Catalina · SMCA

Blue Cavern Offshore State Marine Conservation Area

The regulation, in CDFW’s words

It is unlawful to injure, damage, take, or possess any living, geological, or cultural marine resource, EXCEPT: Recreational take of market squid by hand-held dip net, pelagic finfish (northern anchovy, barracudas, billfishes, dorado (dolphinfish), Pacific herring, jack mackerel, Pacific mackerel, salmon, Pacific sardine, blue shark, salmon shark, shortfin mako shark, thresher shark, swordfish, tunas, Pacific bonito, and yellowtail) by hook-and-line or by spearfishing, and white seabass by spearfishing is allowed. Commercial take of pelagic finfish (no commercial take of marlin is allowed) by hook-and-line, and swordfish by harpoon is allowed.

California Code of Regulations, Title 14, §632(b)(125) · 7.7 sq mi · CDFW page for this area

Regulations change. This is what the page said when it was read; check CDFW before you take anything.

The boundary, for a chartplotter

1. 33° 27.500′ N 118° 27.000′ W33.45833, -118.45000
2. 33° 29.970′ N 118° 27.000′ W33.49950, -118.45000
3. 33° 30.810′ N 118° 29.300′ W33.51350, -118.48833
4. 33° 27.500′ N 118° 29.300′ W33.45833, -118.48833
5. 33° 27.500′ N 118° 27.000′ W33.45833, -118.45000

Between the second and third points the boundary follows the three nautical mile offshore line, not a straight line.

Download GPX Corner waypoints plus the boundary as a track. Loads into Garmin, Raymarine, Simrad and Lowrance plotters, and into Navionics, Aqua Map and iNavX. A navigation aid, not the legal boundary — GPS error and a mean-high-tide landward edge mean you should not shave the line.

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