CA water temperature

[aujax]

I was wondering if someone could tell me what the water temperature is like as you go down the coast of California. I dove Monterey in June and it was pretty chilly. Does it get warmer as you go south? Does it get warmer depending on the season?

thanks!
aujax

 

[Dryglove]

Its about the same temp as monterey in central california near cambria, morro bay, montan de oro, etc. I wouldnt know about further south.

 

[Arnaud]

aujax once bubbled...
I was wondering if someone could tell me what the water temperature is like as you go down the coast of California. I dove Monterey in June and it was pretty chilly. Does it get warmer as you go south? Does it get warmer depending on the season?

thanks!
aujax

The bottom stays pretty much the same. What changes depending on the season is the depth of the thermocline. After that, you have to factor in the currents and the exposure of the particular site you're diving. For instance, Catalina is usually warmer than the coast by a few degrees.

Overall, expect low 50's on average over here.

 

[JustAddWater]

The shallow depths get warmer beginning around Point Conception, close to Santa Barbara. Once again weather and currents can influence this.

 

[heymonkey]

Dove La Jolla this weekend (10/11) and the temps were in the low to mid 60's down to about 40 ft. I have no idea if this is usual for this time of year, but I was quite comfortable in 7mm.

:wanna:

 

[scubasean]

Nice to hear those temps...I'll be in La Jolla between XMAS and New Years...

Monterey(Breakwater) today was 57F at the surface, and 52F at 50 feet.

Sean

 

[RichLockyer]

Surface temps at Catalina tend to range from a low of 55 to a high of 70... maybe 75 if you're lucky.

I've never seen it above 59 at 110ft on the back side of Catalina, nor below 50.

 

[drbill]

Just downloaded my computer from today's three dives. Max depth of 61 (looking for a turtle that was sighted in the park today), min temp 64. I got 59 at 70 ft yesterday.

Dr. Bill

 

[JustAddWater]

How was the visibility, Dr Bill? Has it improved any the past few weeks?

 

[Frank O]

drbill once bubbled...
looking for a turtle that was sighted in the park today

Funny, I heard some people talking about that and thought it was a joke.

From my vantage point, vis at Casino Point was somewhat better today than last week -- up to ~35 ft (per my Suunto watch after I freedived to the deepest spot I could make out from the surface). Sunny for a change, which was nice except that the dappled sunlight in the shallows kept causing false fires of my sensor-controlled strobes. Seemed to be a lot of cleaner action -- senoritas and small kelp perch everywhere, picking away at anything bigger that came along (including my fins). I think I saw Bucky (the resident big-daddy sheephead), but oddly, he was skittish and didn't want to hang around a diver that mimicked the up-and-down motions of marine mammals ...