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2008 Boat
Schedule
The 2008 boat
schedule is now available!
Experience
Multi Day Boat Dives in California Waters!
This year SLO Ocean Currents has 3 multi-day
boat trips on our list of great mini
vacations. To hold your spot on any of these trips requires
a $100 deposit - first come, first served. The first is June
27-28, 2008 on the Truth. Twenty five or so years ago Truth
Aquatics started building their dive boats from the waterline
up. These boats were designed and built for California divers.
Unlike many boats that have been built for other industries
or for other diving markets these boats were made for diving
the Channel Islands. With comforts such as roomy decks, bunks,
hot showers, incredible food, and a great crew, this is sure
to be a wonderful trip for all divers and non-divers alike.
This trip is a hunnting and gathering
trip! Not recommended for photography or conservationist.
Over the trip the schedule is loose and convenient
affording as much or as little bottom time as you would like.
Gates typically open at seven in the morning and the boat
will make many moves throughout the day. There are three meals
scheduled daily with snacks and beverages available all day
long. All the food is included in the price of the trip and
eating this well prepared menu is worth the price of admission
alone. If you did not get enough diving in during the day,
there will also be two scheduled night dives, one each night.
For those who prefer stargazing and sharing a story or two
to desert, there is not a better beachfront table to sit at
on the West coast. One of the many advantages of diving in
this live-a-board fashion is that you get to pick and choose
your dives, gain experience due to repetition, and experience
proper dive planning. Not only will the diving be great, the
time shared with diving companions will be sure to make some
new dive buddies for future trips.
One-day trips are a great way to get out and
enjoy the Channel Islands, but there are definitely limitations.
I have been able to make quite a few multi-day trips and I
am here to say there is nothing like it. Hope you can make
some time in your schedules to get away from it all and enjoy
a short vacation with your friends and dive club members.
Other trips include August 8th-9th aboard the
Dive Boat Peace. This trip is scheduled for a venture to Catalina
and Santa Barbara Island. The first day is scheduled to dive
the frontside of Catalina where we will anchor up for the
night in Avalon harbor. if you choose you may take a shore
boat to Avalon and have dinner in down or just go out and
explore Avalon at night. Day two takes you to Santa Barbara
Island where you will have the chance to dive the famous Sealion
rookery. Always a great time diving with these incredible
pinnepeds, you will sure to get a up close encounter with
these puppy's of the sea. This trip
is excellent for photography and sightseeing!
October 4th-6th is our Annual lobster trip.
Come aboard the dive boat Conception for a three day bug fest.
Three days and two nights of all out lobster chasing dives.
Not only are there lobsters to be had but without a doubt,
October is the best month to go diving. Nice temperate days
and evenings makes this trip one for both gatherers and sightseers
a like. The last few years have been banner years and who
knows what this year will bring.
Our Last two Day of the year is again on the
Conception dive boat and it is scheduled for Novemeber 15-16th
and is an all around diving adventure.
Local
Dive Sites
We have a few sites already, and we're working
on getting some more maps and site briefings online. Check
back soon!
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