White Point
San Pedro · Los Angeles County · California
Visibility Breakdown
Visibility by position
Solid = diver report · outlined = our reading
Break Zone: The range of water where the waves break and sediment is stirred up.
Post Break: The range past where any waves are forming, where the water starts to have a significant increase in visibility. There might be some sediment here, but swell energy is diffused and the water is calmer.
Open Water: This zone is far out enough from the shore that the water is at its clearest. It’s deep enough that sediment is not disturbed by the wave energy at the surface. Haze can sit near the surface, so the water is usually clearer the deeper you go.
Through the day
Today's visibility readings at this spot, shown at the hour each one was taken.
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Why it reads 8–12 ft
Medium confidence
7-Day Forecast
Today is the live headline above. Tomorrow onward is the algorithm's forecast from predicted swell, wind, and rain, updated each morning and at 6 PM Pacific.
Map and parking
San Pedro, CA 90731
Paid Los Angeles County lot at the foot of the switchback off Paseo del Mar, open dawn to 8:30 p.m., about $2 early-bird before 9 a.m. and $6 to $7 all day. Street parking on Paseo del Mar above. Under construction 2026 through 2028 with reduced parking and relocated restrooms.
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About White Point
White Point is a small pocket cove at the base of the San Pedro bluffs in Los Angeles County, tucked between Point Fermin to the east and the Portuguese Bend stretch to the west. The name comes from the low, chalky headland just west of the cove. The cove faces south-southeast and sits partly in the lee of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, which blunts the largest west swells but leaves the beach open to south and southeast wind and swell. The substrate at the water line is cobble and loose rock, with no continuous sand, and finger reefs extend seaward from about 15 feet down to 35 feet. What sets the spot apart is the switchback road that drops off Paseo del Mar to a beach-level lot, the only shore-dive access on this stretch of the Palos Verdes coast where a diver can drive gear to the water rather than carry it down from a bluff. The cove has a second distinctive feature underwater. Warm sulfur seeps from the old hot springs reach the shallows in patches, and marine life is noticeably thinner directly over the vents than at Royal Palms Beach a few hundred yards to the east, where no vents surface.
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Researched habitat and range candidates. A listed species may be seasonal or depth-limited; this is not a confirmed sighting at this location.
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