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San Carlos Beach
★★★★☆
(9,964)
San Carlos offers an easy entry beach dive along with all the amenities including two dive shops within walking distance, plenty of parking, bathrooms, and showers.
San Carlos Beach is home to a large colony of playful sea lions. You will also see beautiful nudibranchs, colorful anemones, octopuses, sand dollars, and many fish.
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
497 Sightings
J
10
F
15
M
66
A
75
M
69
J
38
J
33
A
31
S
37
O
48
N
39
D
36
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
609 Sightings
J
39
F
40
M
66
A
39
M
32
J
50
J
60
A
41
S
59
O
61
N
81
D
41
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
216 Sightings
J
15
F
0
M
22
A
26
M
18
J
17
J
13
A
16
S
15
O
27
N
29
D
18
Unsplash-kedar gadge
Sea Otter
167 Sightings
J
17
F
11
M
26
A
48
M
17
J
10
J
16
A
12
S
0
O
0
N
10
D
0
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
138 Sightings
J
0
F
13
M
18
A
16
M
21
J
16
J
21
A
0
S
0
O
20
N
13
D
0
AdobeStock-_italo
Moon Jellyfish
75 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
14
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
13
N
20
D
28
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 20
Shutterstock_Astridlike
Sea Nettle
65 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
10
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
20
N
21
D
14
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
53 Sightings
J
0
F
19
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
17
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
17
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 1900
Shutterstock-John A. Anderson
Starfish
38 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
20
M
0
J
0
J
18
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
