Fishing spots in California
Every coastal fishery in our California guide, with species by season, launch towns and live conditions. Not in California? The live page ranks them by distance from you.
7 waters in California. Not in California? Fishing spots near me ranks them by distance from you.
- San Diego & Mission Bay — California, NOAA station 9410170 (San Diego, San Diego Bay, CA). Species: Spotted Bay Bass, California Halibut, White Seabass, California Yellowtail, Pacific Bonito, Barred Sand Bass. Launch from San Diego, Point Loma, Coronado, Mission Beach.
- Oceanside & Carlsbad — California, NOAA station 9410396 (Oceanside Harbor, CA). Species: White Seabass, California Halibut, Calico Bass, California Yellowtail, Pacific Bonito, Rockfish. Launch from Oceanside Harbor, Carlsbad, South Oceanside.
- Newport & Dana Point — California, NOAA station 9410580 (Newport Beach, Newport Bay Entrance, CA). Species: White Seabass, Rockfish, Spotted Bay Bass, Calico Bass, California Yellowtail, Pacific Bonito. Launch from Newport Beach, Dana Point, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach.
- LA & Long Beach Harbors — California, NOAA station 9410660 (Los Angeles, CA). Species: Spotted Bay Bass, Barred Sand Bass, Rockfish, Calico Bass, California Yellowtail, Pacific Bonito. Launch from San Pedro, Long Beach, Huntington Harbour, Wilmington.
- Santa Monica Bay — California, NOAA station 9410840 (Santa Monica, CA). Species: California Halibut, Rockfish, Calico Bass, White Seabass, Pacific Bonito, California Yellowtail. Launch from Marina del Rey, Redondo Beach, Malibu, Santa Monica.
- Santa Barbara & Ventura — California, NOAA station 9411340 (Santa Barbara, CA). Species: Rockfish, White Seabass, California Halibut, Calico Bass, California Yellowtail. Launch from Santa Barbara Harbor, Ventura Harbor, Channel Islands Harbor (Oxnard).
- Monterey Bay — California, NOAA station 9413450 (Monterey, CA). Species: California Halibut, Rockfish, Striped Bass, White Seabass. Launch from Monterey, Moss Landing, Marina, Capitola.
What this page answers
This page answers: what's fishable around me? It reads your position once, in your browser, and ranks the coastal fisheries in the Tides & Tails location guide by distance — each with the species that hold there by season, the towns and launch areas inside the zone, and a link to its live tide and conditions page.
How results are ranked
Waters are ranked by straight-line distance from your position to the centre of each fishery in our catalog — the same 38 coastal zones the location guide covers, from the Texas border to Maryland plus California.
Distances are measured to the centre of each water as our catalog records it, not to a ramp or a pier. Live readings come from NOAA CO-OPS tide stations, the National Weather Service and Open-Meteo, fetched when you open the page — for recreation only, never for navigation.
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