Arizona Scuba March SoCal Trip??

I was thinkin of going to SoCal in March, I should be all moved and settled in by then. I thought I'd throw out a couple suggestions to see if there is any interest in an informal group outing.

A) San Diego, Saturday, March 24, Wreck Alley: Boat TBD

DnDII 2 or 4 dives (AM: Yukon/Pt. Loma Kelp & PM: 2 Kelp), if we got enough people we could try to get the AM kelp changed to another Yukon dive or Ruby E. Cost $80/2 dives, they have a special right now which could end any minute which is 2 for 1 certificates, act fast! (http://www.gottadive.com)

Lois Ann 2 or 4 dives (AM: Yukon/El Rey & PM: 7 Fathoms/NRAD) Cost $80/2 dives, no special that I know of. (http://www.loisann.com)

Dive Bliss 3 dives sites TBD Cost: $85 (http://www.divebliss.com) 6 pack.

B) SoCal Kelp Divers Mo2vation Boat Dive to Catalina, Saturday, March 24: Pacific Star (Redondo Beach) 3 dives. Cost $80-105 depending on # of divers from Scubaboard. See this thread http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=169091 , I was on the inagural Mo2vation dive and have been to a few SoCal events and they are always fun and friendly. Great way to meet some fellow Scubaboarders

D) San Diego, Saturday, March 17: Wreck Alley Same as A above; except Lois Ann is chartered.

E) Catalina, Saturday, March 17: Sundiver (Long Beach) 3 dives. Cost ?? (Not listed and I can't say for sure, it's avg. $80-90 but don't quote me) This is a good boat, one of my favorite I've been on her 3 or 4 times. Discounts are available for groups if we get enough interest. (http://www.sundiver.net) . You can spend the night on the boat Friday night (1st come 1st serve) and save hotel expenses for Friday night.

We can plan some shore dives at La Jolla, Orange County or LA beaches on Sunday morning depending on choice.

If people want to carpool or share hotel expenses (for solos) that would be great. I've had good success with Priceline for hotels in San Diego. ($50/night for a nice 2 1/2 star hotel)

You can get a round-trip ticket to SoCal (San Diego, Orange County, LAX) from Southwest Airlines for $100. I got a truck, so if I drive and you fly, I could shlep you gear for you for a gas money donation And save you the hassle!

It's just a thought, let me know if you have any interest and which option you like. If you have a different suggestion let me know that as well, I like options.

-Garrett

BTW, As it stands today I can probably work any of these options, but leaning towards A or B personally at this point. B if there is no or little interest in SD, but I'd love to dive wreck alley.

-Garrett

I hope that some of you can make it to the Mo2vation Dive to Catalina.

Consider this a personal invitation!

Christian

Options A & B look good to us. Another option you might want to consider is the Dive Bliss. It's a 6 pack out of Mission Bay. I think they charge $85 for a 3 tank dive and $75 for a 2 tank dive. Capt. Robin will go anywhere the divers want to go. If we wanted to do a Yukon/Ruby E/Kelp dive, we could. Or if we wanted to do 3 dives on the Yukon, we could. Just something to keep in mind if we only get 6 divers. I'd love to dive the wrecks again, but Catalina sounds very enticing too.

Okay we can get rid of option C and just call A) San Diego, March 24, Wreck Alley. Boat to be determined OP edited

-Garrett

If my kids dont make me fly to Reno, Art and I might be interested depending on where you decide to go. We were interested in doing Anacapa at some point soon too.

I went ahead and reserved my spot on the boat for the Scubaboard trip (option B), if we have enough interest in doing something else I can cancel.

Kaz, I'd love to do an Northern/Outer Islands trip; the Peace would be good have heard nothing but great things. Unfortunately they aren't many open boats on either weekend that I can find in that area. The Sunfish has a 1/2 open boat on the 24th. With the added distance, perhaps we should try to plan this for another trip. I'm in when the time comes.

-Garrett

Anybody up for a little Yukon/Ruby E action on March 3rd? Sat? DNDII? 1:00PM I need a buddy, and I'm allready booked ;-)

Ry

Well I tried....

So anyone else joining me on this trip?

B) SoCal Kelp Divers Mo2vation Boat Dive to Catalina, Saturday, March 24: Pacific Star (Redondo Beach) 3 dives. Cost $80-105 depending on # of divers from Scubaboard. See this thread http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=169091 , I was on the inagural Mo2vation dive and have been to a few SoCal events and they are always fun and friendly. Great way to meet some fellow Scubaboarders

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I will be leaving for SoCal on Wed. March 21st. (unless I find a new job, highly doubtful since I'm not really looking yet ). I'll be doing a couple shore dives on Thurs, Friday and Sunday (before heading back) too, most likely in Laguna, if your in-town for this or something else.

Also if you want to fly out (dirt cheap on Southwest if you book now with 2 weeks notice), I'll schlept your gear to the boat and back to AZ, send me a PM.

-Garrett

We were thinking about this trip, but then realized we need to get started with the OW classes with Kris and Mindy's group of kids, so San Diego will have to wait a couple of months. :frown: