Advanced/Tech Dives-EXPERIENCED DIVERS ONLY
These dives are not for everyone, they are either deep or techincally challenging.  Please be sure to read the full site descriptions BEFORE signing up for a dive.  These dives will be coordinated with our friends from the San Diego Tech-Diving community, or in the case of the Bluewater Diving with our Scientific Dive Safety Officer.  

Deep dives offer some rare sites and usually great visibility. 



Hogan (Check out the Video)
Depth: 125'
The Hogan was a destroyer sunk as part of target practice by the U.S. Navy in 1945. The last time we went to the Hogan our divers thought they had missed the wreck because there were so many fish on it. They had to get within 20’ of the wreck to actually see past the fish! The Hogan is a deep dive, lying in around 125’ of water and is for experienced Advanced/Deep divers only.

P38 (Check out the Video)
Depth: 135'
The P38 was a training plane from Miramar Air Base that crashed coming back from a training mission. The plane lies in 135’ of water, basically intact, except for some parts that less-than-scrupulous divers have seen fit to remove. For some people this is a difficult site to locate, but we have found it 100% of the time, even during one trip with 5’ swells (no fun but we did it). Because it is so difficult to locate, this plane is home to some of the biggest rockfish and sheephead I’ve ever seen. This wreck is only for experienced Advanced/Deep divers only.

Missle Tower
Depth: 150'

Cape Charles (Check out the Video)
Depth: 170'
The Cape Charles is a 110’ long vessel that sunk off of Pont Loma in the late 1980’s.  It originally sank in San Diego Bay and was re-floated, and an attempt was made to move the ship to Wreck Alley.  Along the way the Cape Charles capsized and sank in 170’ of water.  The ship has several decks to penetrate and is a popular wreck for Tech Divers.

TBM Avenger
Depth: 250'

B36 Bomber
Depth: 270'

Bluewater Diving
"Scientific Bluewater Diving is a method used to explore the open-ocean environment and to study and collect the organisms that live there".
(by Steve Haddock, the guy who wrote the book)

The banks offshore of San Diego can deliver visabilty over 100'. During a Bluewater dive you never know what you'll see. A cold water upwelling brings nutrients up from the depths and life abounds here. Small marine organisms are common; such as radiolarians, cnidarians, ctenophores, and salps, especially at night. Large pelagic animals are attracted to boats drifting at sea, including; molas, sharks, pelagic rays, and ocassionaly marine mammals.



Up to 3 divers are tethered to a trapeze that is manned by a safety diver, but diving in 3000' of water isn't for the faint of heart...

Scripps Canyon & La Jolla Canyon (check out the video)
Depth: Really really really deep.
Scripps Canyon and La Jolla Canyon are the home to beautiful rock walls dropping of to depths over 1000'. The canyon walls drop off rapidly to depths well beyond the scope of recreational diving, or even tech diving. This is not a place to take lightly. The rapid drop off makes this a dive for Advanced/Deep/Tech divers only. Now that I've given you the official warning, these canyons are a beautiful place. Pelagic life comes in close to shore here and you never know what you'll see. It is also the one of the only places locally that you can see Swell sharks regularly.