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Santa Cruz Area Dive Sites
SLAUGHTERHOUSE REEF 60’-85’ Boat dive to tures including scallops, big lingcod, bat rays,
rocky reef full of invertebrates, scallops, ling- cabezon, and rockfish.
cod, red snapper, and cabezon.
CAPITOLA PIER 25’-65’ Boat dive to reefs one
POINT SANTA CRUZ 20’-70’ Rocky kelp forest mile offshore. The bottom around the reefs is
with good visibility. Many nudibranchs, anemo- sandy, but kelp rises off the rocks. Gamefish
nes, big sunflower stars, cabezon, lingcod, and abound, plus sheep crabs and abalone.
halibut.
SEACLIFF BEACH 5’-35’ Beach entry to a sandy
ANI’S REEF 50’-70’ Boat dive to a rocky reef area with generally poor visibility, but hunters
with a beautiful covering of strawberry anemo- enjoy this dive for the halibut, cojo salmon, and
nes, plus scallops, lingcod, and cabezon. steelhead. Divers also see bocaccio, surfperch,
topsmelt, skates, sand sole, and starry flounder.
SOUTH ROCK 85’-110’ Boat dive to a deep pin-
nacle and large rocks full of kelp forest crea-
