Ship Rock (Isthmus)

Ship Rock (Isthmus)

Diving Conditions Today
Fair-Good
Element Conditions · Updated 22 hr ago

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

VisibilityObserved
30–35ft
Epic
Catalina Cam · 1h ago
Wind
6mph
SW
6 mph
Onshore
NOAA HRRR·GFS · 2 hr ago
Swell
1.6ft
14s · SW
NOAA GFS-Wave · 1 hr ago
Surf
2–3ft
Chest high
NOAA GFS-Wave · 1 hr ago
Current
0.2kt
WNW drift
Ocean model · 2 hr ago
Water temp
74°F
2 mm springsuit
Ocean model · 2 hr ago
Tide
7:15am4.2ft
12:08pm2.7ft
5:54pm5.3ft
Now
3am6am9amNoon3pm6pm9pm
NOAA tides
90°H:92° 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 Ship Rock (Isthmus)

The kelp-ringed offshore rock off Two Harbors. Pelagics-only by law, yellowtail and bonito in season. REGULATION: only pelagic finfish and white seabass may be taken by spear here, no resident reef fish. Legality: Blue Cavern Offshore SMCA: pelagics + white seabass by spear only. Bird Rock nearby is inside the no-take Blue Cavern Onshore SMCA.

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