Mackerel Bank
Conditions & tides
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About this site
Mackerel Bank lies off San Clemente Island, one of the more remote of California's Channel Islands, southwest of the Los Angeles basin. Sites along this island are typically reached by boat, often on multi-day trips out of Southern California harbors given the island's distance from the mainland.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Risso's DolphinGrampus griseusReported here · unconfirmed
California Sea LionZalophus californianusReported here · unconfirmed
Kelp BassParalabrax clathratusReported here · unconfirmed
GaribaldiHypsypops rubicundusReported here · unconfirmed
California ScorpionfishScorpaena guttataReported here · unconfirmed
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatusReported here · unconfirmed
Blacksmith ChromisChromis punctipinnisReported here · unconfirmed
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