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click to enlarge DIVING OFFSHORE CALIFORNIA
By Darren and Stacey Douglass
128 pages, 7x10 inches, paperback, Color photos, Maps, Index, Appendices
ISBN 0-9623389-5-8
Price: $18.95

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Table of Contents

Foreword

A COASTAL OVERVIEW

  • The Past
  • The Present
  • Useful Information: Island Tours, Shore Landings, Unpredictable Weather, Southern Region, Northern Region, Aircraft Regulations

DIVING

  • Weather
  • Access
  • Boat Diving
  • Preserving Resources
  • Maps

LOS CORONADOS

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

1. Oscar's Hole
2. Puerto Cueva Lighthouse (S)
3. Casino Point (S)
4. The Gap
5. Seal Cove

CORTES BANK

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

6. Blue Horizons
7. The Abalonia

SAN NICOLAS ISLAND

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

8. Alpha Breakers
9. The Boilers
10. Dutch Harbor
11. Three Mile Reef
12. Begg Rock
13. Alpha Foul Area
14. Charlie Area Sandpit

SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

15. Pyramid Cove
16. Fish Hook
17. Inside Boiler Wall
18. Inside Boiler
19. Mail and Lost Points
20. The Caverns
21. Nine Fathom
22. Windowpane
23. Little Flower
24. China Point
25. The Towers

SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

26. Little Farnsworth
27. Avalon's Underwater Park (S)
28. Long Point (S)
29. Hen Rock (S)
30. Yellowtail Point
31. Rock Quarry Area (S)
32. Ship Rock
33. Bird Rock: Seaward Wall
34. Isthmus Reef (S)
35. Eagle Reef
36. Johnson's Rocks
37. Arrow Point
38. Emerald Cove (S)
39. Lion Head (S)
40. Lobster Bay
41. Cat Head
42. Blue Cavern Points
43. Shark Cage Diving

FARNSWORTH BANK

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

44. Purple Hydrocoral

SANTA BARBARA ISLAND

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

45. The Archway
46. Hidden Reef
47. Southeast Reef
48. The Rookery
49. Rubschlager Reef
50. Sutil Island
51. Shag Rock
52. Ab City (S)
53. Webster Point Caves

OIL DRILLING PLATFORMS

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

54. The Rigs

ANACAPA ISLAND

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

55. Arch Rock
56. Cathedral Cove
57. East Fish Camp
58. Coral Reef
59. Cat Rock
60. West Anacapa Cliffs
61. Frenchy's Cove (S)
62. Footprint Reef Shark Diving

SANTA CRUZ ISLAND

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

63. Forney's Cove (S)
64. Morse Point
65. Gull Island
66. Profile Point (S)
67. Painted Cave
68. Laguna Harbor
69. Willows Anchorage
70. Yellow Banks
71. Scorpion's Anchorage
72. Southeast Scorpions

SANTA ROSA ISLAND

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

73. East End Pinnacles
74. East Point Shallows
75. Johnson's Lee
76. The Chickasaw
77. Talcott Shoals
78. Carrington Point (S)
79. Rodes Reef (S)
80. Brockway Point
81. Becher's Bay
82. Skunk Point

SAN MIGUEL ISLAND

  • History
  • Geography
  • Diving

Dive Sites

83. Wilson's Rock
84. Richardson's Rock
85. Simonton Cove (S)
86. Cuyler Harbor
87. Wyckoff Ledge (S)
88. Point Bennett Foul Area
89. Skycraper
90. Whistle Buoy
91. Boomerang Bank

MARINE BANK

Appendix 1: Emergency Numbers
Appendix 2: Transportation & Hotels
Appendix 3: Useful Numbers
Appendix 4: Dive Boat Charters
Appendix 5: California Dive Centers
Index

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