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Captain Ray Arntz One of the most experienced and dynamic commercial dive boat captains in southern California, Captain Ray is also an avid freediver, blue water hunter, and wreck diver with over 5,000 dives.
Captain Ray Arntz One of the most experienced and dynamic commercial dive boat captains in southern California, Captain Ray is also an avid freediver, blue water hunter, and wreck diver with over 5,000 dives. He also holds a 100 ton master license. 20 years of experience in southern California have helped Ray find interesting dive sites with the best possible conditions. He is passionate for diving and enjoys working on shipwreck location and exploration when he’s not running charters. This has helped him create a database of over 7,000 dive sites. Co-founder of California’s only U-boat wreck, the World War I German UB 88, Ray was able to supervise all diving operations surrounding the documentation of this wreck. Also, he coordinated search and dive operations for San Diego’s lost B-36 Peacemaker.
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+15623700059Overall Review Rating
4.9
Verified Client Reviews
3
Source
Lestow
Last Updated
Jun 08, 2024
| Status | Active |
| Source | Lestow |
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| Last Updated | 08 Jun,2024 |
I have had the opportunity to dive on the Sundiver several times and highly recommend them for some great Catalina Island diving. Captain Kyaa knows pretty much every dive site around the island and does a great job finding the best spot for conditions. She also caters to divers of all skill levels and makes sure the sites are suited for everyone's comfort level. There is always plenty of food and the atmosphere is one of camaraderie. I started going alone and always felt comfortable. Now having had the opportunity to meet a few people and make a few dive buddies, it is even better. Safety is taken very seriously before and after every dive, with roll-calls and double checking. The crew is also great, and John, Nikki, Ruby, and Kyaa are nice to talk to and make the day fun. You may also see the occasional "Mermaid" if you look close enough, :-) Thank you again to Kyaa and crew. Looking forward to the next trip.
Great time diving with captain Kaya and the Crew Nikki and Jon this last Sunday. Good food on board and professional fun experience all around. The spots on Catalina Kaya took us to were fun to dive and the crew were on top of each and everything the whole time. Hope to come out and dive with them again
Nothing short of a five star experience. Catalina trip in early May was a blast. Water temp was surprisingly good and the sun was out. Dolphins and seals followed our boat the whole way out. Smooth seas for someone who gets easily nauseous like me. The captain and crew are beyond kind. The captain is truly a gem and is so knowledgeable and helpful, meanwhile Nikki the deckhand is so courteous and I’m crushing on her. They took care of us with so much food throughout the day and everything was so delicious, all the snacks and the homemade soup and cornbread was just so divine. The price is great and seriously it was one of my best dives so far. We are only OW certified so we weren’t deep but visibility was great and no current really. We traversed the stunning kelp forest and made friends with a seal, saw a 300lb sea bass, and lots of lobsters, rays, and little critters. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!!!!!
