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COPPER ROOF HOUSE 10’-60’ Beach entry by Scenic Dr. and Franko's Brown Herring
Martin Ave, in front of a house with a green copper roof. Palm Pelican Gull
kelp lives on pinnacles offshore. Sea otters and harbor seals MONTEREY California
rest here. PENINSULA Sea Lions

STILLWATER COVE 10’-60’ Shore, boat, or kayak access to a KELP FOREST Gooseneck
rocky and sandy bottom with giant bull kelp and elegant feath- Barnacle Acorn
er boa kelp. The beach area is notably polluted with runoff, but CREATURES
beyond the rocky islets the water is fabulous. Parking at the Barnacle
cove is handy, but parking spaces fill up fast. To get shore dive California
get permission, call (831) 625-5836. Dive east of the pier only.
Mussel
EAST PESCADERO PINNACLE 55’-130’+ Boat or kayak dive
amongst thick kelp. This pinnacle is an extension of Pescadero BCroarnmdot’rsant Purple- Rainbow Red CaSleifaorOntitaer Pacific Sardine Black
Point, which consists of granite pinnacles with cracks and Striped Surfperch Sea Surfperch
walls covered with pink and purple hydrocorals, nudibranchs, Jellyfish Urchin
anemones, and sea stars. Sea lions play here.
Pacific Mackerel
OCEAN PINNACLES (PESCADERO PINNACLES) 10’-130’+ Boat
or kayak dive to thick kelp bed straight off Castle House. Divers Halfmoon Female Zebra Perch
see blue rockfish, purple hydrocoral, sea stars, and pelagics, Sargo
including Medusa jellyfish. Northern Kelp Bass Blue
Anchovy (Calico Bass) Rockfish
Kelp Greenling
Harbor Seal Male
Yellowtail Vermilion Rockfish

KeSlppiCnryab Bocaccio

California Barracuda Popeye Bat Ray
Female Catalufa

Rock Wrasse Giant Kelpfish

Male Blue Shark

Juvenile California Monkeyface Pacific Bonito
Sheephead Prickleback Leopard
Shark
ClKineglpfish Olive Rockfish
Giant Kelp
Starry Rockfish Copper Rockfish
Señorita
Opaleye

White
Seabass

Cabezon Barred
Sand Bass
Spanish Market Squid
Shawl
Yellow
Crab Giant Sea Bass
(Black Sea Bass)

Red Treefish Honeycomb Horn Shark
Abalone Rockfish Octopus

BGlaocbkyeyed SunSftlaorwerABbalalockne Blacksmith Sculpin White Plumed
Thornback (Spotted Gorgonia Anemone
Scorpionfish) Lingcod Sand Sea Fan
Ray California Halibut Warty Dollar
Sea Red Sea
Sheep Urchin
Crab Cucumber
Aggregating
Anemone
Bat
Rock Round Star
Scallop

Ochre Stingray Shovelnose Copyright 2011 Speckled Wolf Sarcastic Giant
Sea Star Strawberry Guitarfish Franko Maps, Ltd. Sanddab Eel Fringehead Spined
Sea Star
Anemone www.frankosmaps.com