The Whalers is one of the oldest independant dive clubs in Southern California.
Founded in 1963, we're proud to be celebrating over 50 years continuous operation.
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We dive locallyWhalers are on a local boat every month to the northern and southern Channel Islands as well as coastal trips from Palos Verdes to Santa Barbara. You'll find us often on The Peace and Spectre in Ventura, as well as the Truth boats in Santa Barbara and occaisonally a few of the smaller 6-12 packs out of San Pedro. All details on our event calendar | We're world travelersWhalers go to foreign lands and warm water at least once a year. Recent years have found us in Roatan, Cayman Islands, Bonaire, FIji, and Turks & Caicos. As a Whaler, all multi-person savings and discounts are returned to our travelers, lowering costs for everyone. In 2017 we're off to Cozumel Red Sea
| We're trainers, educators and environmentalistsThe Whalers provides highly discounted advanced training classes to our members. Since 2011 we have issued over 100 certifications from AOW to Divemaster to Whalers. Click here to see the details. At our monthly meetings we bring in speakers on a wide variety of topics including dive safety, equipment, ocean environment, marine biology and travel. The Whalers have adopted Deer Creek State Beach as our own in 1989. We support three annual beach clean-ups. All details on our event calendar |