Dive-site story
The wreckage of the luxury liner SS La Jenelle lies embedded along the south jetty of Port Hueneme harbor, having run aground during a gale in nineteen seventy. While the top decks were removed and parts of the hull filled with rocks to form the breakwater, extensive iron framework, machinery remnants, and hull plating sprawl across the sandy bottom just offshore. Divers navigate through twisted steel structures heavily colonized by invertebrates and cold-water fishes, though surf and shifting sands continually alter what remains exposed.
Extensive historic steamship wreckage scattered along the edge of the harbor breakwater
Dense colonies of giant green anemones and encrusting organisms cloaking the rusted metal hull plates
Shelter crevices packed with spiny lobsters and resting bottom fish
Location
Use the map to plan with your operator and confirm the exact entry point on the day.
Seasonality
Late summer and autumn generally provide the calmest ocean swells and warmest coastal water along this stretch of coastline.
Marine life
| Species | Likelihood | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California spiny lobsterPanulirus interruptus | Common | ||||||||||||
| GaribaldiHypsypops rubicundus | Common | ||||||||||||
| CabezonScorpaenichthys marmoratus | Common | ||||||||||||
| Giant green anemoneAnthopleura xanthogrammica | Common | ||||||||||||
| Bat rayMyliobatis californica | Seasonal |
Marine forecast
