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LINGCOD REEF 20’-60’ Boat or kayak entry terey Bay. abound. Gray whales migrate past. Caution:
to a mile-long rocky reef full of giant kelp. Exposed to open ocean conditions.
Colorful anemones, sponges, and algae MOSS COVE (SPANISH BAY ) 5’-25’ Entry at
cover everything. Fishes include sculpin, Spanish Bay parking lot for wreck diving: OTTER COVE & KC ROCK 10’-60’ Rocky
rockfish, monkeyface eels, and lingcod. CG 256 (1933), a 75’ prohibition era rum beach dive. KC Rock is 17’-60’ deep. The
Underwater arches offshore of Castle House chaser off Asilomar State Beach, and Rod- bottom is sandy with anemones, sponges,
(high tower, pink house). erick Dhu (1873), a 1573-ton barge close to nudibranchs, octopuses, and various rock-
the parking lot. fish.
CYPRESS POINT 20’-70’ Entry at Tidewater
Cove turnout for wreck diving: SS Flavel MOSS COVE (SPANISH BAY ) 5’-25’ Entry at LOVER’S POINT 10’-40’ Beach check-out
(1923), a lumber ship just off the 15th Tee Spanish Bay parking lot for wreck diving: dive with rocky pinnacles. Sea life includes
of Cypress Point Golf Course; and SS JB CG 256 (1933), a 75’ prohibition era rum sculpin, torpedo rays, and bat rays. West-
Stetson (1934), a cargo carrier. Sponges, chaser off Asilomar State Beach, and Rod- side night diving.
nudibranchs, and gorgonians are abundant. erick Dhu (1873), a 1573-ton barge close to
The Cypress Point Lookout is good for sea- the parking lot. HOPKINS MARINE LIFE REFUGE 10’ -40’ &
sonal whale-watching, and there are often 60’-90’ From 3rd St, Pacific Grove, to the
a dozen or more sea otters resting amongst CORAL STREET 10’-60’ Rocky beach entry or aquarium, and from the mean high tide
the kelp. kayak dive to kelp and boulders. Scallops, mark to 60’ depth. No marine life may be
abalone, rockfish, cabezon, and monkeyface taken without a permit issued by Hopkins
POINT JOE 25’-30’ Entry at the Restless Sea eels are found here. Caution: Often rough. Marine Station. Beach or boat dive within
parking lot for wreck diving: SS Celia (1906), the refuge. Big granite deep called Deep
a lumber ship north of Point Joe; and Paul CHASE REEF Inner: 30’-60’ Outer: 40’-110’ Reef is a boat dive with white anemones
(1896), a livestock carrier (the animals Boat or kayak dive(s) to Inner Reef, 400’ and wolf eels beyond the Refuge bounda-
were saved), south of Point Joe. Many early offshore, or to Outer Reef at 600’+ offshore. ries.
mariners crashed on these rocks, possibly Thick kelp, sheer walls, mertridium, gi-
believing they were near the entry to Mon- ant rose anemones, and pelagic species
