Ventura Dive & Sport

Dive the Channel Islands aboard The Raptor — explore Anacapa Island's stunning reefs and wrecks with everything you need under one roof at Ventura Harbor.

Ventura Dive & Sport is based at Ventura Harbor (1559 Spinnaker Dr) and operates its own dive boat, The Raptor, running charters out to the Channel Islands — including Anacapa Island, a site regularly praised by customers for its dramatic underwater scenery. The harbour location puts divers just minutes from some of Southern California's most accessible offshore diving, with no need to haul gear to a beach. The shop distinguishes itself by keeping every step of the dive experience on-site: an in-house pool for confined-water training, rental equipment, and The Raptor for open-water certification dives and recreational charters. Students completing their PADI Open Water Diver course do their certification dives over a weekend at the Channel Islands aboard the same boat used for recreational trips. Beyond entry-level certification, Ventura Dive & Sport offers specialty training including the PADI Wreck Diver course — fitting for a region with notable wreck and reef sites off the Southern California coast. Equipment rental and repair round out the full-service offering, making the shop a one-stop resource for local divers and visitors alike.

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