National Marine Sanctuaries

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Shipwreck Database

(partial list)
Vessel Name
*Not a total loss		 Casualty Location Year Built Year Lost Month Cargo Cause Latitude Longitude
Aurora Monterey Bay, Del Monte Beach 1901 1935 01 None Lost Mooring 36° 36 N 121° 52 W
Carrier Pigeon Pigeon Point, near 1852 1853 06 General Merchandise Navigation 37° 11 N 122° 23 W
Casco Point Piedras Blancas 1906 1913 06 None Act of God 35° 39 N 121° 17 W
Celia Point Pinos Light, Point Joe 1884 1906 08 Lumber Navigation 36° 36 N 121° 57 W
CG 256 Asilomar, Spanish Beach 1925 1933 09 None Navigation 36° 37 N 121° 56 W
Colombia Pigeon Point 1892 1896 07 Merchandise & lead paint Navigation 37° 10 N 122° 25 W
Crescent City Santa Cruz Light, 6 to 7 miles to northward 1906 1927 07 General 100 bdls laths & tanks Navigation 36° 57 N 122° 01 W
Drumburton Golden Gate, Point San Pedro 1881 1904 09 Ballast Navigation 37° 35N 122° 31 W
Flavel Cypress Point, Carmel 1917 1923 12 Lumber Navigation 36° 34 N 121° 58 W
Frank H. Buck* Point Pinos (Pacific Grove) 1914 1924 05 Ballast Navigation 36° 38 N 121° 55 W
Gipsy Monterey, China Point 1868 1905 09 General, grain, beer Navigation 36° 36 N 121° 53 W
Harlech Castle Point Piedras Blancas, Harlech Castle Rock 1867 1869 08 Barley Heavy Weather 35° 41 N 121° 18 W
Howard Olson Point Sur, 2 1/2 miles off 1917 1956 05
Collision 36° 18 N 121° 54 W
J. B. Stetson Cypress Point 1905 1934 09 General Navigation 36° 34 N 121° 58 W
J. W. Seaver Point Ano Nuevo 1859 1887 04 Salt -10 tons , hay - 60 tons hay Act of God 37° 06 N 122° 19 W
James Rolph San Francisco, Point San Pedro 1899 1910 08 General cargo, hay, lime & lumber Navigation 37° 35 N 122° 31 W
La Feliz Santa Cruz, 2 miles north of light station 1904 1924 10 canned sardines Running To Close To Shore 36° 57 N 122° 01 W
Los Angeles Point Sur, south of 1863 1894 04 Wool, Butter/Cheese, Veal, Chrome Navigation 36° 18 N 121° 54 W
Point Arena Pigeon Point 1887 1913 08 None Lost Mooring 37° 11 N 122° 23 W
Rhine Maru Point Sur, Big Sur River 1922 1930 03 Cotton, machinery, borax, gypsum etc Navigation 36° 16 N 121° 51 W
Roderick Dhu Point Pinos, 1 1/2 miles southwest (Moss Beach) 1873 1909 04 None Navigation 36° 36 N 121° 56 W
San Juan Pigeon Point, off 1882 1929 08 General Navigation - Collision 37° 11 N 122° 25 W
Sierra Nevada Piedras Blancas, struck reef 3 miles north of 1851 1869 10
Navigation 35° 41 N 121° 18 W
Sir John Franklin Franklin Point 1854 1865 01 Dry goods, lumber, pianos, 300 barrels spirits Navigation 37° 09 N 122° 21 W
St. Paul Point Joe, Off (near Monterey) 1875 1896 08 Calves & sheep Navigation 36° 36 N 121° 57 W
Star Of The West Point Lobos 1840 1845 07 Dry Goods (valued at 25,000-30,000 sterling) Becalmed 36° 31 N 121° 57 W
Tennessee Point Bonita, 3 miles north of, near Indian Cove (aka Potato Cove) 4 miles from GG in Tennessee Cove 1848 1853 03 Mail, gold Navigation 37° 50 N 122° 33 W
Thomas L. Wand Pfeiffer Point, 7 miles from Point Sur 1906 1922 09 None Navigation 36° 14 N 121° 48 W
Ventura Point Sur, first cove north, after striking Ventura Rock 1865 1875 04 Wagons, linens, etc.. Navigation 36° 18 N 121° 54 W
William H. Smith Monterey Bay (1/4 mile from old Del Motel Hotel) 1883 1933 02 None Lost Mooring 36° 36 N 121° 52 W

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