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La Jolla Canyon
La Jolla · San Diego County · California
Visibility Breakdown
Visibility by position
Each zone is how deep underwater you were when you saw that visibility, not how deep the water was. Anything you saw from the surface, snorkeling or looking down from a boat, goes in the Surface Zone.
Surface Zone: Visibility seen by a diver between the surface and 30 ft down. Every reading taken from the surface, snorkeling or looking down from a boat, goes here. Haze can sit in this top layer.
Mid Zone: Visibility seen by a diver between 30 and 60 ft down.
Deep Zone: Visibility seen by a diver 60 ft down or deeper. Less light reaches this deep, so the water can look darker even when it is clear.
Through the day
Today's visibility readings at this spot, shown at the hour each one was taken.
Every bar is a reading for the Surface zone.
This chart shows measured diver reports only.
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Why it reads 0–10 ft
Low 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
La Jolla, CA 92037
The free Kellogg Park lot at the foot of Calle Frescota sits a short walk north of the Vallecitos Street entry and fills early on pleasant days. Street parking on the surrounding blocks is free, with posted time limits close to the beach.
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About La Jolla Canyon
La Jolla Canyon is the head of La Jolla Submarine Canyon, the deep-water dive off the south end of La Jolla Shores in San Diego. The usual entry is the beach at the foot of Vallecitos Street, just south of the main lifeguard tower at Kellogg Park. A swim of about 250 yards straight out reaches water about 40 feet deep, just inshore of the rim, and the rim itself sits in roughly 45 feet of water. From there the face steps down in ledges 10 to 20 feet high, and the bottom falls past 200 feet. Less than a mile from shore, the canyon is 700 feet deep.
Species found here
Researched habitat and range candidates. A listed species may be seasonal or depth-limited; this is not a confirmed sighting at this location.
Rocky Reef
Surf Zone
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