California Marine Protected Areas
Northern California (Pigeon Pt. northward)
Important: As of December 19, 2012 new MPA regulations are in effect for
the Northern California coast from the Oregon/California border to Point Arena.
- Albany Mudflats State Marine Park
- Bair Island State Marine Park
- Big Flat State Marine Conservation Area
- Big River Estuary State Marine Conservation Area
- Bodega Head State Marine Conservation Area
- Bodega Head State Marine Reserve
- Castle Rock Special Closure
- Corte Madera Marsh State Marine Park
- Del Mar Landing State Marine Reserve
- Double Cone Rock State Marine Conservation Area
- Double Point/Stormy Stack Rock Special Closure
- Drake's Estero State Marine Conservation Area
- Duxbury Reef State Marine Conservation Area
- Egg (Devil's Slide) Rock to Devil's Slide Special Closure
- Estero Americano State Marine Recreational Management Area
- Estero de Limantour State Marine Reserve
- Estero de San Antonio State Marine Recreational Management Area
- Fagan Marsh State Marine Park
- False Klamath Rock Special Closure
- Gerstle Cove State Marine Reserve
- MacKerricher State Marine Conservation Area
- Marin Islands State Marine Park
- Mattole Canyon State Marine Reserve
- Montara State Marine Reserve
- Navarro River Estuary State Marine Conservation Area
- North Farallon Islands Special Closure
- North Farallon Islands State Marine Reserve
- Peytonia Slough State Marine Park
- Pillar Point State Marine Conservation Area
- Point Arena State Marine Conservation Area
- Point Arena State Marine Reserve
- Point Cabrillo State Marine Conservation Area
- Point Resistance Rock Special Closure
- Point Reyes Headlands Special Closure
- Point Reyes State Marine Conservation Area
- Point Reyes State Marine Reserve
- Point St. George Reef Offshore State Marine Conservation Area
- Pyramid Point State Marine Conservation Area
- Reading Rock State Marine Conservation Area
- Reading Rock State Marine Reserve
- Redwood Shores State Marine Park
- Robert W. Crown State Marine Conservation Area
- Rockport Rocks Special Closure
- Russian Gulch State Marine Conservation Area
- Russian River State Marine Conservation Area
- Russian River State Marine Recreational Management Area
- Salt Point State Marine Conservation Area
- Samoa State Marine Conservation Area
- Saunders Reef State Marine Conservation Area
- Sea Lion Cove State Marine Conservation Area
- Sea Lion Gulch State Marine Reserve
- South Cape Mendocino State Marine Reserve
- South Humboldt Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area
- Southeast Farallon Island Special Closure
- Southeast Farallon Island State Marine Conservation Area
- Southeast Farallon Island State Marine Reserve
- Southwest Seal Rock Special Closure
- Steamboat Rock Special Closure
- Stewarts Point State Marine Conservation Area
- Stewarts Point State Marine Reserve
- Sugarloaf Island Special Closure
- Ten Mile Beach State Marine Conservation Area
- Ten Mile Estuary State Marine Conservation Area
- Ten Mile State Marine Reserve
- Van Damme State Marine Conservation Area
- Vizcaino Rock Special Closure