rebreather friendly cruise boat in Socal

[Myka]

Hello SoCal,
i use to wite in NorCal forum, because I live in the North of California (Sacramento)
But I would like to come to see the beautiful colors of the South of California towards L.A : Catalina Island or Channel islands...

I dive with an EVOlution rebreather and I envisage 3 days of diving. I boggle to take a hotel on the coast and book 3 consecutive 1day boat diving (not sure to find), or to make a cruise 3 days on a boat.

I look for a “rebreather friendly” boat, which could refill tanks with “clean safe” air (or trimix ?), and which would refill pure oxygen (otherwise I have take S80 of oxygen for refill by myself, by transfer if they accept ?).


I would prefer a cool schedule with 2 or 3 dives a day but during 1 hour 30-2 each, and without changing 5 times from a spot to another spot every day... but does it exist ?


What do you recommend to me?
If somebody has already planned it in March, I shall be very happy to join him. It will be a pleasure to dive with an other rebreather-diver or an OC-diver that like to do some long dive (1h30-2h).


What I found on the forum and on Web, lead me to select these cruise ships :
SCUBA Schools of America > Home
Second Stage Ocean Sports
Diving Charters, Inc. - California Scuba Diving on Liveaboard Dive Boat Sand Dollar
PSALTY V Adventures - Private Yacht for Charter in Southern California


thanks for you help,
Mickael

 

[lemon]

second stage and psalty are both good choices. can't speak for the others as i've never used them.

 

[surfinusa555]

There has been a lot of discussion about Scuba Schools of America on the socal forum. You should probably read it if you are thinking about using them. http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/socal/358721-scuba-schools-america-rusty-berry.html I personally haven't ever been there so I won't say any positives or negatives.

 

[liuk3]

You could check out the Sea Bass Dive boat and socaltechdivers.com There are lots of guys on rebreathers, and the Sea Bass pumps air and nitrox. Don't know what you mean by "clean safe" air though. 1.5-2 hour dives are routine. Dives over 2 hours would probably be considered long, but if they are doing 2 consecutive dives on one site, you could certainly pull off a 2+ hour long dive.

 

[Myka]

Don't know what you mean by "clean safe" air though.

thanks for information. By clean safe air, I mean pure oxygen compatible fill.

on the website of Dive Sea Bass, i read : NITROX fills on board. We do not fill O2 clean tanks. So i think it answer to my question...
thanks