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Leo Carrillo Kelp

34.04°N · 118.93°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
84/100
GOOD

Now 79 · 1 PM PDT

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
4.7 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Choppy
3.0 ft
Air temp
70°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 79 Good. Tide 4.7ft Falling ▼. Current -1.3kn Ebb. Wind 5kn W G5. Sea 3.0ft Chop. Air 70.3°.
Why this score
Tide
Mid flood
Prime
Pressure
1012 hPa
Prime
Swell
2.4 ft
Prime

Current regulations

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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. Daily bag/possession limit is 10 fish. 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
Kelp Greenling ClosedCalifornia Barracuda ClosedLingcod Catch & releaseCabezon ClosedOcean Whitefish Retention openCalico Bass ClosedCalifornia Sheephead Retention openWhite Seabass Retention openCoho Salmon Closed
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
~5 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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Leo Carrillo Kelp is an outer-exposed kelp reef off Santa Monica, set over rocky bottom in 20 to 60 feet of water. White Seabass moves through the kelp from March into July, overlapping with Calico Bass from April to August and Yellowtail from May through October, while Cabezon holds along the reef from September into April. Working live squid, live sardines, or live mackerel through the kelp targets White Seabass, and yo-yo iron or surface iron pulls Yellowtail off the same structure. Calico Bass hold tight to the rock, where swimbaits, soft plastic grubs, and leadhead jigs worked along the edges produce. For bottom-oriented fish, rockfish jigging with shrimp flies or leadhead jigs with swimbaits reaches Cabezon, and dropper loops with squid strips or cut mackerel bring up Ocean Whitefish through the summer.

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