Trip Details
- Where: Coastal Point Dume
- Depart from: Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard
- When: Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024
- Time: Board at 6:00 am, depart at 7:00 am with us getting back about 4:00 pm.
- Cost: $240.00 includes 3 dives, hot lunch, water & air fills including FREE nitrox-Limited to 6 divers
- ALL TRIPS are weather dependent
Trip Info
Join Channel Islands Dive Adventures on a trip to the Coastal area of Point Dume aboard the DV Triton Dive Boat
The Coastal Point Dume area is rarely dived by any boat due to the distance from any harbor and is a perfect location for an advanced dive trip. It's about 30 miles East of Channel Islands Harbor and is a Marine Protected Area. This area is quite large and well worth the effort to get to.
The coastal Point Dume area is rarely dived by any boat due to the distance from any harbor. From the Channel Islands Harbor, it is close to 30 miles East. Point Dume is in a State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) and is around the corner from Paradise Cove. Point Dume is an awesome dive but can be a very difficult shore dive. Diving from a boat makes it so much nicer. The plan is to make the first dive at Point Dume and the others between Nicholas and Decker Canyon. This area is more like a reef with kelp and some excellent bottom terrain with shallower depths around 50'-60' ft. This area is quite large and well worth the effort to get to.
Between Leo Carrillo and Point Dume are Nicholas Canyon and Decker Canyon all excellent dive sites. This whole isn't like a beach dive. The outer areas are all deeper rocky reefs between 40'-60'. These areas are untouched by divers and CIDA is the only one who has ever chartered boats to these areas. Over the years, we have chartered many boats to these areas and further, including the Peace for a 2-day trip many years ago.
This trip is best suited for
Advanced divers and above that have experience in cold water conditions including; current, swell, possible limited visibility and deep water. Most importantly, good buoyancy control is needed and surface signal tubes are always recommended.