Wharf
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About this site
This site lies near Monterey, California, along the Monterey Peninsula on the central coast, where a wharf structure extends into Monterey Bay within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Divers here have reported bat stars, blue rockfish, giant sea stars, gumboot chitons, purple sea urchins, and red sea urchins clustered around the pilings. The wharf's pilings and surrounding bottom provide the kind of structure that draws these encrusting and grazing species in the sheltered bay waters.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Pacific Purple Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus purpuratusReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea UrchinMesocentrotus franciscanusReported here · unconfirmed
Giant Sea StarPisaster giganteusReported here · unconfirmed
Bat StarPatiria miniataReported here · unconfirmed
Blue RockfishSebastes mystinusReported here · unconfirmed
Gumboot ChitonCryptochiton stelleriReported here · unconfirmed
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