Lands End

Land's End is a rocky dive site featuring multiple granite pinnacles, vertical walls and a small underwater cavern, with a resident colony of California sea lions as a primary attraction for divers. Dives are boat access only and typically range from about 9 m to 24 m. Visibility is generally good, often 10–20 m or more. Water temperatures are subtropical: about 18–22 °C in winter and into the upper 20s °C in summer. Currents can be moderate and are used for drift dives along the walls. Typical routes circle the pinnacles, pass through the shallow cavern and follow the reef slopes down the vertical walls. Divers should maintain good buoyancy control and keep a respectful distance from the sea lions, which are playful but can bite at fins if disturbed; currents are the other primary environmental consideration. The site contains scattered wreckage of the former passenger ship Nürnberg at roughly 12 m depth, with remnants distributed on the sandy bottom around one of the pinnacles and commonly inspected during dives.