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n good weather, usually in the fall, diving WILSON ROCK - beautiful pinnacle offshore all weather, but with poor hold.
northwest San Miguel, but rarely diveable
I is great, with spectacular visibility. San and with heavy surge. Excellent down deep WYCKOFF LEDGE 10’-120’ Wall dive with
scallops, sea stars, anemones, nudibranchs,
Miguel offers many excellent dive sites SKYSCRAPER & BOMMERANGE - beautiful and passing whales in excellent visibility.
for the hunter, photographer or sightseer. deep seamounts offshore northwest San
Two fantastic sites are Wilson’s Rock which Miguel, but rarely diveable and with heavy TYLER BIGHT 25’-80’ Rocky with kelp beds,
is two miles off the northwest side of San surge. Excellent down deep. 55-60ft at the red abalones, rockfish, and cold water
Miguel and Richardson’s Rock which is eight top. fishes. Too cold for lobsters. Protected from
miles northwest of San Miguel. On rare oc- prevailing NW winds, but quickly changes
casions when you can make it to either of CASTLE ROCK 30’-50’ Rocky with a wall and conditions. Visibility varies, 10’ to 100’.
these sites you are in for a treat. San Miguel a sandy bottom. Lots of harbor seals and
is a Marine Protected Areas (MPA) where it sea lions hang out here. POINT BENNETT 15’-50’ Long snorkel to the
is strictly look and don’t touch. dive area. Lots of rocks awash. Has pin-
NIFTY ROCK 40’-80’ South side is protected nipeds, lobsters, and the occasional great
RAINBARREL - large kelp forest on the south from prevailing wind and swells. Rocky with white shark.
side, and full of abalones. cabezon and blue rockfish.
WHISTLE BUOY 60’-130’+ Spectacular vis-
JUDITH ROCK PINNACLE - beautiful pinnacle PRINCE ISLAND 30’-80’ Rocks and dramatic ibility, surgy, and features drop-offs. A large
off southwest San Miguel, but sometimes walls host rockfish and anemones. anchor chain covered with marine growth
with heavy currents. 55-60ft at the top. disappears into the deep.
CUYLER HARBOR 30’-50’ Rocky reef with
RICHARDSON ROCK -beautiful pinnacle kelp and sand, with sheltered anchorage in
offshore northwest San Miguel, but rarely
diveable and with heavy surge. Excellent
down deep
