Breakwater Cove

★★★★☆ (4,590)

The Breakwater is a very popular dive site for Open Water classes with its calm water, easy entry, and protection from ocean swell. It is a fairly short walk from your car to the water and there is a dive shop within walking distance for air fills.

Wildlife here abounds including large metridium anemones, strawberry anemones, colorful sea stars, a huge variety of nudibranchs, shrimp, crab, shells, sea lions, seals, otters, sunfish.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 7

Sea Lion

346 Sightings
J
10
F
20
M
30
A
51
M
40
J
56
J
13
A
31
S
19
O
33
N
24
D
19

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Total number of species: 7000

Crab

294 Sightings
J
24
F
18
M
15
A
27
M
16
J
35
J
34
A
28
S
15
O
22
N
32
D
28

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Total number of species: 19

Seal

143 Sightings
J
11
F
13
M
16
A
12
M
12
J
29
J
11
A
0
S
11
O
17
N
11
D
0

Sea Otter

33 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
11
A
10
M
0
J
12
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 3000

Nudibranch

22 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
11
J
11
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

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