If you can't see the shufleboard club building ....
https://www.google.com/maps/place/La...4d-117.2738197
... it's at the point of the point of La Jolla Cove
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.a...68&inline=true
I was over the canyon coming back from Blacks Beach along the western boundary of both protected areas toward the point. I was using Fish Alerts App to get a dead reckoning visual on the boundaries, and it seemed like I was heading straight for the next point east of the shuffleboard club, called Goldfish Point. That was the visual, but perspective can be deceiving until we get it nailed down.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/La...4d-117.2738197
I am assuming Fish Alerts gives me an accurate GPS position relative to the boundaries of the protected area, and that gives me the visual perspective from my kayak as I look around.
Without another landmark to the north it's a little difficult to know where we are when we are looking at La Jolla point.
If you are using a compass, remember to adjust for the difference between true north and magnetic north. Maps and latitude/longitude are based on true north. If you are using your iphone compass, it can be set for magnetic or true.
http://www.dummies.com/consumer-elec...ass-and-level/
There's a lot of water out there. I see buoys that have nothing to do with the boundaries of the Matlahuayl SMR. Frankly, I can't even pronounce that word. If we have not measured carefully, I think it's easy to not be where we think we are.
When people fish report that they "were off the condo" .... well, .... that landmark is easy to see from about 180 degrees. So I'm not sure what "off the condo" means without another vector.
The Fish Alerts App is free. I think that's a good start, if you have a phone that's protected from the water. Learning dead reckoning is fun too. It's a challenge.