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Abalone Cove

33.74°N · 118.38°W

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Best score for the day · 12 PM
85/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 10 PM PDT

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Tide ebbing
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Conditions
Time
10 PM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
4.8 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
3 kn
NW · steady
Sea state
Choppy
3.0 ft
Air temp
70°
Warm
Weather
Clear
7% cloud
Hour 10 PM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 4.8ft Rising ▲. Current +0.6kn Flood. Wind 3kn NW G3. Sea 3.0ft Chop. Air 69.8°.
Why this score
Current
0.3 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Barred Sand Bass
Retention open
Daily limit
4 per day
Possession
4 in possession
Size
Minimum 14"
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Open year-round. Combined bag limit of 5 fish (Paralabrax species) in any combination, but no more than 4 barred sand bass may be taken. Minimum size 14 inches total length or 10 inches alternate length.
Other species here
Anchovy ClosedMackerel ClosedCabezon ClosedCalico Bass ClosedCalifornia Sheephead Retention openLeopard Shark Retention openCalifornia Halibut Retention openKelp Bass Retention open
Always check with CDFW ↗

Source: CDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Barred Sand Bass is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Barred Sand Bass
~3 more weeks in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
10-60 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Outer Exposed

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Abalone Cove is an outer-exposed kelp reef off Santa Monica, California, where rocky bottom structure runs from about 10 to 60 feet deep. The reef holds Calico Bass that peak from April through August, California Sheephead from April through September, and California Halibut through the spring into July, with Barred Sand Bass and Leopard Shark filling out the warmer months. Calico Bass respond to plastics worked over the rock—swimbaits, soft plastic grubs, and leadhead jigs—while halibut come on drift fishing with live anchovies, sardines, or smelt across the sand-and-rock edges. Sheephead hold tight to the reef and take squid, live shrimp, cut mackerel, or crab fished on the bottom. Leopard Shark move in from April through August and are caught by soaking squid or mackerel on the bottom, and Cabezon take over the cooler stretch from September through April on rockfish jigging with shrimp flies or leadhead jigs.

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