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Channel Islands Dive Adventures mission is to offer well organized dive trips to unique and interesting destinations with a dive/travel guide present, to help foster new friendships with other like minded divers and above all to promote safe and fun diving. read more.

Upcoming Dive Trips

2010 Trip Schedule

Outer Yellowbanks, Santa Cruz on September 19th

CIDA  has a charter aboard the Raptor out of Ventura Harbor to the outer Yellowbanks area of Santa Cruz Island on Sun., Sept. 19th. Yellowbanks is a large extensive area on the southeast side of Santa Cruz past Smugglers Cove. Yellowbanks has large kelp beds and equally large reefs. The reefs are a variety of different types. Some are parallel reefs with sand between them, some are low lying rocky reefs and others are large rocky outcroppings with small walls. With the entire good reef structure there is much to see such as fish, lobsters and lots of small invertebrates. more info

Santa Cruz West End on October 16th

CIDA has a charter aboard the Raptor out of Ventura Harbor to the west end of Santa Cruz Island on Sat., Oct. 16^th . There are some excellent dives sites at the West end of Santa Cruz such as West Point, Fraser Cove and Forney’s Cove. Santa Cruz is excellent for bug hunting and these spots also have very good reef structure with lush kelp, fish and other marine life. The dive sites here are also good for the photographer or sightseer with the main focus for this trip being bug hunting. more info

San Nick Bug Fest on Oct. 31st & Nov. 1st