I have been reading thrpough the various threads here and elsewhere on beach dives in SoCal and wonder if there are near shore boat alternatives. Given the descriptions of long, steep hikes to the beach, surf entries, surge conditions and rocks it seems like a boat dive would be much easier.
Does anyone run boats just offshore of the beach dives? Unfortunately, I do not have the time to spend a whole day getting to the Channel Islands very often. On the other hand, I'd dive nearly every weekend if I could have a nice, easy entry from a boat with a total trip time of 4 hours or less.
Maybe I need to buy a boat and then go looking for buddies
Does anyone run boats just offshore of the beach dives? Unfortunately, I do not have the time to spend a whole day getting to the Channel Islands very often. On the other hand, I'd dive nearly every weekend if I could have a nice, easy entry from a boat with a total trip time of 4 hours or less.
Maybe I need to buy a boat and then go looking for buddies