SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, CALIF. -- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019: The burned hulk of the Conception is brought to the surface by a salvage team off Santa Cruz Island in the Santa Barbara Channel off of Santa Cruz Island, Calif., on Sept. 12, 2019. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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California boat fire near Santa Cruz Island

The burned hulk of the Conception is brought to the surface by a salvage team off Santa Cruz Island. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. - SEP. 6, 2019. A mourner pays her espects beside makeshift memorial of scuba diving tanks during a vigil at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara on fFriday night, Sep. 6, 2019, for 34 people who perished in a tragic boat fire off Santa Cruz Island. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

A mourner pays her respects at a memorial made up of scuba tanks, one for each victim, during the vigil at Chase Palm Park on Friday night. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. - SEP. 6, 2019. Mourners gather for a vigil at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara on fFriday night, Sep. 6, 2019, in memory of 34 people who perished in a tragic boat fire off Santa Cruz Island. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Mourners gather for a vigil at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara on Friday evening honoring the victims of the Conception boat fire that broke out off Santa Cruz Island before dawn Monday and claimed 34 lives. (Luis Sinco)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. - SEP. 6, 2019. Glen Fritzler, left, co-owner of Truth Aquatics and the dive boat Conception, consoles an attendee during a vigil Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif., for the victims who died aboard the dive boat Conception. The Sept. 2 fire took the lives of 34 people on the ship off Santa Cruz Island off the Southern California coast near Santa Barbara. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Glen Fritzler, left, co-owner of Truth Aquatics and the dive boat Conception, consoles an attendee during a vigil at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara on Friday evening. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. - SEP. 6, 2019. Scu8ba diver Julia Donath joins mourners for a vigil at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara on fFriday night, Sep. 6, 2019, in memory of 34 people who perished in a tragic boat fire off Santa Cruz Island. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Scuba diver Julia Donath joins mourners for a vigil at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara on Friday evening to honor the 34 victims that died in the Conception boat fire. (Luis Sinco)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. - SEP. 6, 2019. Mourners present a floral wreath during a vigil at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara on fFriday night, Sep. 6, 2019, in memory of 34 people who perished in a tragic boat fire off Santa Cruz Island. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown, with other officials, presents a wreath during the vigil at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara on Friday evening homor the 34 victims of the Conception boat fire. (Luis Sinco)

Mourners gather for a vigil at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara on Friday evening honoring the victims of the Conception boat fire that broke out off Santa Cruz Island before dawn Monday and claimed 34 lives. (Luis Sinco)

SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 - - Some of the thousands of people join a vigil on the beach in honor of those who lost their lives in the Conception boat fire along the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica on September 5, 2019. The ceremony was organized by organized by Heal The Bay and Eco Dive Center. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Some of the thousands of people join a vigil on the beach in honor of those who lost their lives in the Conception boat fire along the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

LONG BEACH, CALIF-SEPTEMBER 5, 2019: Allison Metchikof, left and Rachel Levi, right, embrace during a vigil hosted by Deep Blue Scuba Center in honor of the victims of the Monday morning fire aboard the dive ship Conception, which burned and sank near the Channel Islands, killing 34 of the 39 people aboard on September 5, 2019 in Long Beach, California. (Photo By Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Allison Metchikof, left and Rachel Levi, right, embrace during a vigil hosted by Deep Blue Scuba Center in honor of the victims aboard the dive ship Conception in Long Beach. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times)

This photo provided by Santa Barbara County on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 shows divers and support crews from many agencies working the scene of the dive boat fire off Santa Cruz Island, Calif. Only one person remained missing on Wednesday. Divers pulled 33 bodies from the seabed and the charred wreckage of the sunken, overturned boat. (Santa Barbara County via AP)

Divers and support crews from many agencies work the scene of the dive boat fire off Santa Cruz Island. (Santa Barbara County)

This Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the derrick barge Salta Verde off the coast of Santa Cruz Island upon its arrival late Wednesday at the scene of the wreck of the dive boat Conception. (Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Kelley/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

The derrick barge Salta Verde off the coast of Santa Cruz Island upon its arrival late Wednesday at the scene of the wreck of the dive boat Conception. (U.S. Coast Guard)

This image made from video provided by KABC-TV shows the outlined search area where divers are searching the wreckage of the sunken dive boat Conception, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, after it burned and sank Sunday, off Santa Cruz Island in Southern California's Channel Islands. (KABC-TV via AP)

The search area where divers were looking through the sunken wreckage of the Conception is outlined. (KABC-TV)

Divers and support crews from many agencies work the scene of the dive boat fire off Santa Cruz Island. (Santa Barbara County)

This photo from video provided by KEYT-TV shows the owners of Truth Aquatics and the dive boat Conception, Glen and Dana Fritzler, right, and their daughter Ashley, left, during an interview with News Channel Three's Beth Farnsworth Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 in Santa Barbara, Calif. They say they are beyond devastated by the tragedy that took 34 lives on the Conception. The small, family owned company has been in business for 45 years, is known throughout the world and is well-known in Santa Barbara. (KEYT-TV via AP)

The owners of Truth Aquatics and the dive boat Conception, Glen and Dana Fritzler, right, and their daughter Ashley, left, during an interview in Santa Barbara, Calif. (KEYT-TV)

SANTA BARBARA CA SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 -- Surfer Tim DeVries of Santa Barbara views the “Lost at Sea Memorial” at the end of the Santa Barbara Harbor jetty Thursday morning September 5, 2019, which reads “In memory of our loved ones whose lives and destinies have been claimed by the sea.” The memorial has flowers and mementoes to respect the 34 lives lost in the Conception tragedy. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Surfer Tim DeVries of Santa Barbara views the “Lost at Sea Memorial” at the end of the Santa Barbara Harbor jetty Thursday morning. The memorial reads “In memory of our loved ones whose lives and destinies have been claimed by the sea.” (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

SANTA BARBARA CA SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 -- Members of the FBI dive team view a growing memorial prior to departing Thursday morning, September 5, 2019, for another day of diving to recover the final victim of the dive boat tragedy. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Members of the FBI dive team view a growing memorial prior to departing Thursday morning to the site of the dive boat tragedy. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

People pay their respects Tuesday at a memorial in Santa Barbara for victims if the deadly fire aboard the dive boat Conception. "I cannot imagine what the families are going through," an NTSB official said.

People pay their respects at a makeshift memorial in Santa Barbara for victims of the deadly dive boat fire off Santa Cruz Island. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

SANTA BARBARA CA SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 -- CJ Andelman, 12, from Santa Barbara, who with her twin sister have recently become scuba divers, plays her harp at the memorial in Santa Barbara Harbor Wednesday morning, September 4, 2019. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

CJ Andelman, 12, of Santa Barbara, who has become a scuba diver along with her twin sister, plays her harp Wednesday morning during the memorial at Santa Barbara Harbor. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

SANTA BARBARA, CA - SEPTEMBER 04, 2019 Jennifer Homendy, center, National Transportation Safety Board member with other NTSB and Coast Guard officials in Santa Barbara Harbor tour onboard Vision, the sister ship to Conception which burned at Santa Cruz Island killing 34 people. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Jennifer Homendy, center, of the National Transportation Safety Board, with other NTSB and Coast Guard officials on Santa Barbara Harbor aboard Vision, the sister ship to Conception. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

SANTA BARBARA, CA - SEPTEMBER 04, 2019 Santa Barbara resident Britany Martin brought her 2-year-old son Theo to place flowers to remember the 34 victims of the dive boat Conception at a growing memorial at Santa Barbara Harbor Wednesday morning. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Santa Barbara resident Britany Martin lets her son Theo, 2, place flowers at a growing memorial to the fire victims at Santa Barbara Harbor. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

SANTA BARBARA, CA - SEPTEMBER 04, 2019 FBI Dive Team members prepare to depart Santa Barbara Harbor Wednesday morning headed to the site of the dive boat Conception which burned at Santa Cruz Island killing 34 people. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

FBI dive team members prepare to leave Santa Barbara Harbor on Wednesday morning and head to the site of the fire. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)

SANTA BARBARA CA SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 -- A memorial is growing at Santa Barbara Harbor where the dive boat Conception was based Tuesday morning, September 3, 2019. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

A memorial is growing at Santa Barbara Harbor, where the dive boat Conception was based. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

SANTA BARBARA CA SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 -- Olivia, left, (wonÕt give last name out of respect) sister of a female crew member who died in the boat fire, hugs Jennifer Stafford, who placed flowers at a memorial that is growing at the Santa Barbara Harbor where the Conception was based Tuesday morning, September 3, 2019. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Olivia, left, sister of a female crew member thought to have died in the boat fire, hugs Jennifer Stafford, who placed flowers at Santa Barbara Harbor. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

The U.S. Coast Guard was involved in a massive rescue operation Monday morning after a 75-foot commercial diving boat caught fire off the coast of Ventura County, trapping dozens of people.More than 30 people were missing and officials said some died. Many on the boat, which was off Santa Cruz Island, were believed to be sleeping below deck when the fire broke out and appear to have been trapped.

The Conception burns off Santa Cruz Island on Monday morning. (Ventura County Fire Department)

Search and rescue personnel remove one of over a dozen body bags in the Santa Barbara Harbor after the Conception diving boat caught fire in the early morning hours at Santa Cruz Island on Monday, September 2, 2019 in Santa Barbara, CA. Eight are confirmed dead while at least 26 remain missing. (Patrick T. Fallon/ For The Los Angeles Times)

Search and rescue personnel remove one of more than a dozen body bags in Santa Barbara Harbor after the Conception diving boat caught fire early Monday. (Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)

Jenna Marsala, 33, of Santa Barbara, hugs JJ Lambert, 38, after they hung a dive flag at a makeshift memorial at the SEA Landing in the Santa Barbara Harbor after the Conception diving boat caught fire in the early morning hours at Santa Cruz Island on Monday, September 2, 2019 in Santa Barbara, Calif. Lambert said he remembered diving as a child off the Conception. Eight are confirmed dead while 26 remain missing. (Patrick T. Fallon/ For The Los Angeles Times)

After hanging a dive flag in memory of the victims, JJ Lambert, 38, who said he had dived off the Conception as a kid, is hugged by Jenna Marsala, 33, at Santa Barbara Harbor near where the Conception departed. (Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)

Orlando Aldana places candles, one for each person on board the Conception, at a makeshift memorial at SEA Landing in the Santa Barbara Harbor after the Conception diving boat caught fire in the early morning hours at Santa Cruz Island on Monday, September 2, 2019 in Santa Barbara, CA. Eight are confirmed dead while 26 remain missing. (Patrick T. Fallon/ For The Los Angeles Times)

Orlando Aldana places candles, one for each person aboard the Conception, at a makeshift memorial at Sea Landing in the Santa Barbara Harbor. (Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA--SEPT. 2, 2019--At Santa Barbara Harbor near Sea Landing dock, James Miranda knees in prayer for the victims of the boat fire. "I came here to bless them," Miranda says. "It's a very sad moment for California." Four bodies are moved at the Santa Barbara County Coroners office after being recovered from the site of burn boat, "Conception."At least 34 people are missing after a dive boat caught on fire and sank off of Santa Cruz Island on a dive trip. Five crew members who were awake and on deck survived. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

At Santa Barbara Harbor, James Miranda kneels in prayer. “It’s a very sad moment for California,” he said. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Santa Barbara City Search and Rescue along with Santa Barbara Sheriff officers move a recovered body on the dock at Santa Barbara Harbor in Santa Barbara, Calif., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. The body was recovered from a dive boat fire near Santa Cruz Island early Monday. (AP Photo/Daniel Dreifuss)

Rescuers and law enforcement, on a boat docked at Santa Barbara Harbor, move a body that was recovered after Monday’s deadly boat fire. (Daniel Dreifuss / Associated Press)

Santa Barbara City Search and Rescue along with Santa Barbara Sheriff's officers move a recovered body on the dock at Santa Barbara Harbor in Santa Barbara, Calif., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. The body was recovered from a dive boat fire near Santa Cruz Island early Monday. (AP Photo/Daniel Dreifuss)

The body of a victim is moved at Santa Barbara Harbor. (Daniel Dreifuss / Associated Press)

U.S. Coast Guard continues the search for victims of the boat fire off the coast of Santa Cruz Island. (low-res photo, higher res coming)

U.S. Coast Guard searches for victims of the dive boat fire off Santa Cruz Island on Monday afternoon. (Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times )

VENTURE, CALIFORNIA--SEPT. 2, 2019--Dive boat captain Jerry Boylan is brought back to the Coast Guard station in Ventura. At least 34 people are missing after a dive boat caught on fire and sank off of Santa Cruz Island on a dive trip. Five crew members who were awake and on deck survived. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

Dive boat captain Jerry Boylan is brought back to U.S. Coast Guard headquarters at Channel Islands Harbor on Monday in Oxnard. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

VENTURE, CALIFORNIA--SEPT. 2, 2019--Firemen arrive back at the Ventura County Coast Guard station after fighting the fire of a dive boat. At least 34 people are missing after a dive boat caught on fire and sank off of Santa Cruz Island on a dive trip. Five crew members who were awake and on deck survived. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters arrive back at the U.S. Coast Guard Station after battling the fire. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

A victim from a dive boat that caught fire off the Ventura County coast early Monday morning is transported to an ambulance at the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters at Channel Islands Harbor Monday morning in Oxnard, CA.

A victim from a dive boat that caught fire off the Ventura County coast early Monday morning is taken to an ambulance in Oxnard. (OnScene.TV)

The captain of the Grape Escape boat which rescued victims of a boat fire off the Channel Islands looks on near the US Coast Guard Station Channel Islands in Oxnard, California on September 2, 2019. - A commercial scuba-dive boat sank amid intense flames early off the coast of Southern California and 34 passengers were unaccounted for, the US Coast Guard said. Five Conception crew members were awake and jumped into the water when flames burst out around 3:15 am (1015 GMT), Coast Guard Captain Monica Rochester told reporters in a televised briefing. She said 34 people -- not the 33 reported earlier by the Coast Guard -- were unaccounted for when the Conception sank 20 yards (meters) offshore, leaving only its bow exposed. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

The captain of the Grape Escape boat, which rescued survivors of a boat fire off the Channel Islands, looks on near the U.S. Coast Guard Station Channel Islands in Oxnard on Monday. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

Firefighters battle a blaze on a dive boat near Santa Cruz Island. (Santa Barbara County Fire Department)

A diving boat fire near Santa Cruz Island off the Ventura County coast. (Santa Barbara County Fire Department)

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2019, file photo, provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, a dive boat is engulfed in flames after a deadly fire broke out aboard the commercial scuba diving vessel off the Southern California Coast. The owners of the dive boat where 34 people perished in a fire off the coast of Southern California filed a legal action in federal court Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, to head off potentially costly lawsuits. Truth Aquatics Inc., which owned the Conception, filed the action in Los Angeles under a pre-Civil War provision of maritime law that allows it to limit its liability. (Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP, File)

The dive boat Conception is engulfed in flames after a deadly fire broke out aboard the vessel off the Southern California Coast. (Santa Barbara County)

The dive boat Conception seen at dawn Monday burns off Santa Cruz Island. (Santa Barbara County Fire)

Conception, the boat that caught fire off Channel Islands.

Conception, the boat that caught fire off Ventura County. (Truth Aquatics)