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Raptor |
Dive Boat Review: Raptor by Dale and Kim Sheckler
We are a society that seems to be always seeking immediate gratification. Unfortunately, diving usually does not offer that, but with the operation of the dive chart |
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Peace |
| I have dived the Peace a great deal over the past couple of decades and have gained a lot of fun memories. To this day she remains one of my favorite boats. she is a comfortable boat that is easy to dive, the crew has always b |
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Sundiver Express |
| "I feel the need for speed!" is the line in the hit movie Top Gun. And sometimes I feel that way on my dive trips. As much as I love the ocean I would rather spend more time IN it than ON it. Sundiver Express provides divers w |
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Sand Dollar |
| The quality of a California dive charter boat operation usually falls on just one individual--the owner and skipper. In the case of Captain George Staehling of the Sand Dollar he has succeeded wonderfully. On the completion of |
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Spectre |
| Anacapa Island in the northern chain of the Channel Islands is the favorite of many Southern California divers. Anacapa is the closest to shore of all the Channel Islands (a mere 11 miles from the Ventura County coastline at i |
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Zero Gravity |
I was really looking forward to this dive trip. Weeks of office work without a diving break had my gills thirsty for a great dive. With eager anticipation I booked a trip on the Zero Gravity out of Mission Bay, San Diego.
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Scuba Cat |
| Several delightful hotels from which to choose, shore diving, a dive boat that picks you up right up at the in-town dock, tanks and weights included —I love resort diving. Unfortunately, it is a rarity in California. Div |
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Humboldt |
| Plain and simple, San Diego has some excellent diving over a wide variety of sites. Right out of the gates just west of Mission Bay is Wreck Alley with several shipwrecks to explore. To the north are the reefs and kelp of La J |
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Sunfish |
| In my fairly short dive history, I’ve been fortunate to take a giant stride off several excellent dive charter boats. As a newer diver, I believe I have a heightened sense of what is comfortable and what isn’t. And |
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Great Escape |
| No matter how hard they try, Southern California dive charter boat owners can't control the weather or the diving conditions. So two boats going to the same spot on the same day will have the same experience underwater. But wh |
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Magician |
| When the dive boat Magician started running Wednesday open boats this summer to Catalina, you could almost hear a collective "hurray!" from the Southern California dive community. I have more good news—the Magician is go |
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Vision |
| California island diving comes with a great bunch of dive charter boats to serve underwater explorers wanting to venture into the kelp forests of the Channel Islands. Most of these boats, however, specialize in just single-day |
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Horizon |
| Just when you think things are as good as good as they get, life surprises you. I have dived the Horizon for many years and have always thought highly of the vessel and her crew. On a recent trip I discovered that even the bes |
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Sundiver |
| When you lay down cash on the counter in a dive boat's galley, only part of your money is going to pay for fuel, crew wages and upkeep of the vessel. A good deal of what you are paying for is the captain's expertise and experi |
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Conception |
| I thought this was going to be rough trip; not rough in terms of bouncy seas but a tough balancing act for the crew amongst the varying interests of the divers. Onboard were hunters (mainly lobster and scallop hunters but one |
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