Despite their proximity to the SoCal metropolis, the five northern islands (San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara) that make up the 250,000 - acre park are among the system's less visited — all the better for a beach picnic at Santa Cruz's Scorpion Anchorage, a scalloped, pebbly cove from which you can
snorkel through kelp forests or kayak
along craggy
cliffs.
Bondi is also known for its amazing snorkeling opportunities, especially
along the Bondi Wall, which is part of a series of steep limestone
cliffs running through some of the best
snorkel ground in Australia.