La Jolla Underwater Park

Scuba and skin diving are very popular local activities that are promoted by and best enjoyed at the La Jolla Underwater Park. The semitropical waters teem with splendidly colored fish, and spectacular undersea formations provide the diver with a vast spectrum of scenery.

Encompassing approximately 500 acres northward from Goldfish Point to the southern boundary of UCSD's property, the park was dedicated in 1971 by the California Department of Fish and Game with the cooperation of the City of San Diego and is defined by buoys and shore markers.

This look-but-don't-touch ecological area offers undersea life the opportunity to be reestablished and preserves the natural beauty of the coastal area of La Jolla Canyon. In the reserve, the public is prohibited from removing any marine life, geological formation or archeological artifact. Perhaps this visiting school of young bait fish knows that no angler's net ever dips around here. La Jolla's underwater treasures of native flora and fauna are explored and respected by thousands of enthusiastic divers each year.