Where: Wreck of the Spirit of America & Santa Cruz Island
Departs from: Ventura Harbor, Ventura
When: Friday, June 14, 2024
Time: Boarding at 6:00 am Friday, departing at 7:00 am and back to dock at 4:00 pm.
Cost: $220.00 includes 3 dives, lunch and air-Limited to 25 divers
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 Spirit of America (Aka: Peacock), if that is what her real name was had a lot of mystery around her. It was known that the wreck was a WWII Minesweeper that sunk in the ’70s. The Spirit of America sits upright on a sandy bottom at about 65’deep outside the Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island. Visibility here can be 15’-40’. With hull and its structure to explore the Spirit of America is a very good dive. It is in a protected area and there are lots of fish and the biggest Spanish Shawls on her. Afterwards, we will finish our dive day at some other great sites around Santa Cruz Island.

To read and learn much more about the wreck, please visit our info about the Spirit of America here.

 Advanced divers and above that have experience in cold water conditions including; current, swell, possible limited visibility and deep water. Most importantly, good buoyancy control is needed and surface signal tubes are always recommended. 

 The Spectre dive boat and crew do a great job, usually catering to new divers and divers new to the area, going to Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands. However, with the special CIDA dive trips, this will not be the case. Our trips will all be limited-load for advanced divers and above and will go to more advanced sites around the islands. 

These trips have worked out great for CIDA and the Spectre because everyone loves the extra room on the limited-load trips, and the diving doesn’t get to be the same old thing going to different and more advanced dive sites. Captain Nate and the crew love it as well. Read more about the Spectre HERE.