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Interesting enough you can collect but it has to be outside state and federal parks and reserves. Active diver here and some of the best diving in the world is in Monterey. As already noted the waters are colder with surface temps in the 54 - 61'ish range with 47 - 49 at depth (ranging from 45 - 115 feet).
Snails, shells, and hermits are not uncommon to take as is 50 gallons of NSW. I do not remove any of the 'nems, starfish, etc due to water temperature. In fact unless you are in the Southern part of the state not really much you can keep due to the more colder waters up North.
Very cool! Before starting my tank I wanted to keep giant kelp haha, dunno why. Then I read about the temp required, not quite yet but one day!