Scuba Dive Site: La Jolla Cove, San Diego, Southern California

La Jolla Cove is a favorite dive spot for diving in san diego. Kelp, lots of fish, and easy access make this a popular site. The downsides are that the parking is very hard to come by, and the visibility can be poor in the winter and spring. Click on Map to enlarge

Maps are not to be used for boaters or navigational purposes.

Interests: Large numbers of black sea bass have been seen here this past summer and early fall. Soupfin sharks and barracuda occasionally swim by. Horn sharks, guitarfish, bat rays, navanax, octopus, kelpfish and various reef fish such as garibaldi and kelp bass are common here.
Entry & Exits: A walk down a short flight of stairs, and then sandy beach entry in a small cove with swimmers.
Suggestions: Beginner dives will enter at the sandy beach, and surface swim out to the reef.
Best time to Dive: During small NW swells, in the summer and fall. Check Conditions

Visibility: 10-30ft

Warnings: If you get tangled in kelp, don't panic and slowly unwrap yourself.

Depth Recomendations:10-40ft is where most of the points of interest are for this site. 60 ft is Recomended maximum depth for novice beach divers .
100 ft is Recommended maximum for advanced beach divers. 130 ft is Maximum Depth for recreational divers.

Safety: Use of float, flag, anchor and descent line is required for beach diving. Cell phone and oxygen first aid kit should be avalible.

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Directions: Click on map for GOOGLE MAP directions

Mapping and photography by Scott Gietler.