Ocean visibility forecasts for divers. We tell you how clear the water is going to be at any given beach today, with a 7-day outlook. The site is built for spearfishermen, freedivers, snorkelers, and scuba divers.
No current advisories for the SoCal coast
No current notices posted for this region. That is not an all-clear; it means nothing is posted.
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🚨 Rip tides and strong currents at Torrey pines. Lifeguards posted warning signs not to swim. I swam anyway and got stuck in one and had a tough time getting out. The… Read more
NauticalNickCaptainPhytoplankton bloom. Water has been dark green for a couple days. Z
8 live regions from San Luis Obispo down to San Diego, plus the Channel Islands and Catalina offshore. Click any region to find a beach. The rest of the California coast is in production.
Three inputs, one number. We pull satellite, model, and on-the-ground data every morning — with midday wind refreshes — and blend them into a daily visibility-in-feet score for every beach we track.
NOAA CoastWatch VIIRS imagery gives us chlorophyll-a in mg/m³ every 24 hours. Low chlorophyll means clean oceanic water is pushing inshore. Readings around 1 mg/m³ and above usually mean a green-out.
The Open-Meteo marine and weather models give us swell with the early morning refresh, and wind twice more through the day. Big swell stirs the bottom, and sustained onshore wind drags surface particulate. Both crash visibility within hours.
Diver reports come in from JustGetWet, ScubaBoard, Spearboard, and our own pinged-in reports. We weight recency heavily, since a 6 a.m. report from this morning beats a model any day.
This is a sample of what every beach page looks like for Pro members. Free users see today; Pro unlocks days 2–7. Customize your watchlist and get email notifications when the seven-day forecast detects good visibility days coming up.
Nautical journalism consisting of spearfishing stories, new legislation, ocean-related climate updates, interesting marine species, and many more kinds of ocean stories.
La Jolla's water ran clearest in the first 10 days of August and murkiest in the last 3, and on every day lifeguards reported, La Jolla Cove read clearer than La Jolla Shores.
On New Year's Day, Oregon made it legal to spearfish for bass and walleye in the state's rivers and streams. It is a win for spearos, and a quiet shot at 2 non-native predators that feed on native salmon and steelhead.
On the Columbia and Snake rivers, anglers are paid by the fish to catch and kill northern pikeminnow, up to $500 for a tagged one. The strangest part is that the fish carrying the bounty is a native.
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Free shows you what the ocean looks like today. Ocean Oracle shows you the week ahead and the fish waiting for you down there.
Visibility predictions for the entire week ahead at any beach. Plan dives, schedule charters, and book trips without guessing.
When a beach on your watchlist is running good water, or the week ahead shows a good day coming, Ocean Oracle emails you. A prime window never slips past.
Every entry freezes that day's report: visibility, tide, swell, wind. Log catches, stamp Personal Bests, level up your guns, and light up your species life list.
The Coastal Bulletin greets members with the clearest water in Southern California today and their own watchlist, before a single click.
Track your favorite beaches in one place. Forecasts and alerts for everywhere you dive.
For every beach: what species are there, when they show up, and how to target them. Built by spearos, for spearos.
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Watchlist the spots you actually dive and Ocean Oracle keeps checking them for you. When one is running Good visibility of 10 ft or better, or the 7-day forecast sees a good day coming, an email lands in your inbox. Pro members only.
A field guide built around the SoCal target list. It covers range maps, legal sizes, behavioral notes, and the holes they hold in.
