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Point Loma Kelp Beds

32.68°N · 117.26°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
87/100
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
3.2 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
2 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Rough
3.7 ft
Air temp
71°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 3.2ft Rising ▲. Current +1.4kn Flood. Wind 2kn W G3. Sea 3.7ft Rough. Air 70.5°.
Why this score
Current
0.3 kn light
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
Bonito ClosedHalibut ClosedLingcod Catch & releaseCalico Bass ClosedCalifornia Sheephead Retention openBarracuda ClosedWhite Seabass Catch & releaseRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedCalifornia Halibut Retention open
Always check with CDFW ↗

Source: CDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Yellowtail is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Yellowtail
~3 more weeks at peak
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-60 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Outer Exposed

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Point Loma Outfall Buoy
Groundfish Management Area —
85
Top: Leopard SharkPEAK SEASON
Leopard Shark 85 · California Halibut 84 · Barred Sand Bass 83
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2 kt W
H 10:44 PM · 1.5 m
L 4:40 AM · 0.3 m
Point Loma Kelp Beds
Groundfish Management Area —
85
Top: YellowtailPEAK SEASON
Yellowtail 85 · California Halibut 82
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2 kt W
H 10:44 PM · 1.5 m
L 4:40 AM · 0.3 m
Zuñiga Point
Groundfish Management Area —
86
Top: Leopard SharkPEAK SEASON
Leopard Shark 86 · California Halibut 84 · Barred Sand Bass 84
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2 kt W
H 10:44 PM · 1.5 m
L 4:40 AM · 0.3 m
The Whistler Buoy (Point Loma)
Groundfish Management Area —
84
Top: YellowtailPEAK SEASON
Yellowtail 84 · California Halibut 83
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2 kt W
H 10:44 PM · 1.5 m
L 4:40 AM · 0.3 m

The Point Loma Kelp Beds sit off San Diego along an outer-exposed rock reef, where kelp-covered structure runs from 20 to 60 feet deep. Calico Bass hold tight to the kelp and peak in June and July, worked with plastics on leadheads or live sardines and anchovies, while Yellowtail move through from July into September and respond to live bait and yo-yo jigging over the reef. White Seabass build through spring into July and take live squid and sardine along the deeper edges, and California Sheephead feed on the rock through summer on squid strips, cut squid, and rock crab fished on the bottom. Cooler months turn the focus to Rockfish and Lingcod, with dropper-loop squid and mackerel strips for the aggregate and vertical iron jigs or swimbaits on leadheads for Lingcod from October into February. Halibut work the sand pockets adjacent to the reef on drifted live anchovies and sardines through the spring window.

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