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Lester Beach near D.L. Bliss State Park, $10 cash only for parking. Then find yourself on the beach for a shore dive. There is a shelf that you can drop off, and offers part of the Rubicon Wall.
One of the more popular freshwater dive sites in California found in Lake Natoma. Not the best visibility but easy to access calm conditions, and a great spot for new divers to practice their skills.
This site is located at Waterman’s Landing. It is a very shallow shelf that extends for quite a way. This is a great site to practice existing skills and learn new ones. Please do not park in the shops parking lot, they request that SCUBA divers park on the street. Restrooms are available at the little cafe.
Isthmus Reef is a popular dive site on Catalina Island reachable only by boat. It’s a great site for open water students and newer divers due to its sheltered location and shallow depth.
Visibility depends on the flow of the Folsom damn outlet. In the Summer when the river is flowing heavily, there is a significant current; however, this is a dive site not to miss. Depth range is 20-25 feet and vis from 10-15 feet. If you like drift diving this is the place to be.
An easy beach entry leads to large sandy bay. Along the south side of the beach is a rock jetty, which generally has a lot of fishermen. The area is generally protected by the headlands, so surge is usually minimal. Visibility often is not great. Currents are generally mild. Stay away from the boat channel.
A great dive site accessible by boat for all skill levels. Reef and sand bottom with depths vary from 15 to 85 feet on the outer pinnacles. Fun swim-throughs, schools of fish, mini-walls, and overhangs.
The highest point of Aumentos Pinnacle is around 40 feet. The rock on the offshore side is a steep, granite wall that drops vertically to about 60 feet and then more slowly to 80 to 85 feet. The inshore side the reef drops off in steps to 50 to 55 feet and remains at this depth until one encounters Chase Reef.
Eagle Reef is a large rocky structure teaming with life. This is an awesome kelp dive; Catalina Island at it’s finest. This site is only reachable by boat, either private or dive charter. Plan to dive in the morning before winds have a chance to kick up and watch for possible strong currents.
Mainland side of Catalina Island just northwest of Emerald Bay. Your access is by boat only unless you have access to Boy Scout Camp onshore in which case you can dive it from shore or kayak. You will be looking at depths of 20 to 55 feet with an average visibility of 30 to 50 feet.
Average depth of 12 feet and max depth of 19 feet if river is low. From the parking lot head down to the beach and there is a picnic table with a rock near the trail that was used by native indians to pound the acorns. The sandy beach quickly falls down to 19 feet and ends on the other side against a granite wall.
The highway is just right along this beach, making this spot easy to find and park at. There is a shelf which drops into quite deeper water quickly.
Diver’s Cove is an easy entry shore dive great for beginning divers. You can access the beach by either the stairs located on the north side of the parking lot on Beverly & Myrtle Streets on Cliff Drive or the ramp on the south side of the parking lot. Be careful of sand as it makes the stairs and ramp slippery.
Parson’s Landing is a beautiful secluded cove on Catalina Island that’s just as scenic above water as it is underwater with great diving and snorkeling right from the shore! You can even camp here right on the beach. The cove is usually nice and calm as it is protected from most weather.
Easy shore entry. Can get rough if the swell is coming from the wrong direction. Lots of kelp straight out from the beach. Easy navigation out and back, and once in the kelp it is nice to run along the edges.
Just as you enter the gate of the Douglas blvd Folsom lake entrance your right you will find a building with a blue metal roof. As you head to the water you will notice that they have blocked off and area for swimming. The vis there is 5-10 feet and no current. Great place to do a gear check out.
Sunnyside is a fantastic site that has a pretty sharp drop-off. Good buoyancy would be a very helpful thing to have. It is advisable to have a dive flag that you tow behind as you dive. The area is a busy boat area during the summer months. Parking is at William Kent State Park and is limited, so arrive early.
You will need a boat to get to Fannette Island, and here you will anchor on the shallow side and descend and go counter clockwise around the circumference of the island to finally reach a nice slope to finish your dynamic safety stop.
Fallen Leaf Lake is at 6,300 feet in elevation, is about 15 minutes from Lake Tahoe and it offers another option for altitude diving in the Tahoe Basin.
An easy, mostly protected, shore entry from a private campground brings you to the dive site. The north part of the bay is rocky and full of life. Decent underwater hunting can be found here.
Just off the shore at an old quarry site where the materials to build Long Beach Harbor were mined. This location can have strong currents, but offers both shallow and deep water exploration. This location is reachable by boat only.
Water World Dive Tank @ Universal Studios Hollywood, is the deepest of the dive sites at Universal Studios. If you are an SSI Dive Leader with Universal Technical Services or with Scuba Schools of America & Swim, you may schedule dives at Water World.
Located right on the California coast in Encinitas, this dive site is a block west of the historic 101 costal highway. There is a parking lot located above the dive site with a trail that leads you directly down to the beach. The trail is only a couple hundred yards long but does have multiple switch backs.
This site is in Skier’s Cove and is also known as Miller’s Folly. This wreck is the remains of one of the early Lake Havasu Party Boats. Millers Folly is located in 25 feet of water next to one of the larger fish habitats. A few sunk boats sit right around Miller’s Folly.
Half moon bay is located across the lake from site 6 on the California side. Dropping down on our mooring line you will find a sunk sailboat that leads to multiple sunk boat and fish habitats. This dive site leads to the butt hole dive site which is the deepest part of the lake
Welcome to the butt hole. The deepest, darkest place in all of Lake Havasu. Drop down the morning line and you will follow the lines to multiple sunk boats and reach the bottom of the lake which is around 80’ deep
Copper Canyon is known for its famous cliff jump and boat tie-ups. Which makes it great for treasure hunting underwater. I-phones, watches, sunglasses, and box anchors are jump some of the items that we have found while diving.