San Pedro

Directions

Dive Site

Beach Access

What You'll See

Facilities

Parking

  From the Parking Area walk to the Beach and enter at about the halfway Point on the Cove ("C" on the Aerial View Below).  Make sure you Walk Beyond the Rocky Area Closest to the Parking Lot or You'll find yourself Rolling on the Rocks.

Note the Access for White Point is the Same as it is for Royal Palms.  When you reach the Bottom White Point is the Road to your left and Royal Palms is to your Right.

Road-Side Sign Showing Entry Point

White Point Entry Area

Guard Shack at Top of Hill

The Road Leading to the Beach

   If you can Time your Dive to take place at or just before High Tide you'll find this the ideal time to Dive.  Enter without fins and with your BC Inflated - Wade out to Waist Level and then put on your fins.  Watch for loose rocks when entering and exiting - Use Buoyancy to keep yourself "Light". 

  The Big Attraction here is the Warm Water Vents in the Shallows. About 50 Yards out you'll find areas with almost no growth and a mixed White and Black Sandy Bottom.  You may see "Murky Water" in these areas as well.  If so, your over the vents - Try taking your Gloves off and putting them in the sand, you'll feel the Heat - It's pretty Cool (or is that Hot)!

  Expect to see Bat Stars, Sea Cucumbers, Moray eels and lots of Nudibranchs as you venture away from the Vents.  Go a little Deeper and East and you'll run into Kelp and Rock outcrops loaded with goodies.

This is the Beach at Low Tide

Note the Extremely Rocky Entry!

A-Entrance, B-Parking, C-Best Entry at White Point

Picture Courtesy of Kenneth & Gabrielle Adelman © 2002-2005 California Coastal Records Project

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  Like I Said, the Big Attraction here is the Warm Water Vents in the Shallows.  

  As you venture away from the Hot Water Vents - your also likely to run into; Sand Bass, Bat Rays, Calico Bass, Tree Fish, Cabezon, Giant Kelpfish, Blackeye Goby, California Halibut,  Bat Stars, Sea Cucumbers, Senorita, White Sea perch, Opaleye, Leopard Shark, Horn Shark, Lobsters, Giant Crab, Nudibranchs lots of little critters anywhere there's a hide-out.

White Point has Great Facilities - this is a Dive Spot often Overlooked by many. 

  The top of the Hill at the Entry to White's Point and Royal Palms Includes Restrooms, Children's Playground, Additional Parking and a Nice Picnic Area!

  The Bottom of the hill you'll find another Restroom Facility (On the Royal Palms Side of the beach) and Plenty more Beach-Side Parking.

Restrooms on "Royal Palms" Side of Beach next to White Point

Picnic Area at Entry on Top of Hill

Playground Area at Entry on Top of Hill

Restrooms at Entry on Top of Hill

  There is an Access Road Leading down from the Main Parking Shack at the top to the Beach Below.  Go Left at the Bottom to Reach White Point.  Turning Right will take you to Royal Palms.

Pay for Parking Here when Open

The Back-Up Parking Fee Collector

Plenty of Beach-Side Parking

Aerial View of Parking Area

DIRECTIONS
Take 110 Freeway South Until it Ends on "Gaffey Street" in San Pedro
Exit Left onto Gaffey Street
Follow Gaffey Street till it ends and veers right at Paseo Del Mar
Turn onto Paseo Del Mar and Travel about a Mile and a Half till you see an Entry Point to White Point (There's a Guard Shack there and Gate)-

Pay for Parking and Proceed all the way Down the Hill.  When you reach the Bottom - Turn Left and Park all the way at the end.

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