Overview
A Point Loma macro site with ledges, reef structure, and kelp-forest life. Known as a newer favorite for photographers and critter hunting.
What to See
Nudibranchs, reef fish, kelp-forest life, ledges, and rocky reef structure.
Typical Conditions
Open Water+ to advanced depending on planned depth. Water 50-56°F; visibility 15-40'.
History
Natural Point Loma reef site; recently added to the Marissa Charters rotation.
Photographed here
What our divers have photographed at Strawberry Ledges
40 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, April 2024, April 2026, August 2025, August 2026, July 2024, June 2026, October 2025, September 2024
Blood star · Brown rockfish · Cadlina luteomarginata · California scorpionfish · California strawberry anemone · Chestnut cowry · Cone snail · Coryphella trilineata · Curly giant kelp · Fluted bryozoan · Fluted bryozoan with algae · Giant acorn barnacle in strawberry anemones · Giant spined star · Gorgonians and strawberry anemone · Ida's mitre · Kellet's whelk · Kelp rockfish · McPeak's anemone · Northern fulmar · Opalescent nudibranch · Orange cup coral · Orange puffball · Pacific blood star · Pacific spiny lobster · Painted greenling · Proliferating anemone · Proliferating anemone on kelp · Rock scallop with anemone beard · Rock scallops · Scallop with strawberry beard · Sea cucumber · Simnia · Simnia on red gorgonian · Spanish shawl on strawberry anemones · Strawberry anemone · Strawberry anemones · Strawberry anemones on ridge · Sunburst anemone · Three lined aeolid · Treefish