California Marine Protected Areas
Southern California (Pt. Conception southward)
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.
- Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area
- Anacapa Island Special Closure
- Anacapa Island State Marine Conservation Area
- Anacapa Island State Marine Reserve
- Arrow Point to Lion Head Point State Marine Conservation Area (Catalina Island)
- Batiquitos Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area
- Begg Rock State Marine Reserve (San Nicholas Island Quad)
- Bird Rock State Marine Conservation Area (Catalina Island)
- Blue Cavern State Marine Conservation Area (Catalina Island)
- Bolsa Bay State Marine Conservation Area
- Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area
- Cabrillo State Marine Reserve
- Campus Point State Marine Conservation Area
- Carrington Point State Marine Reserve (Santa Rosa Island)
- Casino Point State Marine Conservation Area (Catalina Island)
- Cat Harbor State Marine Conservation Area (Catalina Island)
- Crystal Cove State Marine Conservation Area
- Dana Point State Marine Conservation Area
- Famosa Slough State Marine Conservation Area
- Farnsworth Offshore State Marine Conservation Area (Catalina Island)
- Farnsworth Onshore State Marine Conservation Area (Catalina Island)
- Footprint State Marine Reserve (Anacapa Channel)
- Goleta Slough State Marine Conservation Area
- Gull Island State Marine Reserve (Santa Cruz Island)
- Harris Point State Marine Reserve (San Miguel Island)
- Judith Rock State Marine Reserve (San Miguel Island)
- Kashtayit State Marine Conservation Area
- Laguna Beach State Marine Conservation Area
- Laguna Beach State Marine Reserve
- Long Point State Marine Reserve (Catalina Island)
- Lover's Cove State Marine Conservation Area (Catalina Island)
- Matlahuayl State Marine Reserve
- Naples State Marine Conservation Area
- Painted Cave State Marine Conservation Area (Santa Cruz Island)
- Point Conception State Marine Reserve
- Point Dume State Marine Conservation Area
- Point Dume State Marine Reserve
- Point Vicente State Marine Conservation Area
- Richardson Rock State Marine Reserve (San Miguel Island)
- San Diego-Scripps Coastal State Marine Conservation Area
- San Dieguito Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area
- San Elijo Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area
- San Miguel Island Special Closure
- Santa Barbara Island State Marine Reserve
- Scorpion State Marine Reserve (Santa Cruz Island)
- Skunk Point State Marine Reserve (Santa Rosa Island)
- South La Jolla State Marine Conservation Area
- South La Jolla State Marine Reserve
- South Point State Marine Reserve (Santa Rosa Island)
- Swami's State Marine Conservation Area
- Tijuana River Mouth State Marine Conservation Area
- Upper Newport Bay State Marine Conservation Area