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Charter Dive Boats
Name
Captain
Location
Size
Air
Fills
Galley
Bunks
Heads
/ Showers
Special
Features
Phone
Beach Hopper II
Brian & MaryJo Nelson, & Greg Phillips
Monterey
32' long X 14'
beam
none
none
2 single
1 / 1
408-463-0585
Escapade
Jim Capwell
Monterey
38' long X 12'
beam
none
beverages &
snacks included
none
1 / 1
air tanks
included
831-465.1185
Name
Captain
Location
Size
Air
Fills
Galley
Bunks
Heads
/ Showers
Special
Features
Phone
Magic
email
Morro Bay
26' long X 8'
beam
none
none
none
1 / 0
805-550-6448
Name
Captain
Location
Size
Air
Fills
Galley
Bunks
Heads
/ Showers
Special
Features
Phone
Peace
Eric Bowman
Ventura
65' long X 22'
beam
3700 psi
seats 32
11 double, 12
single
2 / 3
32% Nitrox, hot
tub, fast air fills
805-650-3483
Raptor
Dave Wilson
Ventura
46' long X 16.2'
beam
none
seats 15 (20 max)
none
2 / 2
steel 85 &
72 tanks, & food incl.
805-650-7700
Spectre
Ted Cumming
Ventura
85' long X 19'
beam
3000 psi
seats 32
9 double, 23
single
4 / 4
hot tub, BBQ
805-483-6612
Name
Captain
Location
Size
Air
Fills
Galley
Bunks
Heads
/ Showers
Special
Features
Phone
Island Diver
Tony
Redondo Beach
36' long X 13'
beam
none
none
none
1 / 1
20+ knots
310-372-8423
Name
Captain
Location
Size
Air
Fills
Galley
Bunks
Heads
/ Showers
Special
Features
Phone
Asante
Kevin Bell
San Pedro
40' long X 14'
beam
3500 psi
seats 4 inside
none
1 / 1
fast, sit down
tank racks, nitrox
818-652.5859
Bottom Scratcher
San Pedro
63' long X 21'
beam
3000 psi
seats 22
6 double, 15
single
2 / 1
tanks &
weights supplied
714-963-4378
Giant Stride
Jim Simmerman
San Pedro
40' long X 15'
beam
3500 psi
seats 6
none
1 / 1
Santa Monica
Bay, Malibu, PV
310-990-4702
SoCal Diver
San Pedro
424-264-8852
Pacific Star
Dave
San Pedro
65' long X 22'
beam
3000 psi
seats 24
18 single, 8
double
2 / 2
sit down tank
racks, pp Nitrox
626-716-1796
Psalty V
Gary Jackson
San Pedro
50' long X 15'
beam
3000 psi
all incluse
meals & drinks
7 singles
2 / 2
shark cage, fast
liveaboard 6 pack
310-714-0548
Name
Captain
Location
Size
Air
Fills
Galley
Bunks
Heads
/ Showers
Special
Features
Phone
Cee Ray
Michael Lancaster
Long Beach
65' long X 20'
beam
3000 psi
seats 22
4 double, 27
single
2 / 2
tank racks
562-505-6505
Sundiver
Kyaa Heller
Long Beach
54' long X 17'
beam
3000 psi
seats 16
11 double
2 / 2
tanks provided
800-555-9446
Sundiver II
Ray Arntz
Long Beach
33' long X 9.5'
beam
none
seats 4 inside,
6 under cover
1 V, 2 dbls, 1
sngl
1 / 1
tanks available
800-555-9446
Sundiver III
Ray Arntz
Long Beach
21' long X ??'
beam
none
cont' bkfst,
snacks, soda
none
1 / 1
tanks available
800-555-9446
Sundiver Express
Derek Erikson
Long Beach
48' long X 16'
beam
none
snacks, soda
none
0 / 0
Al 80s provided
800-555-9446
Name
Captain
Location
Size
Air
Fills
Galley
Bunks
Heads
/ Showers
Special
Features
Phone
Scuba Cat
Rick Lawson
Avalon
46' long X 16'
beam
none
snacks, lunch,
& refreshments
none
1 / 3
Al 80 & Al
63 tanks & weights included
800-353-0330
Name
Captain
Location
Size
Air
Fills
Galley
Bunks
Heads
/ Showers
Special
Features
Phone
Humbolt
Ryan Wilbarger/Greg Hatem
San Diego
60' long X 16'
beam
4000psi
seats 12
none
1 / 1
AL80's and soft
weights included
619-224-6195
Marissa
Brandon Henrickson and Lora
Meyer
San Diego
38' long
3500 psi
Food and
Beverages incl.
none
1 / 2
tanks included
619-757-3280
Vision
San Diego
80' long X 26' beam
3000 psi
seats 32
13 large, 20 single
3 / 4
(805) 794-9653
Name
Captain
Location
Size
Air
Fills
Galley
Bunks
Heads
/ Showers
Special
Features
Phone
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Comaprison Table, California Scuba Diving, dive trips, scuba diving
adventures, dive boat features
Dive sites: Channel Islands, Santa Catalina Island, San
Clemente Island, San Nicolas Island, Santa Barbara Island, San Miguel
Island, Santa Rosa Island, Santa Cruz Island, Anacapa Island,
Farnsworth Bank, Tanner Bank, Cortes Bank, Osborne Bank, Matterhorn,
Begg Rock, Wilson Rock, Bee Rock, Richardson's Rock, Talcott Shoals,
Palos Verdes, Wreck Alley, La Jolla, Monterey, San Diego, Coranado
Islands, Farralon Islands
Environments: lush kelp forests, rock reefs, caves,
pinnacles, urchin barrens, sand shoals, ship wrecks, surf zones.
Water Temperature Range: 44F-74F (6C-23C) depends on
location, depth, and time of year
Fish: garibaldi, blacksmith, señoritia, kelp fish, sole,
halibut, turbot, sanddab, blackeye goby, bluebanded goby, zebra goby,
sarcastic fringehead, ronquil, wolf-eel, moray eel, rock wrasse,
sheephead, barracuda, surfperch, halfmoon, whitefish, opaleye,
zebraperch, croaker, white sea bass, lizardfish, midshipman, sargo,
salema, jack mackeral, calico or kelp bass, spotted or sand bass, rock
bass, giant black sea bass, sculpin, cabezon, lingcod, greenling,
treefish, rockfish, smelt, anchovie, sardine, yellowtail, bointa,
mackeral, mola, bluefin tuna, needlefish, queenfish, blenny, blue
rockfish, red rockfish, cabazon, sunfish, mola mola, bocaccio, zebra
perch, rubberlip perch.
Sharks and Rays: bat ray, round sting ray, shovel nose
guitar fish, California thornback, Pacific electric or torpedo ray,
angel shark, leopard shark, blue shark, swell shark, horn shark, angel
shark, soupfin shark, dogfish, smoothhound shark, great white shark.
Crabs: kelp crab, rock crab, decorator crab, sheep or
spider crab, dungeness crab, sand crab, shore crab, hermit crab,
warrior crab, helmet crab.
Invertebrates: tunicate, sea star, brittle star,
sunburst/sunflower star, sand star, spiny star, sand dollar, sea
urchin, pencil urchin, sea cucumber, feather star, octopus, squid,
clam, rock scallop, cowrey, triton, whelk, sponge, jellyfish,
hydrocoral, hydroid, green abalone, pink abalone, red abalone, white
abalone, black abalone, flat abalone, limpet, bryozoan, turban snail,
kelp snail, moon snail, top snail, sand snail, muscle, tube worm,
feather duster worm, gorgonian, sea anonome, nudibranch, navanax, sea
slug, cleaner shrimp, shrimp, mantis shrimp, spiny lobster.
Sea Mammals - Pinnipeds: harbor seal, sea lion, dolphin,
common dolphin, gray whale, blue whale, humpback whale, killer whale,
pilot whale, elephant seal, Dall's porpise, beaked whale.
Plants: agarweed, algee, eel grass, cord grass, salt
grass, bull kelp, elkhorn kelp, featherboa kelp, giant kelp,
spongeweed, sea palm, laminaria, rockweed.
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Dive sites: Channel Islands, Santa Catalina Island, San Clemente Island, San Nicolas Island, Santa Barbara Island, San Miguel Island, Santa Rosa Island, Santa Cruz Island, Anacapa Island, Farnsworth Bank, Tanner Bank, Cortes Bank, Osborne Bank, Matterhorn, Begg Rock, Wilson Rock, Bee Rock, Richardson's Rock, Talcott Shoals, Palos Verdes, Wreck Alley, La Jolla, Monterey, San Diego, Coranado Islands, Farralon Islands
Environments: lush kelp forests, rock reefs, caves, pinnacles, urchin barrens, sand shoals, ship wrecks, surf zones.
Water Temperature Range: 44F-74F (6C-23C) depends on location, depth, and time of year
Fish: garibaldi, blacksmith, señoritia, kelp fish, sole, halibut, turbot, sanddab, blackeye goby, bluebanded goby, zebra goby, sarcastic fringehead, ronquil, wolf-eel, moray eel, rock wrasse, sheephead, barracuda, surfperch, halfmoon, whitefish, opaleye, zebraperch, croaker, white sea bass, lizardfish, midshipman, sargo, salema, jack mackeral, calico or kelp bass, spotted or sand bass, rock bass, giant black sea bass, sculpin, cabezon, lingcod, greenling, treefish, rockfish, smelt, anchovie, sardine, yellowtail, bointa, mackeral, mola, bluefin tuna, needlefish, queenfish, blenny, blue rockfish, red rockfish, cabazon, sunfish, mola mola, bocaccio, zebra perch, rubberlip perch.
Sharks and Rays: bat ray, round sting ray, shovel nose guitar fish, California thornback, Pacific electric or torpedo ray, angel shark, leopard shark, blue shark, swell shark, horn shark, angel shark, soupfin shark, dogfish, smoothhound shark, great white shark.
Crabs: kelp crab, rock crab, decorator crab, sheep or spider crab, dungeness crab, sand crab, shore crab, hermit crab, warrior crab, helmet crab.
Invertebrates: tunicate, sea star, brittle star, sunburst/sunflower star, sand star, spiny star, sand dollar, sea urchin, pencil urchin, sea cucumber, feather star, octopus, squid, clam, rock scallop, cowrey, triton, whelk, sponge, jellyfish, hydrocoral, hydroid, green abalone, pink abalone, red abalone, white abalone, black abalone, flat abalone, limpet, bryozoan, turban snail, kelp snail, moon snail, top snail, sand snail, muscle, tube worm, feather duster worm, gorgonian, sea anonome, nudibranch, navanax, sea slug, cleaner shrimp, shrimp, mantis shrimp, spiny lobster.
Sea Mammals - Pinnipeds: harbor seal, sea lion, dolphin, common dolphin, gray whale, blue whale, humpback whale, killer whale, pilot whale, elephant seal, Dall's porpise, beaked whale.
Plants: agarweed, algee, eel grass, cord grass, salt grass, bull kelp, elkhorn kelp, featherboa kelp, giant kelp, spongeweed, sea palm, laminaria, rockweed.
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