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EL COVE 0’ - 75’ Preserve is excellent HARBOR REEF 70’ - 135’+ Great begin- ISTHMUS COVE 0’ - 60’ Has 249 moor-
for snorkeling. Morays, halibut, and bat ner check-out dive with lobsters, gari- ings. Calm snorkeling on the west side
rays are found here. baldi, and señoritas. to 4th of July Cove. Photogenic with
tons of fish. Restricted anchorage. Cau-
JAKE’S BEACH 0’ - 30’ Cobblestone CHERRY COVE 0’ - 20’ Has 103 moor- tion: Currents.
beach entry or great kayak-in snorke- ings, but no anchorage. Boy Scout
ling. Kelp patch has garibaldi, lobsters, camp, native Catalina cherry trees in SEA FAN GROTTO 15’ to 100’ Small
horn sharks, and sheephead. the canyon, and a private beach. caves and undercuts at the base of
a sea cliff are covered with colorful
LION HEAD 0’ - 50’ Snorkeling and 4th OF JULY COVE 0’ - 30’ Has 42 moor- gorgonians. Big rocks and kelp hide
scuba diving in kelp and small caves. ings, but zero anchorage. Private beach sheephead, calico bass, and a few stray
was used by the Banning family. tropical butterflyfish. Great visibility.
BIRD ROCK 0’ - 135’+ From NW three-
fathom spot northward to 100 yds out.
Kelp, gamefish, seastars.
