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Ex-Tortuga
California Channel Islands, United States
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EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyPacific Ocean
Water temp13–17°C
Estimated from climate dataJul–Nov
About this site
Ex-Tortuga is a wreck dive site, California, United States, in the Pacific Ocean. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes thresher sharks, bat rays, reef sharks, jacks, mola mola. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 13 to 17 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Sunflower StarPycnopodia helianthoides
Bat RayMyliobatis californica
SwellsharkCephaloscyllium ventriosum
Banded GuitarfishZapteryx exasperata
Big SkateBeringraja binoculata
Blue SharkPrionace glauca
Bluntnose Sixgill SharkHexanchus griseus
Broadnose SharkNotorynchus cepedianus
Nearby sites
- 1San Miguel Island6.4 km
- 2Aggi7.1 km
- 3Goldenhorn8.3 km
- 4SS Cuba13 km
- 5S.S. Chickasaw20 km
- 6Jane L. Stanford29 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org