Eagle Reef
Dive site
A submerged offshore reef that drops steeply to 30 metres and beyond, attracting the largest concentrations of pelagic life in Catalina's dive zone. Blue sharks cruise the deep blue edge in summer, bat rays glide over sandy shelves, and schooling rockfish boil at mid-water in such numbers they block out light. The kelp here grows in isolated towers rather than continuous forest, giving the dive a more dramatic, open feel than shore sites.
Conditions
Depth
8 to 35 m
Advanced depths
Current
Usually gentle
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
12 to 24 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
13 to 22°C
5mm wetsuit
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 |
| Vis (m) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Current | Moderate | Moderate | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
Your chances of seeing each animal
Bat ray
Photo: craigjhowe · CC BY-NC-ND
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Vermilion rockfish
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Blue shark
Rare
Now and then
Giant black sea bass
Photo: Phil Garner · © all rights reserved
Rare
Now and then
Pacific electric ray
Rare
Now and then
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