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Del Mar Kelp

32.97°N · 117.28°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
86/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 8 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
3.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
3 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Choppy
3.1 ft
Air temp
71°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 3.1ft Rising ▲. Current +1.4kn Flood. Wind 3kn WSW G3. Sea 3.1ft Chop. Air 70.7°.
Why this score
Current
0.4 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Kelp Bass
Retention open
Daily limit
5 per day
Possession
5 in possession
Size
Minimum 14"
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Open year-round. Bag/possession limit is 5 fish in any combination of kelp bass, barred sand bass, and spotted sand bass (Paralabrax species). No more than 4 barred sand bass may be taken. Minimum size 14 inches total length or 10 inches alternate length.
Other species here
California Barracuda ClosedKelp Greenling ClosedOcean Whitefish Retention openBarred Sand Bass Retention openCalico Bass ClosedCalifornia Sheephead Retention openWhite Seabass Catch & releaseLeopard Shark Retention openCalifornia Halibut Retention openCalifornia Scorpionfish Retention open
Always check with CDFW ↗

Source: CDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Kelp Bass is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
100-600 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
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STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

Del Mar Kelp is an outer-exposed sand flat off San Diego, running from roughly 100 to 600 feet deep. The flat produces California Halibut from March through June, with White Seabass peaking March through July and Barred Sand Bass moving in from June through August. Halibut come to drift fishing over the sand with live anchovies, live sardines, or swimbaits, while White Seabass respond to live bait fishing with live squid, sardine, or mackerel across the same ground. Deeper stretches hold Ocean Whitefish, best worked on a dropper loop with squid or cut mackerel from March through October, and California Sheephead take squid strips and rock crab on the bottom from July through September. Leopard Shark and California Barracuda round out the summer, the sharks caught soaking squid or mackerel on the bottom and the barracuda taken trolling diving plugs and feathers from April into September.

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