus, the spiny lobster, colorful away that San Diego is a World class dive
anemones, urchins, the brilliant Spanish destination, as nearly every noteworthy
shawl, and even a diving cormorant and scuba and snorkeling in the Southern half
other sea birds. How about the giant sea of the county are shown and described.
bass, horn shark, turbot, lingcod and the This includes several of the wrecks in
California blue shark? These are just a few famous Wreck Alley, such as the port-
Yukon,
the
strawberry
side-down
of the over 60 species found on the card. anemone-covered Ruby E., the decaying
The other side is a map of San Diego and El Rey, the toppled NOSC Tower, and the
parts of San Diego County with major chunks of remains of the Ingraham St.
roadways, Interstate Highways, points of Bridge, all of which are shown in a
interest like Coronado, Point Loma, La Mission Bay/Wreck Alley inset.
Jolla and Mission Bay. This side of the Similarly, an inset of the La Jolla area
card also has a compass rose, photo insert shows a dozen dive sites there. The
of San Diego sky line, the California Gray rapidly descending La Jolla Canyon, and
Whale and several other local species of the near-vertical Scripps Canyon are also
fish. There are also five dive sites with one shown in deepening blues, which were
being the majestic Point Loma Kelp Bed made with NOAA bathymetry data, plus
which has ship wrecks and multiple other data from Scripps Institution of
Oceanography. Dive sites aplenty include
dive sites within it. You could spend a two Scripps Canyon, Marine Room, La Jolla
week diving vacation exploring the Point Shores, La Jolla Canyon, Goldfish Point,
Loma Kelp Bed itself and still not see all La Jolla Cove, Boomer Beach, Quast Hole
it can offer. This handy little fish card is and others. The coast from Del Mar to
just (H x L) 6" x 9" (15.24cm x 22.86cm), Coronado is shown with major dive spots,
so it fits in your BCD pocket. It is printed and the major freeways and roads to get
on laminated plastic so that it is stiff, shiny you there. The famous kelp beds area off
and waterproof. It has a hole for a lanyard, Point Loma are detailed, with dive sites
so you can actually take it diving or including Sunset Cliffs, Osprey Point,
snorkeling. Make sure to buy several so Rockslide, and the Point Loma Kelp Beds,
you can give them to friends too. Card which is and extensive area. This is also
makes a great gift idea. becoming a well-lover snorkeling spot as
the “Dive Connections” ferry groups of
snorkelers out to peer into the rich kelp
forest.
