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Map Satellite Lying off Doheny State Beach, this refuge supports several habitats ranging from the sandy beach onshore, below the mean high-tide mark, to a rocky substrate near Crawfish Rock, which lies just outside the refuge. There is mixed rocky and sand substrate as well as some silted area near the mouth of San Juan Creek. The water is generally shallow, with the deepest section less than 8 meters (27 feet). Integrity: The area is heavily used for recreation. In this refuge, as well as in the Dana Point, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, South Laguna Beach, Niguel and Irvine Coast marine Life Refuges, it is illegal to take any fish or invertebrate except abalone, lobster, bonito, rockfish (Sebastodes), mackerel, perch, kelp bass, sand bass, spotted bass, corbina, halibut and croaker. Use: Present March 1977
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2009 Steven Louis Hartman
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