Santa Monica Bay

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Pacific Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Subtropical
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Carangiformes - Jacks
Labriformes - Wrasses
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Carangiformes - Jacks
Labriformes - Wrasses
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Santa Monica Bay is a bight of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, United States. Its boundaries are slightly ambiguous, but it is generally considered to be the part of the Pacific within an imaginary line drawn between Point Dume, in Malibu, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Its eastern shore forms the western boundary of the Los Angeles Westside and South Bay regions. Although it was fed by the Los Angeles River until the river\’s catastrophic change of course in 1825, the only stream of any size now flowing into it is Ballona Creek. Smaller waterways draining into the bay include Malibu Creek, Topanga Creek, and Santa Monica Creek.