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Long Point (Palos Verdes)

33.72°N · 118.40°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
81/100
GOOD

Now 78 · 1 PM PDT

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
78
Good
Tide
4.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
7 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Rough
3.3 ft
Air temp
75°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
28% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 78 Good. Tide 4.5ft Falling ▼. Current -1.3kn Ebb. Wind 7kn SSW G7. Sea 3.3ft Rough. Air 74.7°.
Why this score
Current
0.8 kn
Fair

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

California Sheephead
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
2 in possession
Size
Minimum 12"
Gear
Open year-round to divers and shore-based anglers only (not boat-based anglers outside specified season).
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Open year-round to divers and shore-based anglers. Open to boat-based anglers March 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026. Daily bag/possession limit is 2 fish. Minimum size 12 inches total length.
Other species here
Halibut ClosedLingcod Catch & releaseCabezon ClosedCalico Bass ClosedWhite Seabass Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedBlue Rockfish ClosedCalifornia Scorpionfish Retention open
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Source: CDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When California Sheephead is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for California Sheephead
~9 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-120 ft
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE

Long Point sits off the rocky Palos Verdes coastline where the bottom drops through 20 to 120 feet of reef, kelp, and hard structure. Pacific Halibut move onto the drifts from February through May, best worked by drifting live anchovies or sardines, while White Seabass peak from March through July and respond to live squid and sardines fished on the bait. Calico Bass fill the kelp edges from April through August, taking swimbaits and soft plastic grubs on leadheads, and California Sheephead hold to the rocks from April through September for anglers dropping live shrimp, squid, or crab to the bottom. The reef supports a year-round Rockfish mix on the dropper loop with squid or cut mackerel, and Lingcod stack up over the deeper structure from September through February, where vertical jigging with metal jigs or leadhead swimbaits draws strikes. Cabezon and California Scorpionfish round out the cool-season bottom fishing, with Cabezon best from September through April on shrimp flies and squid-tipped jigs.

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