San Carlos Beach
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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 & Environmental Conditions
Top Wildlife Sightings
Most frequently spotted marine life based on dive logs
#1
Crab
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#2
Sea Lion
388
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#3
Seal
190
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#4
Sea Otter
122
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#5
Nudibranch
118
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#6
Moon Jellyfish
66
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#7
Sea Nettle
65
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Flounder
42
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