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A lesser known dive spot just to the South of La Jolla Shores is the Marine Room, named after the adjacent restaurant. This site provides better access to the Northern reef area.
11 miles North of San Diego, take the Ardath Road exit to the West. In 1.4 miles bear left on Torrey Pines Road. In 0.3 mile, turn right on St. Louise Ter. Turn right on Spindrift Drive, and look for the Marine Room on your left.
Excellent spot if you want a deep dive close to shore. The canyon finger gets close to this location. Did a wonderful, deep 195’ dive and we could have gone much deeper. Great location to practice deep dives due to an easy kick out with dual tanks.
Great beginner site as the depth is 40 ft max. The reef is teeming with large and small fish alike, and leopard shark sightings are almost guaranteed near shore. I’ve seen seals, dolphins, turtles, bass, electric rays, angel sharks, morays, HUGE sheep crab, octopus, nudibranchs, you name it.
http://www.shorediving.com/Earth/USA_West/CalS/Marine_Room/index.htm