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Carmel River State Beach
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States

Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp13–16°C
Estimated from climate dataJul–Nov
About this site
Carmel River State Beach 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 franciscanusBlood StarHenricia leviuscula
Blue RockfishSebastes mystinus
Orange Sea CucumberCucumaria miniata
Sunflower StarPycnopodia helianthoides
ThornbackPlatyrhinoidis triseriata
SwellsharkCephaloscyllium ventriosum
Nearby sites
- 1
Monastery Beach0.9 km
- 2Butterfly House1.1 km
- 3Copper Roof House1.5 km
- 4Diving Area1.7 km
- 5Bluefish Wall1.7 km
- 6
Point Lobos1.8 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org