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Butterfly House
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp13–16°C
Estimated from climate dataJul–Nov
About this site
Butterfly House is a reef dive site near Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States, in the Pacific Ocean. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes thresher sharks, reef sharks, bat rays, jacks, mola mola. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 13 to 16 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Purple Urchin AdultStrongylocentrotus purpuratus
Red Urchin AdultMesocentrotus franciscanus
Blood StarHenricia leviuscula
Blue RockfishSebastes mystinus
Orange Sea CucumberCucumaria miniata
Sunflower StarPycnopodia helianthoides
ThornbackPlatyrhinoidis triseriata
SwellsharkCephaloscyllium ventriosum
Nearby sites
- 1Copper Roof House0.5 km
- 2Carmel River State Beach1.1 km
- 3
Monastery Beach2.0 km - 4Bluefish Wall2.2 km
- 5Diving Area2.3 km
- 6Point Lobos - Bluefish Cove2.5 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org