California Diving News Dive SitesDive Flag

The California Diving News has published a lot of great California dive site descriptions, and put them on the CDN website, but there's no way to find a given site, or all the sites in a given area. I put together this index which covers February 1999 through March 2008, except for March 2005 which is for some reason "temporarily" unavailable (me thinks there was some disaster that caused them to lose the files).  Note that some sites have been reviewed more than once, often by different authors with different viewpoints.  
Also, CDN moved their website from http://www.saintbrendan.com to http://www.cadivingnews.com starting with the October 2006 issue.  They seem to be gradually working their way backwards copying their old issues to the new site, and creating an index of the dive sites containing the ones on the new site.

If I've put a site in the wrong area, or messed up one of the links, please let me know and I'll fix it.   Also, if the links to saintbrendan.com stop working, please let me know and I'll look into it.

Chuck Tribolet, triblet@garlic.com
 

Northern California

North Coast

Albion Cove
Anchor Bay
Caspar Cove
Collins Landing
Cuffey's Cove
Elk
Fisk Mill Cove
Gerstle Cove
South Kibesillah
Kruse Ranch
Ocean Cove
Public Easements
Salt Point Park, South Cove
Stillwater Cove
Three Best Abalone Sites for Beginners
Van Damme State Park

Farallon Islands

Overview of Islands

Monterey Bay

Aquarium Reef
Aquarium Reef
Aumentos Reef
Aumentos Reef
Aumentos Reef
The Breakwater, aka Coast Guard Pier, aka San Carlos Beach
The Breakwater, aka Coast Guard Pier, aka San Carlos Beach
Inner Chase Reef
Chase Reef Mystery Wreck
Coral Street
Del Monte Beach
Del Monte Beach
Eric's Pinnacle
Eric's Pinnacle
Hidden Beach, aka Aeneas Beach
Hopkins Deep Reef
Hopkins Deep Reef
Hopkins State Marine Reserve
Lover's Point
Lover's Point
McAbee Beach
McAbee Beach
McAbee Beach
Otter Cove
Otter Cove
Pt. Pinos
San Carlos Beach
Wharf #2

Seventeen-Mile Drive

North Cypress Point
Point Joe

Carmel Bay

Bluefish Cove
Butterfly House
Outer Butterfly Reef
Carmel Meadows
Carmel River Beach
Castle House
Cathedrals
Copper Roof
Copper Roof
East Pinnacle
Lingcod Reef
Local's Ledge
Local's Ledge
Monastery Beach
North Monastery Beach
South Monastery Beach
Mono-Lobo Wall
The Pinnacles
The Pinnacles
Stillwater Cove
Stillwater Cove

Big Sur

Big Sur
Diablo Pinnacles
Diablo Pinnacles
Gibson Beach
Jade Cove
Jade Cove
Lobos Rocks
Lobos Rocks

Lake Tahoe

Rubicon Wall
Sand Harbor

Inland

Tassajarra River Gorge
Lake Alamanor

Southern California

San Miguel Island and Richardson Rock

Overview of Island
Foul Area
Point Bennett
Point Bennett
Lover's Cove
Richardson Rock
Richardson Rock
Tyler Bight
Wilson Rock
Wycoff Ledge
Wycoff Ledge

Santa Rosa Island

Overview of Island
Aggi Wreck
Bee Rock
East End Pinnacles
South Point
Talcott Shoal
Talcott Shoal

Santa Cruz Island

Overview of Island
Albert Anchorage
Big Rock
Drop-Off
Drop-Off Reef
Flame Reef
Fraser Cove, aka West Cove
Fraser Pt,
Little Scorpion
Wreck of the Peacock
Quail Rock
Red Bluff
Ruby Rock
Sandstone Point
Towers Ledge

Anacapa Island

Overview of Island
The Ab Spot
Arch Rock Cove
Cathedral Cove
The Channels
Coral Reef
Coral Reef
The Gap
Gunsight Reef
Goldfish Bowl
Island Reef
Landing Cove
Landing Cove Point
Parallel Reef
Pelican Preserve
Rat Rock
Underwater Arch
West End
West End Cove
Winfield Scott Wreck

San Nicolas Island and Begg Rock

Overview of Island
Begg Rock
East End

Santa Barbara Island

Black Cavern
Overview of Island
Sea Lion Rookery
Sea Lion Rookery
Sea Lion Rookery
Shag Rock
Sutil Pass
Sutil Island

Santa Catalina Island

Overview of Island
Overview of Avalon
Advanced Dives
Arrow Point
Avalon Underwater Park
Beginner Dives
Big Geiger Cove
Big Geiger Cove
Big Geiger Cove
Bird Rock
Bird Rock Wall
Black Rock Point
Blue Cavern East
Blue Cavern Point
Buttonshell
Casino Point West End Wrecks
Casino Point, The Easy Way
Cherry Cove South
China Point
Church Rock
Eagle Reef
Eagle Reef
Eagle Reef and West End
East End Rock Quarry
Eel Land
Farnsworth Bank
Farnsworth Bank - Yellow Wall
Fish Dives, Best
Garibaldi Reef
Garibaldi Reef
Goat Harbor
Goat Harbor
Hen Rock
Hen Rock
Hen Rock
Hen Rock
Howland's Landing Wall
Indian Rock
Iron Bound Cove
Isthmus Reef
Isthmus Reef
Isthmus Reef
Italian Gardens
Johnson's Rocks
Landslide Point
Little Farnsworth
Little Geiger Cove
Long Point
Long Point
Lover's Cove
Lulu Reef
Long Point
Parson's Landing
Pebbly Beach, Arrow Point
Sea Fan Grotto
Sea Fan Grotto
Shark Bite Rock
Ship Rock
Ship Rock
Ship Rock
SueJac Wreck
SueJac Wreck
Torqua Springs
Unknown and Rarely Visited Dive Sites
Valient Wreck
Virgin Reef 
White Rocks, aka Sea Fan Grotto

San Clemente Island

Overview of Island
Disneyland, aka Little Flower
East End Reef
Fishhook
Hole-In-The-Wall
Little Flower
Inside the Outside Boiler
Pyramid Head Cove
Second Boiler

Other Offshore Dives

Platform Grace
Platform Holly

San Luis Obispo County Mainland Dives

Spooner's Cove, Montana de Oro

Santa Barbara County Mainland Dives

Gaviota State Beach
Gaviota/Refugio Vista Point
Gosford Wreck
Isla Vista
Ken's Cave
Naples Reef
Naples Reef

Ventura County Mainland Dives

Hueneme Marine Canyon
La Jenelle Artificial Reef
Silver Strand Beach

Los Angeles County Mainland Dives

Avalon Wreck
Corral State Beach
Point Dume
La Piedra Beach
Long Point, aka Old Marineland
Malaga Cove
Malaga Cove
Redondo Breakwater
Redondo Fishing Reef
Redondo Submarine Canyon
The Slot, Malibu
Star of Scotland Wreck
Point Vicente Wash Rock
White Point

Orange County Mainland Dives

Aliso Beach
Corona del Mar State Beach, Inspiration Point
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Diver's Cove, Laguna Beach
Divers's Cove to Fishermans's Cove
Fisherman's Cove, Laguna Beach
Picnic Beach, Laguna Beach
Picnic Beach, Laguna Beach
Oil Rigs
Oil Rigs
Salt Creek
Shaw's Cove
Shaw's Cove

San Diego County Mainland and Offshore Dives

Baja La Jolla
Coaster Reef
Cortes Bank
Fish Cannon
Goal Posts
La Jolla Cove
Goldfish Point
The Keyhole
La Jolla/Scripps Canyon
Marine Street
Missle Tower
NOSC Tower Wreck
NOSC Tower Wreck
Pillbox
Powerhouse
P-38 Lightning Wreck
Ruby E
Scripps Canyon
Sleeper Dive Spots
Three Fingers Reef, aka 7-Fathom Reef, aka Tower Reef
Three Best Fish Dives: Marine Room, 3-Fingers, Los Coronados
Yukon
Yukon
Yukon
Yukon
Zuniga Point

Other

California's Fishiest Divers

Mexico

La Bufadora
Los Coronados
Isla de Gaudalupe
Guadalupe Great White Sharks
Guadalupe Great White Sharks

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