Los Angeles, California, has easy ocean access, wide Pacific views, and famous city backdrops. It’s a calm place for a sea burial. First, the gentle waves and fresh air bring peace and quiet. Next, the area’s coastal setting helps families feel grounded. In addition, its long ties to the ocean add meaning to each goodbye. Also, Los Angeles blends nature and culture in a way that feels warm and true. As a result, it offers a simple and caring way to honor a loved one.
Compassionate, Seamless Burial at Sea Services Nationwide
At Sea Services, we partner with carefully vetted captains and crew across the United States to ensure your memorial experience is smooth, respectful, and deeply meaningful. Honor your loved one with a dignified sea burial. We offer compassionate, coast-to-coast services for scattering ashes at sea. With experienced captains and certified vessels, we ensure your loved one’s ashes are scattered at sea with care, legality, and respect.
Our Burial at Sea and Ash Scattering Services include a beautifully crafted biodegradable urn adorned with freeze-dried flowers, along with a personalized memorial certificate mailed to you after the ceremony. Every service is conducted in full compliance with EPA regulations and aboard U.S. Coast Guard-approved vessels, ensuring safety and professionalism at every step.
What to Expect During Your Memorial Charter
Each charter lasts approximately 1.5 to 2 hours, dock to dock. The journey includes:
Sea Services™ provides professional burial at sea services across the United States. Whether you’re looking for charter boats for scattering ashes, or a peaceful setting to lay your loved one to rest, we’re here to help you plan a meaningful sea burial with dignity.
During your time on the water, you’ll have the space and time to reflect, pray, share stories, and release ashes in a peaceful and private setting. Our experienced captains can help guide the ceremony or offer support as needed, ensuring a respectful and memorable farewell.
Santa Monica Pier Established in 1909, the iconic Santa Monica Pier features the Pacific Park amusement park with its solar-powered Ferris wheel, historic carousel Hippodrome, arcade games, shops, and fishing spots. Attracting over 8 million visitors annually, it’s a beloved landmark offering ocean views and lively boardwalk energy
Venice Beach Boardwalk The Venice Beach Boardwalk is an open-air carnival of California’s coastal culture—lined with street performers, murals, skate parks, and eclectic vendors. It’s a living canvas of bohemian spirit, offering vibrant people-watching, unique art, and a laid-back surf-town atmosphere
Water Grill A modern dark‑woods seafood spot in Downtown LA’s Financial District, Water Grill serves the first catch of the day—oysters, crab, lobster, fish—from sophisticated raw bars and well‑executed entrées in a stylish Art‑Deco setting
The Lobster Situated at the entrance of the Santa Monica Pier since 1923, The Lobster is a two-story dining destination offering upscale seafood—famed for its lobster dishes and panoramic views of the Pacific and Pier
Featured Locations
Freeport (Long Beach) New York, combines nautical charm with peaceful coastal views. Its location near Long Beach makes it ideal for a burial at sea. First, the calm waters and...
VIEW DETAILS >Fire Island Captree State Park offers quiet beaches and peaceful views. It’s a perfect place to honor loved ones with a sea burial. First, the gentle waves and open sky...
VIEW DETAILS >Old Saybrook, CT sits where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound, offering a calm harbor and historic charm. Many families choose Old Saybrook for burial at sea. The setting...
VIEW DETAILS >Norwalk, CT is a coastal city with harbor views, boating culture, and a peaceful shoreline. Many families choose Norwalk for burial at sea. The water feels calm, and the setting...
VIEW DETAILS >Family Memorial Services
For families wishing to plan a personal and meaningful memorial voyage, Sea Services™ offers U.S. Coast Guard-approved vessels for scattering ashes from the port of your choice. You select the time, place, and arrangements, and invite as many guests as you wish for this private burial at sea.
We have a wide range of vessels available for scattering ashes at sea, and our experienced team will help you plan every detail. For many, this will be a first-time maritime funeral experience with a sea burial. Sea Services™ will work closely with you to make this a fitting memorial occasion, carefully evaluating your needs and desires to insure a safe, comfortable and memorable day for all.
First-class family services like these vary greatly in every detail. Likewise, their costs also vary considerably. Contact Sea Services today at 1-888-404-9880 for the current cost of a Family Memorial Service. Costs for a small group, larger groups, special services or trips in the height of the recreational boating season are available on request.
Whether your group is large or small (from a single guest to several hundred) our trusted captains and crews are certified to provide dignified and legal services for having a loved one’s ashes scattered at sea.
Captain's Service
Often families cannot venture to sea or attend a scattering ashes at sea memorial service. Our captains bring the cremated remains on an ocean voyage for you. A dignified sea scattering of ashes or burial at sea is performed and documented, with that documentation provided to you. This is our most popular service, with prices beginning at just $325.
While the Captain’s Service does not provide for the family or guests to accompany the vessel, specific requests, such as dates or times, special prayers or simple ceremonies are often available. Special planning, however, can add to our costs. Many ports have seasonal demands and schedules vary at different times of the year. You may call us for specific fees at the port of your choice.
Most often, cremated remains are received at Sea Services’ home office via priority mail express US Mail, sometimes directly from the funeral home or crematory. For the specific “Three Easy Steps” to a Captain’s Service™. Call us anytime with your specific wishes, or just to discuss our services. Sea Services™ will work hard to accommodate your desires while insuring the best value.
Scattering or Burial?
The scattering of cremated remains on the sea’s surface is timeless tradition — a chosen funeral custom for thousands of years. Many, however, due to personal, religious or traditional desires, prefer to be placed in a burial urn on the ocean’s floor.
Sea Services has developed the Burial at Sea Service that sensitively accomplishes this timeless tradition, while insuring 21st Century protection of the environment. Whether you choose a traditional Sea Scattering or the dignified Burial at Sea with a urn you can be assured that your service will receive our personal attention at any port, off any shore of our nation.