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rays hover at a few feet off the bottom, so NINE FATHOM 55’ - 90’ Int. - Adv.
beware. Good sandy area for halibut. Near Castle Rock in open ocean
environment. visibility to 120’+. Colorful
INSIDE BOILER WALL 30’ - 130’+ Int. invertebrates include red and purple
- Adv. Depths to 50’ near Boiler Wall, to hydrocorals, and red, orange and purple
130’+ seaward in series of walls and gorgonians. Pelagics include jacks and
canyons. Colorful nudibranchs, golden ocean sunfish.
gorgonians, and bright anemones. Large Coronados islands:
sheephead and huge calico bass. Visibility
to 150’. Pyramid Head Light 33001.85'N KEYHOLE 20’ - 40’ Int. - Adv. Dive-
118025.90' through hole near island is an archway
above water level, with 100’ wall on south
WFISH HOOK 15’ - 50’+ Int. - Adv. side. Sea lions seem to like divers. Purple
Varied terrain with great visibility, but coral at 70' on seaward side of keyhole.
sparse kelp. Moray eels, garibaldi,
Halibut, Mackerel, calico bass. OSCAR’S HOLE 20’ - 30’ Int. On west
side of Middle Grounds Rock. Rocky
LITTLE FLOWER 30’ - 75’ Beg. - Int. reefs, crevices, and sandy bottom.
Usually very calm with extremely clear Beautiful orange gorgonians, purple
water. Shallow wall dive with sandy corals, and a carpet of corynactis
bottom at 75’. Good yellowtail hunting for anemones. Fish include lingcod, calico
freediving experts. bass and the gregarious garibaldi.
Caution: Exposed to west swell and wind.
WINDOWPANE 40’ - 110’+ Adv. Deep,
blue water reef with wall that drops off THE GAP 50 - 75’ Int. - Adv. Terraced
steeply. Excellent visibility and super reefs and pinnacles descend to sandy
photogenic with pink gorgonians, yellow bottom. Colorful invertebrates include
anemones and moray eels. nudibranchs, octopi, scallops, gorgonian
sea fans and urchins. Fishes reside on
NORTHEAST SHORELINE 10’ - 130’+ reefs and pinnacles, bat rays cruise the
Int. - Adv. Steep and deep just offshore. sandy bottom.
Black seabass cruise the slope. Pelagics
include yellowtail and barracuda. SEAL COVE 20’ - 40’ Int. Sheer walls
Photogenic. drop to sandy bottom. Harbor seals and
sea lions play. All kinds of kelp forest
THE TOWERS 40’ - 50’ Beg.- Int. Lush fishes include plentiful garibaldi and
kelp forest ascends from finger reefs. schools of blacksmith. Invertebrates
Known for lobsters and a few Pacific include lobsters, Spanish shawls, and
electric rays (torpedo rays). Caution: 80 huge sunflower stars.
Volts.
