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may be disturbed or taken. Boat launch sheephead, señorita, spotted scorpionish
and retrieval limited to posted area and and yellowtail.
anchoring to daylight only.
San Diego Marine Life Refuge: From PESCADERO to OSPREY POINT 10’ -
shoreline to 1000’ out marine 40’ Beg.- Int .Steep small cliff access to
invertebrates and plants protected. rocky beach entry. Eel grass and kelp on
rocks, plus sandy areas. Bugs, scallops,
BIG ROCK 10’ - 30’ Beg.- Int. Enter at sheephead, opaleye, and yellowtail.
Hermosa Terrace Park. Rocky reefs and
kelp. Invertebrates include scallops and ROCK SLIDE 5’ - 40’ Beg.- Adv. Small
octopi. Rockfish, halibut and bat rays. cliff access to rocky beach entry. Large
rocks, small and large caves, and ledges.
BIRD ROCK to PB POINT 5’ - 25’ Int. Lobsters, moray eels, kelp bass, halibut
Dive boat site or shore access down steep and sheephead. Caution: Surgy, heavy
cliff. Sandy and shallow with rock piles surf is dangerous for diving
and a big kelp forest. All kinds of kelp
forest creatures, including lobsters, THREE FINGERS REEF 50' - 75' Int. -
halibut, barracuda, halfmoon, lingcod and Adv. 32042.56'N 117016.63'WOuter
rockfish. edge of giant Point Loma kelp forest.
Large boulders with numerous colorful
TOURMALINE BEACH 5’ - 20’ Beg.- invertebrates. Tons of small fishes.
Int. Beach entry, but avoid surfers. Sandy
with some rock reefs. Eel grass hides fish, POINT LOMA KELP BED 40 - 85’ Int. –
including croaker and corbina. This may Adv .Boat dive to numerous wrecks and
be San Diego's best halibut spot. wonderful kelp forests from Ocean Beach
to Point Loma. Good visibility,
ENTRY CHANNEL REEFS 65’ - 85’ Int. particularly in south end. Colorful
- Adv. Boat entry out to parallel finger invertebrates include scallops, lobsters,
reefs which protrude from sand directly in anemones and nudibranchs. Numerous
line with channel. Lobsters, sheephead, sheephead, kelp bass and lingcod.
rockfish and yellowtail. Photogenic as sun filters through kelp.
Stay 200' offshore S of Nazarene College.
OCEAN BEACH - Good surfing in W,
NW or SW swell at 3' - 6'. Best in winter NEW HOPE ROCK 20' - 45' Int.
with E wind. Sandy bottom. 32041.10'N 117016.00W'Boat dive to
rock that rises 25' from sandy/rocky
SUNSET CLIFFS 15’ - 30’ Beg.- Int. bottom. Lots of invertebrates inhabit
Beach access at Ocean Beach Pier, or boat rocks. Many small fishes.
diving further south. Reefs have lobsters,
rockfishes, treefish, cabezon, garibaldi,
