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Long Point (Palos Verdes)

33.72°N · 118.40°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
83/100
GOOD

Now 24 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Southern · Yellowtail openRegulations ↗10 per day · min 24"
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
24
Tough
Tide
5.0 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
1 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Choppy
3.0 ft
Air temp
69°
Warm
Weather
Clear
23% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 24 Tough. Tide 5.0ft Rising ▲. Current +0.1kn Slack. Wind 1kn SW G3. Sea 3.0ft Chop. Air 69.3°.
Why this score
Tide
Late flood
Prime
Pressure
1013 hPa
Prime
Swell
2.8 ft
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Yellowtail
Retention open
Daily limit
10 per day
Possession
10 in possession
Size
Minimum 24"
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Open year-round. Minimum size 24 inches fork length, except up to 5 fish less than 24 inches fork length may be taken or possessed.
Other species here
Calico Bass ClosedCalifornia Sheephead Retention openOcean Whitefish Retention openCalifornia Barracuda ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedHalibut Closedsardine ClosedGiant Sea Bass ClosedCopper Rockfish ClosedLingcod Catch & releaseBarred Sand Bass Retention openBonito ClosedWhite Seabass Catch & releaseLeopard Shark Retention openCalifornia Halibut Retention openKelp Bass Retention openCalifornia Scorpionfish Retention open
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Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Southern · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Yellowtail is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Yellowtail
~0 more weeks at peak
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-120 ft
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
—

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Long Point (Palos Verdes)
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Top: California SheepheadSHOULDER SEASON
California Sheephead 82
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Palos Verdes Kelp Beds
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Yellowtail 85 · California Sheephead 85
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H — · 0.0 m
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Palos Verdes Kelp Beds
Groundfish Management Area Southern
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Yellowtail 84 · California Sheephead 83 · Ocean Whitefish 82
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Abalone Cove
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85
Top: Barred Sand BassSHOULDER SEASON
Barred Sand Bass 85 · California Sheephead 85 · California Halibut 85
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H — · 0.0 m
L 4:54 AM · 0.3 m

Long Point sits along the rocky Palos Verdes coastline, where structure and reef break across depths of 20 to 120 feet. Pacific Halibut lead the spring bite from February through May, with White Seabass peaking March through July and Yellowtail moving in from May through October. Rockfish hold year-round across the deeper reef, while Calico Bass, California Sheephead, and California Barracuda fill the warmer months from spring into fall. Drifting live anchovies or sardines works the halibut over sandy pockets, and dropper-loop rigs baited with squid or cut mackerel pull rockfish and Ocean Whitefish off the harder bottom. In the cooler stretch from September into February, Lingcod take vertical jigs and leadhead jigs with swimbaits worked close to the rocks.

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