Dive Review of Pacific Star in
The Continental USA/SoCal Coastal

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Pacific Star: "Catalina and San Clemente", Jun, 2015, by Robert Halem, CA, US ( Contributor 18 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 8263.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
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Comments	Perfect weather for a three day island trip. Left Friday night and began diving Saturday morning. Five dives were available Saturday and Sunday with three more on Monday morning. Bunks were tight. Reasonable space on the dive deck since this was booked as a light load trip. One of the two compressors failed so fills were a little slow. Ran out of O2 Sunday morning but borrowed some from another dive boat so Nitrox was only missing on one or two of the Sunday dives. Ran out of fresh water on Monday morning so no showers after the last dives. Food was available constantly, either meals or healthy snack (fresh fruit and veggies as well as chips and dips). Food quality was better than a college dorm, but not by much. Crew was always available but could have been more helpful with little things, like assisting in removing fins when returning to the boat.
Websites	Pacific Star
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, Monterey, Florida, French Polynesia, Caribbean
Closest Airport	LAX	Getting There	Rent a car or a long taxi ride
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	59-62°F / 15-17°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Limit of 120 feet while diving the oil rigs. No other restrictions.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Camera tanks on deck with a camera work bench in the bunk area. Lots of sockets for charging, but with today's divers, there weren't enough when you include cameras, strobes, cell phones, Kindles, and computers that all need charging. We had several scooters on the trip that also needed charging sockets.

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Dive Review of Pacific Star in The Continental USA/SoCal Coastal

Pacific Star: "Catalina and San Clemente", Jun, 2015,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Pacific Star in
The Continental USA/SoCal Coastal