What shops pump nitrox in LA and South Bay?

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Just as the title says, which shops in the LA and South Bay Area are pumping nitrox?

Do they require O2 clean tanks and what is the approximate price per fill?
Thanks!
 
Nitrox:

- Pacific Wilderness, San Pedro
- Hollywood Divers, Hollywood/LA
- Ocean Adventures, Venice Beach
- Eco Diver Center, Culver (I believe also has Nitrox.)
- Dive N Surf, Redondo Beach is installing a Nitrox system this year with the new building that is going up.

O2:

- Pacific Wilderness
- Hollywood Divers
- Ocean Adventures

Extras:

- I believe Hollywood divers is the only store that uses membrane so O2 clean not required (but recommended).
- Pacific Wilderness does Hydros in-house!

Both Pacific Wilderness and Hollywood Divers are my two favorite dive stores.

Pacific Wilderness has good pricing and if you know them, the price gets better. Hollywood divers has good pricing. I found Ocean Adventures to be expensive and don't use them anymore.

Some stores charge by the CF and some stores charge a "tech fill".

Just one thing about dive stores - If you only stop by on the weekends, you don't often see the owner/team who runs the place which makes it difficult to build a relationship.
 
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This topic was thoroughly covered in this thread: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=356429

Simple phone calls will tell you if anything's changed since those posts.

In my experience, Ocean Adventures does excellent gas blending, both nitrox and trimix.
(They do not require O2 cleaned cylinders except for oxygen deco bottles.)

Excellent service and accurate blending.

~~~~
Claudette


"...and the next step is a naked midget."
--Mo2vation
 
Ocean Safari SCUBA in San Gabriel does Nitrox 32-36. No O2 clean tank required and cost varies depending on the size of the tank being filled.
 
Thanks for all the responses!
One last question, do any shops overfill LP tanks to 2900-3000psi?
 
Call Fred Colburn on Sundays at Pacific Wilderness -San Pedro
tel:310-833-2422

Ask him about "cave filling" LP steel tanks to your requirements. . .
 
The last time I checked, Channel Islands Scuba in T.O. also does nitrox fills and don't require O2 clean tanks
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/teric/

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