Boomer Kelp Forest

Boomer Kelp Forest

Diving Conditions Today
Poor-Fair
Element Conditions · Updated 2 hr ago

Viz above normal at 15 ft, moderate wind, rising tide.

VisibilityObserved
15–20ft
Fair
Scripps Pier Cam · 42m ago
Wind
10mph
N
16 mph
Onshore
NOAA HRRR·GFS · 1 hr ago
Swell
2.1ft
14s · SSW
NOAA GFS-Wave · 1 hr ago
Surf
2–3ft
Chest high
NOAA GFS-Wave · 1 hr ago
Current
0.4kt
E drift
Ocean model · 1 hr ago
Water temp
75°F
Boardshorts
Ocean model · 1 hr ago
Tide
7:09am4.2ft
12:05pm2.5ft
5:55pm5.4ft
Now
3am6am9amNoon3pm6pm9pm
NOAA tides
84°H:98° L:69°·Clear
SPScripps Pier Cam3:18p

Scripps Pier Cam observation: visibility 13–16 ft (auto, medium confidence). The right-edge 4 ft piling is crisp with individual algal/mussel growth resolved, and the 11 ft piling behind the kelp reads as a solid, slightly softened column. The back-left 14 ft piling shows as a low-contrast silhouette with only a hint of its horizontal brace, and nothing registers at the 30 ft position. Water is bright blue-green with moderate particulate haze in the lower frame.

JGJust Get Wet10:26a

Good visibility (15-25 ft) with blue water and cleaner pockets emerging; light 1-3 ft swell and calm surface conditions. Best window earlier in the day before modest onshore winds arrive and as tide pushes cleaner water in through afternoon.

By the divers who swim it.

About Boomer Kelp Forest

Boomer Beach, just south of La Jolla Cove. Rocky surf-exposed entry; advanced freedive and bodysurf spot with resident sea lions. Part of the La Jolla ecological reserve, no take.

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