nippurmagnum
Contributor
I am asking this question because I am genuinely interested in the answer: what is the benefit to doing a livaboard in California, vs. just doing day trips?
I am based in the East Coast but make it out to California about once a year. I have done some very nice dives in the Channel Islands on day trips from Ventura, and equally nice dives in San Diego, primarily shore dives. But I never really considered doing a liveaboard in Cali, and Cali liveaboards weren't even on my radar until the Concepcion fire. Which makes me wonder, what is the primary attraction of a Cali liveaboard? Does it reach dive sites that are otherwise unreachable on day trips, and have some significantly different quality to them? Is it the ability to do early morning or night dives? Is it the ability to just pack in a lot of dives and minimize driving?
I am based in the East Coast but make it out to California about once a year. I have done some very nice dives in the Channel Islands on day trips from Ventura, and equally nice dives in San Diego, primarily shore dives. But I never really considered doing a liveaboard in Cali, and Cali liveaboards weren't even on my radar until the Concepcion fire. Which makes me wonder, what is the primary attraction of a Cali liveaboard? Does it reach dive sites that are otherwise unreachable on day trips, and have some significantly different quality to them? Is it the ability to do early morning or night dives? Is it the ability to just pack in a lot of dives and minimize driving?