Scuba diving in Cypress
Cypress is a southern California city located on
the northern in Orange County. Its beautiful sandy beaches
and rocky terrace offer a variety of diving activities. The
special location near Santa Catalina Island gives it an
advantage for scuba diving. Cypress dive sites are home to
colorful rockfish and kelp forests which make an excellent
photographic environment.
Always dive according to your level of training. Never enter
the water without checking with
Cypress dive centers for
safety, additional information, level required for each dive
site and without being accompanied by a professional. All
the information provided is purely informative for our
readers and shouldn't be used as is to plan your immersion.
Average annual temperature: Between 20°C and 28°C (69° F and
83° F).
Visibility often averaging: Visibility is between 20 and 40
feet (6 to 12 meters).
Coldest time: December
Warmest time: August
Possible to dive all year round.
The huge diversity of dive sites near Cypress give you the
chance to choose what suits you best. The Channel island
area is famous for its kelp forests, which is home to many
kinds of
underwater creatures. This spot is famous for
underwater photography and offers great beach dives for the
novice and adventurous divers.
Some of dive sites near Cypress:
Old Marineland is a beautiful spot. It has more nudibranch
species than any other place in southern California. The
reef is covered with sea fans and colorful gorgonians. The
site is at a depth of 35 to 55 feet (10 to 16 meters). You
may see octopus, rockfish, lingcod, cabezon, scorpionfish
and many more aqua species.
Shaw's Cove is a great dive site at a depth of 10 to 45 feet
(3 to 13 meters). This sandy beach is famous for the
abundance of sea life like garibaldi, blacksmith, and sheephead. If you are lucky you would be encountered with
horn sharks, halibut, blennies and moray eels.
Santa Catalina is one of the best diving destinations in
southern California. The colorful nature and the diversity
of marine life are very unique in this area. It is famous
for its kelp forests which are home to a huge diversity of
small fish. If you are looking for new adventure try shark
diving, the island is famous for having few species of
sharks.
Talcott Shoal is a great intermediate dive site in near
Santa Catalina Island. It provides every thing a diver would
look for. It is at a depth ranging from 20 to 90 feet (6 to
27 meters) with good visibility from 20 to 40 feet (6 to 12
meters). Its rocky bottom is encrusted with sponges, sea
stars, nudibranchs, and urchins which make a favorable spot
for underwater photography. Look for small fish hiding among
the coralline algae and bigger fish like sheephead, gopher
and grass rockfish. Also you can find seals and sea lions
hunt here along with sevengill sharks
Crescent Bay is a shallow dive site. It is at a depth of 15
to 35 feet (4 to 10 meters) with a good visibility from 10
to 20 feet (3 to 6 meters). It is home to many kinds of aqua
life including reef fish, schooling fish, lobster, octopus
as well as bats rays, cabezon, halibut, moray eel and sea
lion.
Reef Point is a great dive site at a depth range of 30 to 40
feet (9 to 12 meters). The site is home to garibaldi,
blacksmith, sand bass, and senoritas and bats rays can be
found in here.
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