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Comparison Table of All California 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
Sanctuary Michael Jones Monterey 35' long X 13.5' beam none beverages & snacks included none 1 / 1 6 pack, tanks included 866-737-3483
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
Truth Chris Callahan Santa Barbara 65' long X 22' beam 3000 psi seats 32 12 double, 19 single 2 / 4 32% Nitrox 805-962-1127
Vision James Hrabak Santa Barbara 80' long X 26' beam 3000 psi seats 40 13 double, 20 single 3 / 4 32% Nitrox 805-962-1127
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 Greg Elliot 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
Magician Carl San Pedro 62' long X 18' beam 3000 psi seats 24 12 single, 8 double 2 / 1 sit down tank racks, Nitrox 818-499-7101
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
Explorer Tony Volaski Ventura 65' long X 22' beam 3000 psi seats 20 8 double, 26 single, 2 staterooms 2 / 3 Sit down tank racks 805-646-0836
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
Westerly Joe Long Beach 55' long X 18' beam 2400 psi full galley
15 single, 6 double 1 / 1 none 703-939-1705
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
Horizon Spencer Salmon San Diego 80' long X 25' beam 3300 psi seats 30 10 double, 22 single, 8 cabins 2 / 3 great white shark dives, air cond., Nitrox 858-277-7823
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
M/V Islander Shane Slaughter & John Conniff San Diego 88' long X 24' beam 3500 psi seats 30 11 staterooms 2 / 2 GW shark dives, Baja long range 619-224-4388
Name Captain Location Size Air Fills Galley Bunks Heads / Showers Special Features Phone

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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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