Scuba Diving Encounters: Diving Catalina Island
Casino Point Dive Park on Catalina Island is one of the famous shore dives in the United States. Our ScubaLab editors got a chance to visit Catalina and check out California's most iconic dive for themselves.
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Holiday inn resort Catalina Island
AMERICA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND |ST. CATALINA ISLAND | AVALON | LONG BEACH TO ENSENADA MEXICO
ST. Catalina Cruise from Long beach Carlifonia to Ensenada, a port city on the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. Santa Catalina, one of California’s Channel Islands, lies southwest of Los Angeles. It's known for its wildlife, dive sites and Mt. Orizaba, its highest peak. The resort town of Two Harbors lies to the north. To the south, in the city of Avalon, palm trees and cabanas line Descanso Beach. Avalon’s circular, art deco Catalina Casino is a cultural center with a movie theater, ballroom and museum. Most of the island is controlled by the Catalina Island Conservancy, a private nonprofit organization. The mission of the Catalina Island Conservancy is to be a steward of its lands through a balance of conservation, education and recreation. The Conservancy protects the natural and cultural heritage of Santa Catalina Island, stewarding approximately 42,000 acres (170 km2) of land (88 percent of the island), 50 mi (80 km) of shoreline, an airport, and more than 200 mi (320 km) of roads. Glass bottom boats tour the reefs and shipwrecks of the area, and scuba diving and snorkeling are popular in the clear water. Lover's Cove, to the east of Avalon, and Descanso Beach, to the west of the Casino, are popular places to dive. At Casino Point is the Avalon Underwater Dive Park, which was the first non-profit underwater park in the United States. Catalina has also been an active port of many cruise lines since the 1990s, with Royal Caribbean, Princess Cruises, and Carnival Cruise Lines making the port a regular for Baja cruises.
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Scuba diving in Catalina Island at Casino Point.
Coast Guard Rescues Stranded Diver after 40 Hours at Catalina Island
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Best Attractions & Things to do in Catalina Island, California (CA)
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List of Best Things to do in Catalina Island, California (CA)
Catalina Express
Catalina Island Casino
Two Harbors
Trans-Catalina Trail
Catalina Island Conservancy
Catalina Island Museum
Wrigley Memorial & Botanic Garden
Catalina Island Casino Ballroom
Airport in the Sky
Hermit Gulch Trail Loop
July 6, 2014 Casino Dive Park Avalon, California
Heavy surge at Casino Dive Park on Catalina Island, California
Footage shot by Local Wade McDonald
The Chit Chat Club Catalina Opening Ceremonies - 3-16-13 - Avalon, CA
The Chit Chat Club Catalina Opening Ceremonies - 3-16-13 - Avalon, CA
MC's Benny Reese & Curtis Lindersmith opening the night, presenting the Avalon Allstars, an 8 piece band featuring Carl Sonny Leyland on piano, Anders Swanson on Bass, Joe Perez on Drums, Jason James on Guitar, Marco Palos on Sax, Phil Clevenger on Trombone, Will Pattison of Baritone Sax, and Tim Gill on Trumpet opening an incredible night with Pachuco Hop.
Avalon, California
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Isthmus Reef - Catalina Island
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Catalina Island, California, USA
Catalina Island, California, USA
Catalina Garcia Tandem Skydiving at Skydive Elsinore
Tandem Skydiving at Tandem Skydiving is the most exhilarating way to make your first skydive! Imagine the rush of exiting the skydiving aircraft and accelerate up to speeds of upwards of 120mph! With just about a minute of free fall, you will experience a rush of adrenaline which will take your breath away! You will also have the opportunity to pull the ripcord (Don't worry, your instructor will do it for you if you wish) as you decelerate to enjoy a 4 minute canopy ride while soaking in the breath taking views throughout Southern California, and truly understand why birds sing.
Tandem Skydiving is the quickest and safest way to enjoy your first skydiving experience, as you will be securely attached to a United States Parachute Association (USPA) licensed Tandem Master.
Skydive Elsinore adheres and surpasses the highest levels of safety standards set for by the USPA. Additionally, we have an incredible safety record and have the longest running civilian Skydiving operation in North America which was established in 1959.
If you are looking for scenery, then look no further! Skydive Elsinore is by and far the most scenic skydiving center throughout Southern California! With views of the Pacific Ocean, Catalina Island, Lake Elsinore, Mount Palomar, Big Bear, and Mt. San Jacinto, you will quickly realize why Skydive Elsinore is the most scenic, popular Skydiving Center throughout Southern California.
Being the closest Skydiving Center to Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange and Riverside Counties; Skydive Elsinore is a short drive from anywhere throughout Southern California!
Your instruction will include specific training on the equipment you will use with your Tandem Master, you will also learn about the aerodynamics of arching your body in free fall, along with how to assist flying the parachute with your instructor.
Video which will last a lifetime
You can never repeat your very first skydive - the excitement, the adrenalin, the pure freedom you feel that is utterly unlike anything else in the world. You can't repeat it but you can relive it!
We offer professional free-fall photography services for your first jump and for training purposes. Your camera flyer will jump out of the plane with you, video and still cameras on his/her helmet, following you throughout free-fall.
Your video and still pictures will include some pre-jump footage, up close free-fall footage and the after jump excitement. Don't miss out on capturing forever this once in a lifetime experience!
What is the Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) Program?
The AFF course is the unsurpassed method of training if you are interested in jumping with your own equipment and ultimately becoming a licensed skydiver. The AFF course is the most advanced skydiving training course offered and is endorsed by the United States Parachute Association (USPA).
On your first AFF Level, you will receive 4-6 hours of ground training, followed by the jump utilizing your own equipment and jumping with two USPA certified instructors. Under normal conditions, you will jump the same day as you complete the ground training.
The AFF Course/Program is structured in a two-phase training progression program. Phase I consists of eight jumps, where you will be jumping with an instructor on each level. Each one of the eight jumps is regarded to as learning categories (modules). Each category features a performance objective that must be accomplished prior to advancing to the next level. Completing Phase I qualifies you to make solo skydives under the supervision of an AFF qualified Instructor. At this point, you will be allowed to skydive on your own as you will now be on Student Solo Status.
What you can expect on your first jump
After reaching the desired altitude (12,500'a.g.l.), it is time to free-fall with your two instructors who will grasp your harness on each side. Upon exiting the aircraft, you will quickly accelerate to over 120 miles per hour for up to 60 seconds in free fall! You will then pull the deployment handle (ripcord) and enjoy a breath taking five minute flight under your own parachute. Yes, these parachutes truly fly and you get to steer your parachute during your decent. We will help you guide your parachute via radio communication and control commands for a safe landing. After the skydive, you will be critiqued and given a First Jump Certificate and a skydiving logbook. As you pass to the next learning level, your instructor will outline the next lesson plan and explain the new objectives.
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Roof view of Catalina bay from St LaurenHotel
Catalina Island Festival - SPLYCE TAKEOVER!!
Splyce performs on Catalina Island and turns the island party into a festival!
Filmed by: Nikita Kochergin
Edited by: Christopher Torres (Crazy Chris Films)
Catalina Island UFO - Leland Hanson video - 1966
On assignment to photograph Catalina Island for the US Navy, Mr. Leland Hanson of the Coast Guards, was in a helicopter when he filmed this object, which at first hovered, then sped across the length of the island. According to independent photographic experts, the disc's calculated velocity was between 130 to 170mph, and had no apparent wings or tail that would signify it as an airplane. However, researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory computer enhanced the image and found that there might have been a tail rudder. The filming is shown first at real speed, then again in slow motion.
Catalina Island Animals - Spring 2015
Things I Pointed a GoPro At - Vol. 2 (watch HD)
Music by my boy Hard Comma White
These are all cool animals I saw around Catalina Island - Toyon Bay Area.
Catalina Island Day Trip
Visited Avalon at Catalina Island on April 18, 2015. We rented a couple of bikes to explore this nice island town.
THE S.S. CATALINA REMOVED FROM THE ENSENADA HARBOR
As you entered Ensenada Harbor in the past you would have seen a curious sight to starboard that may have shivered your timbers. Half submerged and arising from the harbor mud was the carcass of a once proud ferry that served the run between California ports and Catalina in times past. For more than 20 years this navigation hazard kept vigilance on the busy port activities in Ensenada Harbor. Brought to Ensenada 26 years prior to serve as an entertainment center and gambling casino, the historic ship had been the subject of controversy for many years and now has been removed by the Port of Ensenada.
She was the million dollar steamship, in the days when a million dollars was a lot of money. She was built with chewing gum, or more correctly of steel, bought with the profits from a chewing gum empire created by Mr. William Wrigley, Jr., who happened to own an island about 24 miles off the coast of Southern California called Santa Catalina. The only major town on the island was Avalon, an almost Mediterranean-like setting, far removed from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, on the other side of the San Pedro Channel. By the 1920's, tourism to the island was booming, thanks in part to a strong economy and Mr. Wrigley's various enterprises on the island, including a training camp for his Chicago Cubs baseball team, and his own steamship line known as the Wilmington Transportation Company.
The new steamship S.S Catalina, was built in 1924 to provide additional capacity and more elegant transportation to the island. William Wrigley Jr., himself laid the keel on December 26, 1923 at the yards of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Situated in the heart of Los Angeles harbor, this location later became the Todd Shipyard. The new ship was designated hull number 42. After a quick construction period the new vessel was ready to take to the water for the first time. Named for the island which she would serve, the S.S. Catalina was launched on May 3, 1924, by Miss Marcia A. Patrick, the daughter of Joseph Patrick, president of the Santa Catalina Island Company. The Mayor of Los Angeles, along with 3,000 other people were on hand to witness the event. A little over eight weeks later the ship commenced her maiden voyage from Wilmington, California to Avalon on June 30th, under the command of Captain A. A. Morris. Few on that first voyage could have envisioned that 25 million people would follow them onto those same decks, enjoying a 2 hour cruise to Catalina Island during an active career of 51 years!
The S.S. Catalina holds the honor of being listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But unlike the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum or the Mission San Fernando Rey, which share these accolades, the S.S. Catalina carried 25 million passengers in her heyday, and ferried more troops in World War II than any other military transport. A 2006 panga ride around the 302-foot-long, 52-foot wide vessel found much of the vessel's port railing stripped away, revealing a bizarre sight of sea lions bellied up to the U-shaped wooden bar where passengers once gathered to sip cocktails. Imagine the luminaries that once walked these decks!
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Catalina Dive Park 10/25/2013
This particular dive was Leandra, Joey, and Jeff's fourth dive. It was at the completion of this dive that they finished their open water dive certification. Their instructor Josh took them to the Jacques Cousteau plaque and they were blessed off as scuba divers. We then shared a 40 foot deep hug. Leandra is the one in the bodyglove wetsuit with yellow accents on the legs and sleeves. Jeff is in all black. Joey is mostly up front with the yellow stripe on his hood.