This is an easy-access site toward the Southern end of Carmel River State Beach.  Come here when the main beach, just to the South, is packed.  Because this shoreline is wide open to the Pacific swells, you should consider yourself an advanced diver before negotiating the entry. Head South on Highway 1 out of Carmel.  Just as you start to see the first roadside beach, you're there!

Monastery Beach North

Monastery Beach is one of the most amazing dives and continues to be one of my all time favorites. My first experience summer of '76 we encountered a large number of Basking Sharks, dwarfed only by greater number of divers anxious to see and photograph these animals. However, my fondest memory was swimming through tall kelp forest and viewing some rather large pelagics swimming in the deep abyss below.  An advanced dive for sure, but well worth it.

Dan from Edmonds's Dive Log

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