Mission Bay

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Mission Bay is not the most desirable dive spot but is a great back-up location, especially for open water classes, for when the ocean swell is too high for diving. The bay is protected so the water is always calm but visibility is not great and there is not too much to see.

You’ll see sea bass, sculpin, stingrays, and look in the rocks of the jetties for octopuses, lobsters, crabs, sea hares, smaller fish and whelks.

Dive Activity

Top Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl

Octopus
20 Sightings
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Alamy-WaterFrame

Moray Eel
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iStock/Extreme-Photographer

Stingrays
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iStock-Michael Zeigler

Crab
37 Sightings
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iStock-Global_Pics

Spiny Lobster
25 Sightings
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AdobeStock_cherylvb

Garibaldi Damselfish
15 Sightings
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SSI-Peter-Schinck

Nudibranch
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Shutterstock-Shane Gross

Shrimp
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Shutterstock_Leo Lorenzo

Trumpetfish
6 Sightings
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