Important Stuff you Need to Know

TICKET POLICIES
Tickets are refundable with 2 weeks or more notice. Less than 2 weeks, store credit. Less than 1 week, no refund (unless spot is sold).

REQUIRED GEAR
You must supply or rent the following:
          • Tank & weights (none of the boats we use supply these)
          • Regulator with an octopus or alternate air source
          • Pressure gauge
          • BC providing at least 15 lbs. of lift (snorkeling vests do not qualify)
          • Fins (don't laugh - we've had people tell us they can dive without them)

DEPARTURE & RETURN TIMES
Half-day No-frills trips - 8AM departure, 1PM return
Catalina frontside (Ship Rock, Little Farnsworth) - 5AM departure, 3:30PM return
Catalina backside (Farnsworth Banks) - 4AM departure, 4PM return
Santa Barbara Island - 1:30AM departure, 6PM return
San Clemente Island - 12:30AM departure, 7PM return

DIVE POLICIES
All diving must be done within recreational sport diving limits: maximum depths 130' or less, bottom times not to require decompression , standard compressed air or nitrox (<40%) used as a breathing gas (standard SCUBA w/reg & tank - no rebreathers).

If you do not have the required equipment as outlined above, you will not be permitted to dive. You will also not be entitled a refund.

Limit one scuba tank per diver. (Pony bottles are OK and do not count as an extra tank.)

You must show your certification cards at sign-in.

A general briefing will be conducted on each trip and is mandatory for all divers.

Reef Seekers has a Zero Tolerance policy for poaching and illegal game-taking. If you take game that is out-of-season, undersized, or over a bag limit, we will contact DF&G and request that a game warden rendezvous with the boat to deal with the offender.

We generally try to offer 4 dives on each single-day trip (half-day trips are 2 dives) but sometimes, due to travel time or the speed of the group, we may only be able to do 3 dives. Farnsworth/Catalina backside trips are almost always 3-dive days.

ACCOMMODATIONS
All Great Escape trips have staterooms available at an extra charge. The boat provides a pillow and a blanket. Mattresses are generally naugahyde or other similar material.  It's not a bad idea to bring a sleeping bag with you to lay out on the bunk and to provide some extra comfort. Although there are showers on the boats, none of the boats provide towels.

GENERAL
The Great Escape departs from 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro. The Catalina Express departs from either their downtown Long Beach or San Pedro terminals. You can get driving directions by clicking here.