Santa Monica Fishing Report
Updated . Scores and conditions are for this date and refresh through the day.
Slow day around Santa Monica on October 31, 2026. Barred Sand Bass, peak window 7 AM to 7 PM, 12 fishable hours. Kelp Bass is the species recent catch reports point to around Santa Monica.
Forecast scores cover 24 of 24 spots around Santa Monica today.
Conditions
- Water
- 73°F
- Wind
- 5 kt from the S
Daylight readings across the spots that scored. Wind is the mean, not the gust.
Best windows today
Each window is the forecast at the spot leading that species today. Fishable hours are a count, and they can fall outside the peak window when the bite splits.
- Barred Sand BassPeak window 7 AM to 7 PM12 fishable hours
Leading spot: Marina Del Rey Artificial Reef
drift fishing (live anchovies, live sardines, plastic swimbaits)
- BonitoPeak window 7 AM to 7 PM12 fishable hours
Leading spot: The Bubbles
live bait chumming (live anchovies, live sardines)
- California Barracuda12 fishable hours
Leading spot: Redondo Submarine Canyon
trolling (tube lures, spoons, swimbaits)
- California HalibutPeak window 7 AM to 7 PM12 fishable hours
Leading spot: Marina Del Rey Artificial Reef
drift fishing (live anchovies, live sardines, live smelt)
- California ScorpionfishPeak window 7 AM to 7 PM12 fishable hours
Leading spot: Venice Flats
- California SheepheadPeak window 7 AM to 7 PM12 fishable hours
Leading spot: Marina Del Rey Artificial Reef
bottom fishing (live shrimp, squid, cut mackerel)
- Kelp BassPeak window 7 AM to 7 PM12 fishable hours
Leading spot: The Bubbles
- MackerelPeak window 7 AM to 7 PM12 fishable hours
Leading spot: The Bubbles
sabiki rigs (sabiki rigs, small jigs tipped with squid)
- White Seabass12 fishable hours
Leading spot: Redondo Submarine Canyon
live bait fishing (live squid, live sardines, live mackerel)
- YellowtailPeak window 7 AM to 7 PM12 fishable hours
Leading spot: The Bubbles
live bait (live sardines, live mackerel, anchovies)
- Sablefish11 fishable hours
Leading spot: Redondo Submarine Canyon
deep dropping (squid, mackerel strips, sardine)
- Lingcod10 fishable hours
Leading spot: Santa Monica Bay - 9-Mile Bank
vertical jigging (metal jigs, leadhead jigs with swimbaits, shrimp flies)
- Ocean WhitefishPeak window 9 AM to 7 PM10 fishable hours
Leading spot: Santa Monica Artificial Reef
dropper loop (squid strips, cut mackerel, live squid)
- Shiner PerchPeak window 8 AM to 5 PM9 fishable hours
Leading spot: Santa Monica Artificial Reef
- Leopard Shark7 fishable hours
Leading spot: Bit Rock
bait soaking on bottom (squid, mackerel, midshipman)
- Vermilion RockfishPeak window 10 AM to 3 PM6 fishable hours
Leading spot: Short Bank
- sardinePeak window 9 AM to 2 PM5 fishable hours
Leading spot: Marina Del Rey North Jetty
sabiki rigs (multi-hook bait rigs, small flies)
In a strong month
These species rate good or better in October on the season curves for Santa Monica. A species with no curve is left off, not called closed.
- Yellowtail · excellent
- Lingcod · good
- Bonito · good
- Albacore tuna · good
- bluefin tuna · good
- Bonito · excellent
- Cabezon · good
- Cowcod · good
- Flounder / Sole (Flatfish) · good
- Kelp Greenling · good
- sardine · good
- Sculpin · good
- Shrimp including prawn · good
- Skipjack tuna · excellent
- Slope Rockfish · good
- Striped marlin · peak
- Surfperch · good
- Swordfish · peak
- Wahoo · excellent
- Yelloweye Rockfish · good
- Yellowfin tuna · peak
Tides
Read from Santa Monica, Municipal Pier. Santa Monica has no tide gauge of its own; this is the station most of its spots use.
- high tide3:44 AM · 3.5 ft
- low tide6:51 AM · 3.2 ft
- high tide1:26 PM · 5.5 ft
- low tide9:31 PM · -0.1 ft
75 recent reports of fish landed around Santa Monica in the last 21 days across 3 spots. Counted from posts that reported a landing, not from a count of fish.
What you can keep in Santa Monica today
- White SeabassKeep3 a day · min 28"Open at all 14 spots we cover
- YellowtailKeep10 a day · min 24"Open at all 6 spots we cover
- California HalibutKeep5 a day · min 22"Open at all 24 spots we cover
- Kelp BassKeep5 a day · min 14"Open at all 16 spots we cover
- Barred Sand BassKeep5 a day · min 14"Open at all 22 spots we cover
- California SheepheadKeep2 a day · min 12"Open at all 12 spots we cover
- California BarracudaKeep10 a day · min 28"Open at all 8 spots we cover
- LingcodKeep in places2 a day · min 22"Open at 2 of 8 spots we cover
- BonitoKeep10 a day · min 24"Open at all 12 spots we cover
- Albacore tunaKeep10 a dayOpen at all 1 spot we cover
- bluefin tunaKeep2 a dayOpen at all 1 spot we cover
- Leopard SharkKeep3 a day · min 36"Open at all 12 spots we cover
- MackerelKeepOpen at all 3 spots we cover
- Ocean WhitefishKeep10 a dayOpen at all 4 spots we cover
- SablefishKeep10 a dayOpen at all 2 spots we cover
- sardineKeepOpen at all 2 spots we cover
- Shelf RockfishKeep in places10 a dayOpen at 1 of 2 spots we cover
- Shiner PerchKeep20 a dayOpen at all 2 spots we cover
- SurfperchKeep20 a dayOpen at all 1 spot we cover
- Vermilion RockfishKeep2 a dayOpen at all 1 spot we cover
- Yellowfin tunaKeep10 a dayOpen at all 1 spot we cover
- Rockfish (Aggregate)ClosedShut at all 7 spots we cover
- CabezonClosedShut at all 2 spots we cover
- CowcodClosedShut at all 1 spot we cover
- Nearshore RockfishClosedShut at all 1 spot we cover
- Slope RockfishClosedShut at all 1 spot we cover
Rules differ between groundfish management areas and change in season. Check CDFW for the groundfish management area you are fishing before you keep anything.
Common questions about Santa Monica
›What is the Santa Monica fishing report for October 31, 2026?
Slow day around Santa Monica on October 31, 2026. Barred Sand Bass, peak window 7 AM to 7 PM, 12 fishable hours. Kelp Bass is the species recent catch reports point to around Santa Monica.
›Which species is the forecast scoring around Santa Monica today?
Barred Sand Bass, Bonito, California Barracuda, California Halibut, California Scorpionfish, California Sheephead, Kelp Bass, Mackerel, White Seabass, Yellowtail, Sablefish, Lingcod, Ocean Whitefish, Shiner Perch, Leopard Shark, Vermilion Rockfish and sardine have a forecast window or fishable hours around Santa Monica on October 31, 2026.
›What is the water temperature in Santa Monica today?
The daylight water reading for Santa Monica on October 31, 2026 is 73°F.
›How is the wind for fishing in Santa Monica today?
The daylight mean wind around Santa Monica on October 31, 2026 is 5 kt from the S.
›What is biting in Santa Monica right now?
Kelp Bass is the species recent catch reports point to around Santa Monica.
›Which species are in a strong month around Santa Monica in October?
On the season curves for Santa Monica, Yellowtail (excellent), Lingcod (good), Bonito (good), Albacore tuna (good), bluefin tuna (good), Bonito (excellent), Cabezon (good), Cowcod (good), Flounder / Sole (Flatfish) (good), Kelp Greenling (good), sardine (good), Sculpin (good), Shrimp including prawn (good), Skipjack tuna (excellent), Slope Rockfish (good), Striped marlin (peak), Surfperch (good), Swordfish (peak), Wahoo (excellent), Yelloweye Rockfish (good) and Yellowfin tuna (peak) rate good or better in October. A species with no curve is left off, not called closed.