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San Mateo Point

33.38°N · 117.60°W

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Best score for the day · 6 PM
85/100
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
3.0 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
2 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Choppy
3.0 ft
Air temp
71°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
31% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 3.0ft Rising ▲. Current +1.4kn Flood. Wind 2kn WSW G3. Sea 3.0ft Chop. Air 70.5°.
Why this score
Current
0.4 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
Lingcod Catch & releaseCalico Bass ClosedCalifornia Sheephead Retention openWhite Seabass Catch & releaseCalifornia Halibut Retention openKelp Bass Retention openCalifornia Scorpionfish Retention open
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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
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

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San Mateo Point
Groundfish Management Area —
82
Top: California SheepheadPEAK SEASON
California Sheephead 82 · Leopard Shark 82 · California Halibut 81
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2 kt W
H 10:50 PM · 1.5 m
L 4:45 AM · 0.3 m
San Mateo Point
Groundfish Management Area Southern
82
Top: Barred Sand BassSHOULDER SEASON
Barred Sand Bass 82 · Yellowtail 82 · California Sheephead 82
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3 kt SW
H 10:50 PM · 1.5 m
L 4:45 AM · 0.3 m
Pendleton Artificial Reef (Camp Pendleton Reef)
Groundfish Management Area —
82
Top: California SheepheadPEAK SEASON
California Sheephead 82 · California Halibut 81
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2 kt W
H 10:50 PM · 1.5 m
L 4:45 AM · 0.3 m
Pendleton Artificial Reef (Camp Pendleton Reef)
Groundfish Management Area —
84
Top: California SheepheadSHOULDER SEASON
California Sheephead 84
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3 kt SW
H 10:50 PM · 1.5 m
L 4:45 AM · 0.3 m

San Mateo Point is an outer-exposed sand flat off San Diego, running 20 to 60 feet deep along open bottom that draws fish onto the shallows. Calico Bass peak here in June and July, while White Seabass hold from March through July and California Halibut concentrate March through June across the sand. Yellowtail and California Sheephead move in from July into September, and Lingcod take over the cooler stretch from October through February. Halibut respond to drift fishing with live anchovies, live sardines, or swimbaits worked over the flat, and White Seabass come to live squid, sardine, or mackerel fished on the bottom. For the winter Lingcod bite, vertical jigging with heavy iron or swimbaits on lead heads covers the deeper end of the range.

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