Shaws Cove
★★★★☆
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Shaws Cove is one of the most popular dive sites in Orange County, California. It’s an excellent shore diving site, easily accessible from Fairview Street and Cliff Drive. The stairway off of Cliff Drive is the easiest way to access the beach but use the handrails, the sand on the stairs can get very slippery.
Sea urchins are everywhere, along with lobsters, eels, rays, octopus, garibaldi, calico bass, Kellet’s welks, tree fish, small sheepshead, bat stars. Sometimes dolphins can be spotted.
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Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
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Moray Eel
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Wrasse
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Garibaldi Damselfish
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Stingrays
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Spiny Lobster
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Nudibranch
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Flounder
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Crab
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