Where: Palos Verdes

Depart from: San Pedro, Maritime Museum

When: Friday, August 30, 2024

Time: Board at 6:00 am, depart at 7:00 am with us getting back about 5:00 pm.

Cost: $220.00 includes 3 dives, light snacks, and water & air-Limited to 14 divers

ALL TRIPS are weather-dependent

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Ken at

info@channelislandsdiveadventures.com or call (805) 469-7288

 The Palos Verdes coastline is like a hidden gem. It has so much to offer and seems to get overlooked with divers wanting to go to the islands. For the photographer, hunter, and sightseer it could even be better than the islands. Dive with us and find out for yourself! 

 The Palos Verdes coast has much to offer and why is that? The reason is much of it is very hard to get to unless you are a hardy beach diver. Divers with their own boats have been diving the Palos Verdes area for years because they know how great the diving can be. You will find deeper reefs with lots of life to shallow beautiful reefs lush with kelp and fish. For the photographer, it can be nudibranch heaven and for the sightseer, you won’t get bored because there is something for everyone. 

 Advanced divers and above that have experience in cold water conditions including; current, swell, possible limited visibility and deep water. Most importantly, good buoyancy control is needed and surface signal tubes are always recommended. 

 The SoCal Diver is new to dive trips around Catalina, Palos Verdes, and the Rigs and is available for charters only. The two people responsible for managing the boat operations and scheduling charters are Jeff Reeb and Seamus Callaghan. Jeff has been a long time active diver who has worked on both the Giant Stride and Peace dive boats along with serving as a Divemaster for Ocean Safaris dive shop. Seamus is currently a manufacturing rep for Huish and another longtime diver who has owned and run other dive charters. Jeff is more in charge of the operational side of the boat and Seamus mainly takes care of scheduling and setting up charters. 

The Socal Diver is a 46’ ft x 16’ ft Newton dive boat built in Slidell, LA. but it is different than most Newtons because it has a compressor with an air bank, and depending on the need they can crank it up to fill high-pressure tanks to 3400 PSI. It’s a fast boat, usually traveling around 17 knots, weather permitting, compared to many of the other dive boats that travel around 8 knots. Read more about the SoCal Diver HERE.