after being spoiled by the peace and spectre, I took my 1st boat ride to catalina on an unnamed boat. It took 2 1/2 hours to get there from san pedro, leaving at 7AM, very slow! we went to 3 shallow dive sites, it felt very rushed, short surface intervals, and we had to leave by 3PM. dive times were limited to 1hr. 2 1/2 hours to get back.

question - are all boats to catalina like this? how long does it take most boats to get to catalina from long beach/san pedro? are there any boats known for going to sites other than beginner sites and having decent surface intervals, and not rushing divers to finish their dive? are those the boats that are the most expensive?

thanks alot!
Boat Seeker

• Re: looking for good catalina boat UB88Poltergeist 11:11:24 07/21/05 (9)
  • Re: Re: looking for good catalina boat Kevin 21:14:53 07/26/05 (0)
  • Re: Re: looking at history NeXuS CeNtRaL 04:48:02 07/26/05 (0)
  • Re: Re: looking for good catalina boat Jan 16:07:31 07/24/05 (0)
  • expensive local boats Ross-O 12:49:55 07/21/05 (5)
    • If You Survive, It's an Education You Won't Get Anywhere Else... Patrick Smith 17:08:57 07/22/05 (1)
      • Re: If You Survive, It's an Education You Won't Get Anywhere Else... Max Bottomtime 19:36:14 07/22/05 (0)
    • Your own boat... Chuck Tribolet 17:34:13 07/21/05 (0)
    • Just a thought Elaine 14:58:38 07/21/05 (0)
    • On the plus side... Max Bottomtime 14:48:00 07/21/05 (0)
• Re: looking for good catalina boat Chris 21:05:57 07/20/05 (4)
  • ditto... ChrisM 10:31:22 07/21/05 (2)
    • Re: ditto... Chris 11:07:22 07/21/05 (1)
      • All Jerry needs is a hot tub on the Magician Walt 11:17:56 07/21/05 (0)
  • Re: Re: looking for good catalina boat Elaine 21:25:28 07/20/05 (0)
• My choices are the Great Escape & the Sundiver MJG 18:40:14 07/20/05 (0)
• Re: looking for good catalina boat - join a club Kathryn 18:35:37 07/20/05 (0)
• Try the Great Escape or Magician Walt 17:44:02 07/20/05 (0)