Ellen, Elly, and Eureka Oil Rigs
Offshore of Long Beach, California
In the open ocean about 8.5 miles out of the Port of Los Angeles, there are three active oil platforms that allow divers on their support structure. The pillars and crossbeams supporting the rigs are unique artificial reefs that have something for nearly every diver--recreational divers can explore the top few sets of crossbeams, and technical divers can go deep. Eureka is the deepest, standing in some 700 feet of water, and the bottom of "The Twins" Ellen and Elly (which are connected by a bridge) is just shy of 300 feet.
Pelagics such as salps and jellyfish are common sights at the rigs, and sea lions will often visit with divers in the shallows. Hunters will find big fish and scallops.
