Carmel, California, USA
Point Lobos
Cold, green kelp forest with seals and sea lions for company.
About the dive
Point Lobos is a beginner-friendly dive site in Carmel, California, USA. Divers have logged 579 dives here, going to 15 m on average in around 8 m of visibility. 20 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are seals, crabs and sea lions. Sightings peak in February, August and October.
- Level
- Beginner
- Avg. max depth
- 15 m
- Visibility
- 8 m
- Dive time
- 41 min
- Logged dives
- 579
- Busiest months
- Feb · Aug · Oct
- Region
- Northern California
Most sighted here
SealsPhoto: Daniel Torobekov · CC0
CrabsPhoto: David Clode · CC0
NudibranchsPhoto: Ekaterina Zlotnikova · CC0
Moon Jellyfish
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at Point Lobos and the months they are logged. The brighter the cell, the more sightings.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
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| Seals | ||||||||||||
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| Moon Jellyfish | ||||||||||||
| Groupers | ||||||||||||
| Wrasses | ||||||||||||
| Angel sharks | ||||||||||||
| Garibaldi Damselfish | ||||||||||||
| Flounder | ||||||||||||
| Shrimp | ||||||||||||
| Great White Shark | ||||||||||||
| Pygmy Seahorse | ||||||||||||
| Clownfish | ||||||||||||
| Snappers | ||||||||||||
| Parrotfish |
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