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Seal Rock

36.59°N · 121.97°W

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
69/100
FAIR

Now 19 · 12 AM PDT

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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
12 AM
Now
Score
19
Tough
Tide
4.7 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
13 kn
NNW · gusty
Sea state
Rough
5.0 ft
Air temp
60°
Mild
Weather
Clear
9% cloud
Hour 12 AM. Score 19 Tough. Tide 4.7ft Falling ▼. Current -0.1kn Slack. Wind 13kn NNW G22. Sea 5.0ft Rough. Air 60.1°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Copper Rockfish
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Sub-limit within RCG Complex: 1 fish per person. Open Apr 1–Dec 31 all depths. No minimum size limit. Fillets must have entire skin attached. Shore-based anglers and divers exempt from season/depth restrictions.
Season
Apr 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Halibut Retention openLingcod Retention openCabezon Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedCalifornia Sheephead Retention openCoho Salmon ClosedBlack Rockfish ClosedBlue Rockfish Closed
Always check with CDFW ↗

Source: CDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Copper Rockfish is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Copper Rockfish
~15 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
0-53 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Seal Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Monterey, California, where the bottom falls from the shallows down to about 55 feet. The structure holds a strong rockfish and groundfish population alongside seasonal salmon, making it a productive year-round target. Chinook Salmon move through from March to July and respond to trolling with anchovies, spoons, hoochies, and flashers, or to mooching with anchovies and sardines. Lingcod peak across late fall through spring and take metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs worked along the rock, while Black and Blue Rockfish stack up from spring into fall on jigs and bait fished with shrimp flies, squid strips, and anchovies. Copper Rockfish fill in through the summer months and hold near the same rocky structure, taking squid, shrimp flies, and sardines on the bottom.

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