Blue Cavern

Blue Cavern

Diving Conditions Today
Fair
Element Conditions · Updated 23 hr ago

2 ft SW swell at 14s is holding viz to 32 ft.

VisibilityObserved
30–35ft
Epic
Catalina Cam · 2h ago
Wind
14mph
NW
16 mph
Onshore
NOAA HRRR·GFS · 3 hr ago
Swell
1.7ft
14s · SW
NOAA GFS-Wave · 2 hr ago
Surf
2–3ft
Chest high
NOAA GFS-Wave · 2 hr ago
Current
0.2kt
WNW drift
Ocean model · 2 hr ago
Water temp
75°F
2 mm springsuit
Ocean model · 2 hr ago
Tide
7:15am4.2ft
12:08pm2.7ft
5:54pm5.3ft
Now
3am6am9amNoon3pm6pm9pm
NOAA tides
74°H:77° L:74°·Clear
CCCatalina Cam11:53a

Catalina Cam observation: visibility 25–40 ft (auto, medium confidence). No highlights/replay badge, frames show live blue water with no dock pilings in view. Nearby reef rock at lower left is reasonably crisp, and small blacksmith-sized fish (~8 in) appear as small but recognizable dark shapes mid-frame, implying roughly 25-35 ft; the sand/cobble bottom at lower right fades into haze at a similar range, and the far water column is featureless blue haze with a visible light-scatter cast. Nothing distinct remains beyond that, so I put visibility in the 25-40 ft band, a bit under the October average.

By the divers who swim it.

About Blue Cavern

Dive area in Blue Cavern Offshore SMCA. Catalina deep reefs (Isthmus Reef, Ship Rock), rocky reefs, kelp forests, sandy seafloor; California sheephead, kelp bass, spiny lobster, rockfish, lingcod. Boat via Two Harbors; diving and snorkeling popular. Take rule: Recreational squid, pelagic finfish, white seabass (spear) allowed. (Source: CA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife.)

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