Leo Carrillo State Beach
With over a half-mile of beach, Leo Carrillo State Beach offers a few different good dive sites with easy parking and great amenities. Unusual for a beach dive, the kelp bed here is huge and easy to reach from shore. The shallow depth and proximity to shore makes this site great for diving and snorkeling alike.
Nudibranchs and golden gorgonian coral make the reef very colorful. Look for sheephead, bright orange garibaldi, black perch, painted greenlings, octopus, and crabs.
Level
- Beginner
Visibility
- 4 m
Current
- Light Current
- No Current
- Strong Current
DIVE TYPES
- Night Dive
- Snorkel Diver
- Kelp fish
Temperature & Visibility
Wildlife Diversity
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