Santa Rosa Island
Channel Islands Dive Adventures has the Peace chartered for a single day trip to Santa Rosa Island on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Diving the Northern Channel Islands can be an awesome experience and Santa Rosa is an excellent place to start!
The plan is to board on Friday night, April 27th after 8:00pm with the Peace departing at 2:00am Saturday, April 28th for Santa Rosa Island. Captain Eric and crew always do their best to get to the best dive sites possible. Santa Rosa has many excellent sites to offer from beautiful kelp forests and large rocky reefs to pinnacles with tons of life on them.
Diving Santa Rosa Island can be quite interesting and fun where the marine life is more like San Miguel Island. There are much of the same things you would normally see at San Miguel Islands such as large schools of rockfish, huge sunflower stars, a colorful array of anemones, an abundance of invertebrates, seals, sea lions and much more.
This trip is best suited for intermediate or advanced divers that have experience in cold water conditions possibly including current, swell, kelp, limited visibility and possible deep water. Dive sites are to be determined by “BEST CONDITIONS” based on water visibility, tides, current, surge, swell and wind. Most importantly, good buoyancy control is needed and surface signal tubes are always recommended.
Trip Details
- Where: Peace to Santa Rosa Island
- Depart from:Ventura Harbor
- When: Saturday, April 28, 2012
- Time: Board on Friday night, April 27thafter 8:00pm with the Peace departing at 2:00am on Saturday, April 28th
- Cost: *$160.00 includes 4 dives, meals, air & reserved bunks (bunk layout)
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The Peace is widely known as a first class dive boat ideal for single and multi-day trips to the Channel Islands and beyond. The Captain and crew are all divemasters and DAN oxygen providers. The safety of the passengers is of utmost importance to them and at the same time they are happy to get you to the best possible dive sites that they can.
The Peace is 65’x22’ and has single and double bunks that sleep 32, (see bunk room layout). All bunks have privacy curtains, lights, pillows and blankets. There are 2 heads with showers along with an outdoor fresh water shower. There is also a clothes dryer if needed.
On the dive deck there is plenty of room for everyone along with a sundeck, live game well for all the hunters, 12’ inflatable chase boat, two 18CFM compressors for air and nitrox and the world famous hot tub. The Peace can fill to 3500psi and for nitrox (additional charge) they are equipped with a DNAx membrane system setup for 32% fills. With the membrane system there is no need for O2 clean tanks.
Inside there is a large galley with a TV and VCR player and this is also where all the delicious meals are cooked and served. Meals for a typical day will include a starter breakfast of oatmeal, toast, bagels, fruit, cereal, juice and more. You then can make your first dive and afterwards have a full hot breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes and more. For lunch there is always a big spread with a theme like Italian, Mexican or something else. Save room, because later in the day there is still a homemade desert usually along with ice cream. If you’re on a multi-day trip, then there is still a big dinner along with more deserts. Just make sure you dive as much as possible to burn off all the food. For drinks there is a soda machine, ice and there is always water available. If you feel inclined to bring your own alcoholic drinks, that is also OK, just please bring your own cooler and ice to store them in.
All trips on the Peace include food, snacks, drinks & air.
For trips on the Peace you will need to bring all your own gear and 1 tank, gear rentals are available if needed and this can be arranged in advanced with the Peace. If you are a photographer there is a camera table and plenty of outlets to charge batteries.
The Peace is in the Ventura Harbor and is located next to Island Packers at 1691 Spinnaker Dr. G – Dock. For directions, please see there map and for more infromation please see the California Dive News Peace review.
