Carmel Bay (Butterfly House)
Carmel Bay (Butterfly House)

Carmel Bay (Butterfly House)

Diving Conditions Today
Fair-Good
Element Conditions · Updated 21 hr ago

2 ft entry surf, light wind, falling tide, viz likely 35 ft.

Visibility
35–40ft
Epic
Updated 21 hr ago
Wind
4mph
NW
5 mph
Onshore
NOAA HRRR·GFS · 1 hr ago
Swell
3.1ft
14s · NW
NOAA GFS-Wave · 49 min ago
Surf
2–3ft
Chest high
NOAA GFS-Wave · 49 min ago
Current
0.4kt
N drift
Ocean model · 59 min ago
Water temp
65°F
3/2 mm fullsuit
Ocean model · 59 min ago
Tide
1:07am-0.2ft
8:11am4.3ft
1:02pm2.7ft
6:46pm5.3ft
Now
3am6am9amNoon3pm6pm9pm
NOAA tides
79°H:79° L:57°·Clear
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About Carmel Bay (Butterfly House)

The Central Coast's marquee legal water: granite pinnacles and kelp off Scenic Road, with big lingcod in the deep cracks. Legality: Carmel Bay SMCA allows recreational finfish take. Hard edges: Carmel Pinnacles SMR offshore, and Point Lobos SMR starts at 36°31.70'N, Monastery Beach is CLOSED, stay north of Ribera Road.

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