Overview
A rocky reef with pinnacles jutting up here and there; anchor in ~55' along a ridgeline that runs north, sloping to ~70'. An easy dive loaded with life.
What to See
Tons of nudibranchs, treefish, sea stars, and more.
Typical Conditions
Open Water. Water 50-52F; visibility varies.
History
Natural rocky reef in the Point Loma kelp beds.
Photographed here
What our divers have photographed at Treefish Terrace
42 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 2026, June 2025
Barred sand bass · Blackeye goby and scallops · Brown cup coral · Cadlina laying eggs · Cadlina luteo egg ribbon · Cadlina luteomarginata · California moray · Crowned urchin · Female California sheephead · Fluted bryozoan · Fluted bryozoan with topsnail · Garibaldi · Giant kelp · Giant kelp, elk kelp and blacksmith · Giant keyhole limpet empty shell · Giant spined star · Golden gorgonian · Golden gorgonian and blood star · Gopher rockfish and sea cucumber · Hydroid Schuchertinia · Kellet's whelk and eggs · Kellet's whelk empty shell · Kelp rockfish · Lobster and shrimp · McPeak's anemone · Opalescent nudibranch · Orange cup coral · Orange puffball sponge · Pacific blood star · Painted greenling · Pinnacle · Pinnacle with puffballs · Purple bryozoan · Purple encrusting bryozoan · Red gorgonian · Rock scallop · Rock scallop and crowned urchin · Spanish shawl · Treefish · Two nudibranchs · Warty sea cucumber and orange puffball sponge · Y-branch algae