Kelp forest
down to 17 m
Goal Posts (Point Loma)
Rocky reefs rising 15–20 ft from a 45–50 ft bottom inside one of Southern California's largest kelp forests.
- Open Water
Advanced≤30 m
Yukon (Wreck Alley)
Dive site in San Diego & La Jolla, United States
A 366-ft Canadian destroyer escort lying on her port side at 60–102 ft, carpeted in Corynactis and Metridium anemones.
- Usual dive
- 26 m
- Deepest point
- 31 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Jun–Nov
- Entry
- By boat
- Current
- Strong
The story
The 366-foot Canadian destroyer escort Yukon was towed 1.85 miles off Mission Beach for a planned sinking on July 14, 2000. Mother Nature intervened: high winds and waves came up the night before, and she sank hard on her port side.
Source: cadivingnews.com
The dive
A wreck and artificial reef dive from a boat. Known for nudibranchs and scorpionfish.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: cadivingnews.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
- The site goes deeper than 30 m: Advanced divers stay above 30 m.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck, Artificial reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Nudibranchs
- Scorpionfish
- Halibut
- Lingcod
- Anemones
Season in San Diego & La Jolla
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Jun–Nov.
Source: divessi.comPrices in San Diego & La Jolla
- One dive
- €87–166
- Try dive
- €188
- Open Water course
- €407–671
Prices found at the area's dive centres, not specific to this site. Details and sources
Where is San Diego & La Jolla?
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- Advanced
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About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.