San Diego - La Jolla Underwater Park - San Diego, CA
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N 32° 51.049 W 117° 16.392
11S E 474435 N 3634781
The San Diego - La Jolla Underwater Park is located off the coast of La Jolla near La Jolla Cove.
Waymark Code: WM8QXK
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/04/2010
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This Underwater Park is a City of San Diego Park established in 1970 (inexplicably, it doesn't have its own City webpage as do other City Parks).
The Park spans over 6,000 acres and within the Park are also an ecological reserve where no fishing or scavenging is permitted and a separate Marine Life Refuge where recreation and fishing ARE permitted.
The area is popular with divers, snorkelers and kayakers. The area has artificial reefs and kelp beds which keep the wave movement gentle. As of 2010, one area of the Park was inhabited by sea lions and in another area seals have encroached upon a designated children's pool (cove).
See the Wikipedia article at (
visit link)
and the official City of San Diego website for La Jolla Cove which mentions this Park which encompasses it: (
visit link)
See this sandiegodiving.com website for more specific information about diving in la Jolla Cove (
visit link)
Water Type: Ocean
Salinity: Salt
Access: Shore
Maximum Depth: 600
Typical Visibility: Good (41-60 ft)
Has Reef?: yes
Wreck or Submerged Object?: Multiple
Underwater Life: rockfish, stingrays, moray eels, harbor seals, and an occasional blue shark.
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Visit Instructions:
1) To log a visit, at least a picture taken at the surface, including any distinguishing landmarks or buoys if present, is required. While you do not have to enter the water, this is encouraged.
2) If you dive at the site, describe your visit including any details you wish to share such as weather, water temperature, visibility, bottom time, and anything of interest that you observed, living or nonliving.