Start with the people, then buy the boat.
Catalina is twenty-two miles off one of the most crowded coastlines in the country, and almost nobody sees the good parts of it. That’s the whole reason this exists.
The plan is small-group freedive, snorkel, and boat trips out to the island. Not a fleet, not a schedule packed with departures — a boat, a handful of people, and water worth the crossing.
Why there’s nothing to book yet
Because we haven’t bought the boat. And we’d rather let the trips decide the boat than let the boat decide the trips.
A vessel sized for six serious divers is a different purchase than one sized for families on a snorkel outing, which is different again from something built for sunset runs across the channel. Every operator we looked at guessed first and adjusted later. We’re spending this year asking instead — and the form on the home page is the asking.
What we’ll do with what you tell us
Pick from what we’ve sketched out, or write in something we haven’t thought of. Both are useful; the write-ins are usually more useful. When there’s enough signal to act on, the people who answered hear about the first season before anyone else.
No spam in the meantime. There’s nothing to sell you yet.
The other half of this
Getting across the channel safely is its own problem, and one we already spend time on. We also run socalchannelcrossing.com, a passage-planning tool for these exact waters — conditions, timing, and whether today is the day to go.