Overview
Two rocky reefs in the La Jolla Kelp Marine Reserve, set near the transition between rocky reef and sand. Relief ranges from low ledges to larger outcroppings with holes, rock fingers, and small cavern-like features.
What to See
Kelp-forest life, reef fish, invertebrates, rocky outcroppings, holes, and small caverns.
Typical Conditions
Open Water+ friendly. Water 50-56°F; visibility 15-40'.
History
Natural rocky reefs in the La Jolla kelp forest.
Photographed here
What our divers have photographed at God's Rock & Quast Rock
34 species and features identified in our own photographs from this site. A record of what has been here, not a promise of what will be: sightings change with season, visibility and luck.
Photographed by Callie Mack, July 2024, September 2024
Astrometis · Baby brittle stars · Black and orange sea cucumber · Blueband goby in crowned urchin · Bluebanded goby · Cabezon · Clown nudibranch · Doriopsilla eggs · Kelp bass · Kelp rockfish · Keyhole limpet · Lacy bryozoan · Light bulb tunicate · McFarland's · McFarland's chromodorid · Mulliners dorid · Nudibranch eggs · Opal nudibranch · Painted greenling · Polycera tricolor · Porter's chromodorid · Pyrosome · Rainbow seaperch · Red volcano sponge with baby brittle stars · Rock scallop · Rubberlip perch · Salp modern art · San Diego dorids · Spanish shawl · Striped barrel snail · Vermilion rockfish · Warty sea cucumber and 2 puffballs · Yellow spotted cadlina · Yellow zooanthid