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Spirit of America lies off the Southern California coast near Ventura, in the waters around the Santa Barbara Channel. It is rated an intermediate dive, and divers have reported California sheephead, kelp bass, blacksmith chromis, and California spiny lobster around the site, along with purple and red sea urchins and warty sea cucumbers on the bottom.
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.
Kelp BassParalabrax clathratusReported here · unconfirmed
California Spiny LobsterPanulirus interruptusReported here · unconfirmed
Blacksmith ChromisChromis punctipinnisReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea UrchinMesocentrotus franciscanusReported here · unconfirmed
Pacific Purple Sea UrchinStrongylocentrotus purpuratusReported here · unconfirmed
Warty sea cucumberApostichopus parvimensisReported here · unconfirmed
California SheepheadBodianus pulcherReported here · unconfirmed
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