I'm looking for a course near California to train on how to survive when traveling in the ocean such as raft training, water treading, ditching a ship, getting washed over board, etc. I'd love to train in a life raft in a tank or open water.

My best guess would be to contact the Coast Guard, they might be able to point you in the right direction...

if you find anywere, please post it hear for i live in CA also and would like to know.

In California, I would try to contact someone that works teaching students to be deck officers at Cal Maritime. See: http://www.csum.edu/