Where: Olympic Wreck and the Oil Rigs

Depart from: San Pedro-Location TBA

When: Sunday, Feb. 18 or Saturday, May 25, 2024

Time: Board at 6:00 am, depart at 7:00 am with us getting back about 4:00 pm.

Cost: $225.00 includes 3 dives, snacks & air-Limited to 6 divers, and you MUST bring 2 tanks

ALL TRIPS are weather-dependent

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Ken at

info@channelislandsdiveadventures.com or call (805) 469-7288

The Olympic was built in Ireland in 1877 as a 3-masted ship and was 258′ x 38′. She was later sold and relocated to Washington State in the early 1900s to haul lumber, where she later worked in Alaska. In 1934, she became a fishing barge that was renamed the Olympic ll and moved to San Pedro. On September 4, 1940, when she was hit by another boat, the Sakito, and sank fast. The Olympic now sits a few miles from Los Angeles Harbor in 100′ of water. 

Diving the Olympic ll can be fun. She sits on her starboard side and her bow is relatively intact, standing some 30 feet off the bottom. There is no penetration diving on the Olympic ll and visibility can vary but either way, it is still a FUN wreck to dive. 

Diving the oil rigs Eureka, Elley, and Ellen can be a fantastic experience. Eureka (about 700’ deep) is the furthest out of the 3, and in most divers’ opinion, it is the best to dive. Elley and Ellen (around 260’ deep) are not far from Eureka and are about 8 miles out of Long Beach. Elley and Ellen are connected by a bridge, which makes them more like an oil rig complex. What makes an oil rig such an incredible dive is the amount of life that lives on the legs and cross braces. You then have the schooling fish and sea lions swimming around the structure. 

The rigs are a photographer’s dreams come true. The visibility can vary depending on conditions and depth from 20’-100’. Generally, the best vis is 60’ or deeper. Diving the Oil Rigs-Video 

 Advanced divers and above that have experience in cold water conditions including; current, swell, possible limited visibility and deep water. The oil rigs visited are unique and interesting and inherently have more hazards and may not necessarily have the best dive conditions. Most importantly, good buoyancy control is needed and surface signal tubes are always recommended 

The Giant Stride dive boat has been a favorite of local SoCal divers for years and has an excellent following. It is owned and operated by Captain Jim. He and the crew does an excellent job and they know how to make customers happy! The Giant Stride is a private 6-pack dive charter boat catering to underwater photographers, tech divers, and small groups of divers.
Features a full galley and a 3500psi compressor. Read more about the Giant Stride HERE.