San Pedro Wrecks covers a cluster of sites in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California, accessible by both shore and boat from San Pedro, Long Beach, and Rancho Palos Verdes. The area spans everything from shallow beginner-friendly reef and kelp forest dives to advanced and technical wreck dives, including the UB-88, a First World War German U-boat sitting at depth and requiring trimix or rebreather certification. Visibility is variable, generally better in summer and autumn when water temperatures rise toward nineteen or twenty degrees Celsius from their cooler winter baseline around fourteen degrees. California sea lions, leopard sharks, giant Pacific octopus, and garibaldi are among the recorded species across the six sites.
Monthly water temperature across San Pedro Wrecks's sites, from satellite sea-surface data corrected for depth. The band shows the site-to-site spread.
Water temperature hovers around fourteen degrees Celsius through winter and spring, climbing to around nineteen or twenty degrees by late summer and autumn. Visibility is highly variable and can drop considerably after storms, so summer and early autumn tend to offer the most reliable conditions.
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Water temperature around San Pedro Wrecks ranges from about 14°C in January to 19°C in August, based on satellite sea-temperature data for its dive sites.
In the warm season (about 19°C) a 5mm suit is comfortable in San Pedro Wrecks; in the coldest months (about 14°C) step up to a 7mm or semi-dry suit.
Fin maps 6 sites in San Pedro Wrecks (6 scuba diving sites).
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