Bodega Marine Reserve

Bodega Marine Reserve
Bodega Marine Lab from the south, looking across Horseshoe Cove of Bodega Bay
LocationSonoma County, California
Coordinates38°19′3″N 123°4′19″W / 38.31750°N 123.07194°W / 38.31750; -123.07194
Area362 acres (0.566 sq mi)
Governing bodyUniversity of California, Davis
Websitehttps://marinescience.ucdavis.edu/bml/bmr

Bodega Marine Reserve is a 362-acre (146 ha) nature reserve and marine reserve on the coast of northern California, located in the vicinity of the Bodega Marine Laboratory on Bodega Head. It is a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System, administered by the University of California, Davis.

Along California's north central coast, BMR is the only marine area protected for research and education.