So that's why everyone likes diving SoCal!

[Rickster]

Deer Creek
Leo Carrillo
Sequit Point
Nicholas Canyon
El Matador
Trancas Beach
Pt. Dume
Escondido Creek
Corral Beach
Malibu Road
Big Rock
Long Wharf
Veteran's Park/Redondo Canyon
Topaz Jetty
RAT Beach (Right After Torrance)
Malaga Cove
Haggerty's
Flat Rock
Christmas Tree Cove
Honeymoon Cove
Neptune Cove/P.V. Arch
Cardiac Hill
Marineland
Sacred Cove/Archery Range
White Point
Pt. Fermin
Cabrillo Beach
L.A. Breakwall
...just to name a few. When conditions are good, I'd rather dive Palos Verdes than Catalina any day. If you have a boat or friends with one, there are many offshore reefs, natural and artificial and hundreds of wrecks.

Thanks Phil!

I, like Phil, would rather dive P.V., along with Malibu, Ventura County, and Santa Barbara County, above most other sites in SoCal. Most people do not know what they are missing. They either hear form someone that diving the beach is no good, or they do one or two dives, in bad conditions and come to a conclusion that it is no good. When I dive tropical dives, I love it there, but, can't wait to get back in the water, when I get back here. I choose Beach dives over boat dives, as well, most of the time

The beach, if you know where to go, offers a diverse terrain, changing with every divesite, spectacular growth, and amazing life to see. Most don't know what they are missing!

Thanks,
Rick

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Your post shows many great dive spots around PV, some that I've never even heard of or knew existed.I'll have to try and find/hit some of these "new to me" divesites. Thanks for posting them! By the way, are you the famous Mr.Marineland diver? Just curious because if you are,I would like to pick your brain sometime about OML.

I just got new plates on my truck this week.
Some of my friends jokingly refer to me as the Mayor of Marineland because I have been diving there since 1987.

 

[Rickster]

Glad you discovered the great diving right at your doorstep. With the cost of fuel and air travel, it is a timely discovery!

Don't give up on mainland shore diving. One day of diving at La Jolla Shores a few years ago gave me the opportunity to record 13 "new" species on video... some new sightings for me, some critters that I'd seen but never filmed before.

I'm interested in what sharks you saw on your dives here. The article on Catalina diving states they saw a "blue shark" at Torqua Springs. Not once in the 2,000+ dives I've done this decade alone have I seen a blue shark inshore... only when we are out on the banks chumming like crazy. I'm assuming the author saw a soupfin or tope shark. Back in the 60's and 70's, the blues were actually common fairly close to shore here off Catalina.

Hi Bill,

I just seen a Blue at Deer Creek Sat. It was the second on I have seen in a bunch of dives, over a few years. The first one was at La Jennelle up here, in Ven County. The one Sat was a nice surprise

Rick

 

[Beachlover]

I just got new plates on my truck this week.
Some of my friends jokingly refer to me as the Mayor of Marineland because I have been diving there since 1987.

Nice plates! Did'nt Marineland close right around 1986/1987?

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Oh, and my bad. Deer Creek is just north of the county line.
It's still a nice spot, and you can eat at Neptune's Net after the dive.

 

[Rickster]

Oh, and my bad. Deer Creek is just north of the county line.
It's still a nice spot, and you can eat at Neptune's Net after the dive.

Thats OK, it is only a couple miles north of Leo

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Nice plates! Did'nt Marineland close right around 1986/1987?

1987. For some reason, most people didn't realize that the public access was still open. Until a California Diving News story about Marineland in the January 1990 issue I had the place to myself most days. The access is a little tougher now, but the diving is just as good. It was very flat the past week. I made two dives there Tuesday, two yesterday and one today.

 

[ligersandtions]

Thanks Phil!

I, like Phil, would rather dive P.V., along with Malibu, Ventura County, and Santa Barbara County, above most other sites in SoCal. Most people do not know what they are missing. They either hear form someone that diving the beach is no good, or they do one or two dives, in bad conditions and come to a conclusion that it is no good. When I dive tropical dives, I love it there, but, can't wait to get back in the water, when I get back here. I choose Beach dives over boat dives, as well, most of the time

The beach, if you know where to go, offers a diverse terrain, changing with every divesite, spectacular growth, and amazing life to see. Most don't know what they are missing!

Thanks,
Rick

I think you just have to go with the right people to find the cool stuff from beach dives. So far, we've done a not so good job, but will fix that as soon as we are done with our busy summer schedule...

 

[Rickster]

I think you just have to go with the right people to find the cool stuff from beach dives. So far, we've done a not so good job, but will fix that as soon as we are done with our busy summer schedule...

That does help quite a bit

Any time you want to go out, Let me know. I would be happy to show you some sites. Of course depending on conditions

 

[runway1]

I think you just have to go with the right people to find the cool stuff from beach dives. So far, we've done a not so good job, but will fix that as soon as we are done with our busy summer schedule...

SCD continues to have stunning beach dives. Haven't seen you back since your first outing at Cress Street! I admit that was a less than memerable dive but keep in mind, when you only have ten minutes of air at depth, that's the limiting factor, not navigation.

Less than obvious reefs, e.g. Cress, Deadman's, etc, will sometimes require some swimming after decending to find the final target. If your air consumption is too quick (and that's fine, we've all been there), you may not have the time, as in your Cress Street dive. Remember, you need 800-1,000 psi to scuba back to shore - assuming you want to skip that 1/4 mile surface swim

Nothing will increase your skills better and faster than shore diving. That's where you have to be "on".