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HOPKINS RESERVE & DEEP REEF 10’-40’ & 60’-90’ This beach
or boat dive is within the marine studies refuge. “Big Granite
Deep” is a boat dive that features white anemones and wolf
eels. The reserve boundary is from 3rd St, Pacific Grove to
the aquarium, from the mean high tide mark to 60’ depth. No
marine life may be take without a permit issued by Hopkins
Marine Station.

McABEE BEACH (MEXICAN RESTAURANT ) 10’-50’ Beach dive
into a kelp forest filled with colorful invertebrates. Small
abalone survive in cracks despite sea otters. Wolf eels cruise
around the sunken SS Gipsy steamship (1905). Near El Torito
Restaurant.

MERTRIDIUM FIELD 50’-60’ Swim from San Carlos Beach,
following pipes north of the entry to a big 3’ diameter pipe.
Follow it to the end, and then 50’ beyond to sa hale outcrop-
ping that has abundant large white plumed mertridium
anemones.