Location | Special Attribute | Citation |
| 1) Fitzgerald Reserve | Marine Reserve ASBS1 Species list |
California Department of Parks and Recreation State Water Resources Control Board 1979 |
| 2) Pillar Point | Quantitative survey | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 |
| 3) Pigeon Point | Quantitative survey Species list | Foster et al. 1988 J. Pearse (UCSC2) |
| 4) Franklin Point | Species list | J. Pearse (UCSC) |
| 5) Año Nuevo | State Reserve ASBS Species list | California Department of Parks and Recreation State Water Resources Control Board 1981 Pearse 1980 |
| 6) Scott Creek | Quantitative survey Species list | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985
J. Pearse (UCSC) |
| 7) Davenport Landing | Quantitative survey Species list | Foster et al. 1988 J. Pearse (UCSC) |
| 8) Natural Bridges | State Park Quantitative survey Species list | California Department of Parks and Recreation J. Pearse (UCSC) Beauchamp and Gowing 1982 Foster et al. 1988 DeVogelaere 1991 Malone and Wilson 1994 |
| 9) Almar Street | Quantitative survey Species list | Foster et al. 1988 J. Pearse (UCSC) |
| 10) Point Santa Cruz | Species list | J. Pearse (UCSC) |
| 11) Soquel Point | Quantitative survey Species list | J. Pearse (UCSC) |
| 12) Hopkins Marine Station | Marine Life Lab and Refuge Species list (Endocladia zone) Long term data set | Stanford University Glynn 1965 Barry et al. 1995 |
| 13) Point Pinos | Species list | J. Pearse (UCSC) |
| 14) Pescadero Rocks | Quantitative survey Species list (mussel zone) Long term data sets | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 DeVogelaere 1991 Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1992, A. De Vogelaere (MBNMS 3) |
| 15) Carmel Bay | Ecological Reserve | California Department of Fish and Game |
| 16) Carmel Point | Species list | J. Pearse (UCSC) Malone and Wilson 1994 |
| 17) Point Lobos | ASBS Ecological Reserve Species list | State Water Resources Control Board 1979 California Department of Fish and Game |
| 18) Andrew Molera | State Park Quantitative survey | California Department of Parks and Recreation Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 |
| 19) Julia Pfeiffer Burns | Underwater Park ASBS Species list | California Department of Parks and Recreation
State Water Resources Control Board 1980 |
| 20) Big Creek | Ecological Reserve Landels Hill - Big Creek Reserve Species list | California Department of Fish and Game University of California at Santa Cruz J. Pearse (UCSC) Ferguson 1984 Malone and Wilson 1994 |
| 21) Mill Creek |
Quantitative survey Species list |
Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 J. Pearse (UCSC) |
| 22) Point Sierra Nevada | Quantitative survey Long term data sets | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1992 A. De Vogelaere (MBNMS) |
| 23) Point Piedras Blancas | Quantitative survey | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 |
| 24) San Simeon | Quantitative survey | Kinnetic Labs Inc. 1985 |