Monterey Bay
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All of Monterey Bay is considered a marine sanctuary and attracts thousands of divers every year from all over the world. Dive sites are scattered all along the bay with plenty of easy entry sites for newer divers and deeper water close to shore for more experienced divers.
The nutrient-rich waters bring in a vast array of wildlife like sea lions, seals, sea otters, all sorts of kelpfish, urchins, huge starfish, anemones galore, and more!
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 approx.: 7
iStock-Michael Zeigler
74 Sightings
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5
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4
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5
M
13
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6
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6
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9
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12
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7
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7
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
6 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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6
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 19
Alamy-Alex Mustard
Seal
44 Sightings
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7
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8
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5
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4
A
9
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11
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0
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0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 7000
iStock-Michael Zeigler
Crab
32 Sightings
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3
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0
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0
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0
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4
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0
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9
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5
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5
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3
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0
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3
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
12 Sightings
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0
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0
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7
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0
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5
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 40
iStock-Hoatzinexp
Jackfish
6 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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6
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0
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0
O
0
N
0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 60
iStock-Global_Pics
Soldierfish
6 Sightings
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0
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0
M
0
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0
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0
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0
J
6
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0
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0
O
0
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0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 120
AdobeStock-Composer.
Flounder
6 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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6
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0
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0
O
0
N
0
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0
AdobeStock-_italo
Moon Jellyfish
6 Sightings
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0
F
2
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0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
4
A
0
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0
O
0
N
0
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0
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Blue Jellyfish
5 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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5
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0
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0
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0
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0
