CSMP Progress Maps

Status of mapping data acquisition, processing, and GIS product distribution

These maps provide a visual overview of CSMP data collection, post-processing and habitat classification, and data availability via the SFML Data Library or other web portal (i.e Legacy data). More information can be found by contacting the SFML Data Manager at cbretz@csumb.edu.

  Map Legend
    Data Competed / Available
    Legacy Data / Previously Collected & Available
    Data Acquired or Currently being Processed
    Planned Collection or Survey In-Progress
    Not Planned / Not Funded

North Coast Status Oregon border to Tomales Bay
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Central Coast Status San Francisco to Point Conception
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South Coast Status* Point Conception to Mexico border
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Last updated September 19, 2011

*San Nicolas Island (2012), San Clemente Island (2013), and data gaps between Dana Point and Imperial Beach (2014, Southern California Data Gaps project) have been mapped and processed by SFML.



CSMP Partners

CSMP Mission

The creation of a high-resolution 1:24,000 scale geologic and habitat base map series covering all of California's 14,500 km2 state waters out to the 3 mile limit, and support of the state's Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (MLPA) goal to create a statewide network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

Map generation products follow a 3-tiered approach-- from basic survey data to highly detailed habitat classification.


The need for baseline maps for monitoring & assessment was the most common requirement expressed among a very diverse list of mapping user needs.
- Statewide Marine Mapping Planning Workshop, 2005
Maverick's - Half Moon Bay, CA


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