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Dive Conditions -- Monterey's weather and surf conditions change rapidly. The links below will help you check the current and forecasted conditions for you next trip to Monterey.

Wave Models

• Wave Model Watch
• Monterey Buoy Wave Height / Long Term Swell
• Today's Wave Model
• Three Day Wave Model Forecast
• Monterey Buoy Data
• Point Cabrillo CDIP Buoy
• FNMOC Wave Watch 3
• Stormsurf.com, NCAL Report
  

Forecasts

• Monterey Bay Tide Tables
• Monterey Bay Coastal Marine Forecast
• San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey Coastal Marine Forecast
• National Weather Service - Monterey Bay California
• Visibility Forecasts

Web Cams

• Del Monte Beach Web Cam
  
• Monterey Bay Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Lover's Cove Web Cam
• Whaler's Cove Web Cam- Pt. Lobos
  

Other Observations

• Health Dept - Monterey Water Quality

Divers from around the world come to this National Marine Sanctuary to enjoy the magic of the kelp forests and the life they support. Seals, otters and sea lions play in the colorful shallows and may even accompany you on your dive. Rockfish grouper and lingcod peer at you from the rocky reefs while starfish carpet the floor and nudibranchs and abalone accent the menagerie.  Following are links to some of our favorite guides to these great sites:

• California North Shore Diving Guide
• BAUE Guide to Diving at Point Lobos
• Monastery Beach
• Mono-Lobo Wall
• Butterfly House
• Copper Roof House
• Stillwater Cove
• Point Pinos
• Coral Street Beach
• Aumentos Reef
• Otter Cove
• Lover's Point
• McAbee Beach

A database of nearly every fish identified by science. http://www.fishbase.org/

An encyclopedia of whales, dolphins and porpoises http://www.cetacea.org/

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary - provides a wealth of information on the creatures and communities found within the national marine sanctuary http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/sitechar/bio.html

The Slug Site - plenty of info and photos of west coast nudibranchs can be found on this Web site http://slugsite.tierranet.com/

The Marine Mammal Center is a private, nonprofit organization based in Sausalito, California that rescues, rehabilitates and releases orphaned, injured, or stranded marine mammals along a thousand mile stretch of California coastline, from Mendocino County to San Luis Obispo County, including the entire San Francisco Bay Area. The center conducts research into marine mammal health and immunology, and provides educational programs.
http://www.tmmc.org/

DirPedia.com - combining a dictionary, an encyclopedia and a web directory

General Interest

Point Lobos State Reserve
http://pt-lobos.parks.state.ca.us/Scuba.htm

Monterey Bay Aquarium
http://www.mbayaq.org/

Divers Alert Network - offers 24 hour medical advice in diving emergencies, great books on scuba diving physiology and latest research, as well as providing insurance for the scuba diver at large
http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/

The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary - provides a wealth of information about the Channel Islands
http://www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov/

David Laird’s Blue: Spearfishing the Californias
http://www.freedive.net/videos/blue.htm

Monterey Hotel Guide
http://monterey.hotelguide.net/  

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1119 Industrial Road, Suite G
San Carlos, California 94070
phone: (650) 591-5641
fax: (650) 591-5924