Yellowbanks (Santa Cruz Island)
Yellowbanks (Santa Cruz Island)

Yellowbanks (Santa Cruz Island)

Diving Conditions Today
Poor-Fair
Element Conditions · Updated 1 d ago

2 ft SSW swell at 14s is holding viz to 33 ft.

Visibility
30–35ft
Epic
Updated 1 d ago
Wind
18mph
NW
21 mph
Onshore
NOAA HRRR·GFS · 1 hr ago
Swell
1.9ft
14s · SSW
NOAA GFS-Wave · 1 hr ago
Surf
2–3ft
Chest high
NOAA GFS-Wave · 1 hr ago
Current
0.7kt
SE drift
Ocean model · 1 hr ago
Water temp
72°F
2 mm springsuit
Ocean model · 1 hr ago
Tide
12:33am-0.1ft
7:30am4.4ft
12:28pm2.7ft
6:14pm5.5ft
Now
3am6am9amNoon3pm6pm9pm
NOAA tides
88°H:96° L:75°·Clear
Dive reports
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By the divers who swim it.

About Yellowbanks (Santa Cruz Island)

The southeast corner of Santa Cruz Island: April–June white seabass over the kelp at Yellowbanks and Smugglers. Legality: Open waters. Scorpion SMR (no-take) covers the NE anchorage, stay south/east of it.

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