Carmel Bay
Carmel Bay

Carmel Bay

Diving Conditions Today
Very Good
Element Conditions · Updated 1 d ago

2 ft entry surf, light wind, rising tide, viz likely 33 ft.

Visibility
30–35ft
Epic
Updated 1 d ago
Wind
6mph
W
7 mph
Onshore
NOAA HRRR·GFS · 3 hr ago
Swell
3.2ft
8s · NW
NOAA GFS-Wave · 3 hr ago
Surf
2–3ft
Chest high
NOAA GFS-Wave · 3 hr ago
Current
0.5kt
ENE drift
Ocean model · 3 hr ago
Water temp
66°F
3/2 mm fullsuit
Ocean model · 3 hr ago
Tide
1:07am-0.2ft
8:11am4.3ft
1:02pm2.7ft
6:46pm5.3ft
Now
3am6am9amNoon3pm6pm9pm
NOAA tides
69°H:79° L:57°·Clear
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About Carmel Bay

Dive area in Carmel Bay SMCA. Rocky reefs, kelp forests, sandy seafloor, surfgrass, tidepools; blue rockfish, striped seaperch, cabezon, lingcod. Shore at Stillwater Cove; scuba near Pescadero Rocks. Take rule: Recreational finfish; commercial kelp by hand. (Source: CA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife.)

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