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Catalina Island

14 dive sites + beaches tracked

Today in Catalina Island

Tide and weather hold across the whole Catalina Island coastline — check here, then pick your beach.

Tide station · Avalon
69°Air
74°Water
Clear·H:80° L:68°
Sunrise 6:02a · Sunset 7:56p
6a68°
7a69°
8a73°
9a73°
10a75°
11a78°
12p79°
1p80°
2p76°
3p77°
4p75°
5p75°
6p73°
7p73°
8p71°
Tide · todayNow 3.8ft · NOAA predictions, Avalon station
-1ft1ft3ft5ft7ft12a6a12p6p12a-0.5ft3:58a3.8ft10:26a2.4ft2:52p6.2ft9:09pNOW
Low -0.5ft · 3:58aHigh 3.8ft · 10:26aLow 2.4ft · 2:52pHigh 6.2ft · 9:09p

Pick a beach

Click on any beach to see today's visibility forecast.

Catalina Island · 14 spots

From Ship Rock and the Two Harbors kelp dives down past Avalon's Casino Point to the back-side seamount at Farnsworth Bank — every dive site and beach we track on Catalina, with today's vis live.

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No take / closed

No fishing or harvest of any kind. Special closures restrict entering the area at all.

  • SMR · State Marine Reserve
  • SMCA (No-Take) · No-Take State Marine Conservation Area
  • FMR · Federal Marine Reserve
  • Special Closure · Seabird and marine mammal buffer
Restricted take

Most take is prohibited. Each site writes its own short list of exceptions, commonly shore angling or spearing white seabass and pelagic finfish. Check the site rules before hunting.

  • SMCA · State Marine Conservation Area
  • FMCA · Federal Marine Conservation Area
Managed area

State-managed waters with their own recreational rules. Commercial take is prohibited in marine parks; recreational management areas are run for specific uses such as waterfowl hunting.

  • SMP · State Marine Park
  • SMRMA · State Marine Recreational Management Area
Visibility pins

Pin color is the spot's forecast visibility tier for today.

  • 20–30+ ft · Perfect
  • 15–20 ft · Excellent
  • 10–15 ft · Good
  • 5–10 ft · Fair
  • 0–5 ft · Poor
  • No forecast yet

MPA boundaries are drawn from CDFW's official dataset but are approximate on this map and not for navigation. Verify the boundary and current regulations with CDFW before harvesting.

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