Undersea Expedition Tour Santa Catalina Island CA (GoPro Hero 4 Black)
This week I'm exploring the fish which live under the pacific ocean of Avalon. Here you will learn a little about my favourite fish called Garibaldis.
Catalina Island Undersea Expedition
edited to the style of Wes Anderson's film, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Catalina Island Travel Guide | California Travel Tips
California travel expert Veronica Hill shares her Catalina Island Travel Guide in this episode of California Travel Tips.
The second largest of the Channel Islands, just 22 miles from California's coast, Catalina makes a great family weekend.
Our kids had a blast on the hour-long ferry from Dana Point to the island, where we spotted sailboats, kayakers, and a pod of frolicking dolphins.
Once you disembark in Avalon Bay, grab a golf cart for a tour around the island, and then take a stroll along Crescent Drive, Catalina's main boardwalk, and check out the Catalina Casino (Avalon Casino).
Here, kids can enjoy a treat of spun taffy, ice cream or caramel apples at the old-fashioned confectionary Lloyds of Avalon — — or enjoy a few video games and skee ball at the Metropole Marketplace arcade.
A trip to the island isn't complete without a stroll along the Green Pleasure Pier, where you can grab some fish and chips at Eric's restaurant and then go for a cruise on the bay.
The Undersea Tour aboard the Starlight and Emerald semi-submersible vessels is a must-see.
During the voyage, you'll explore the clear waters of Lover's Cove and a protected kelp forest where you'll come face to face with bright orange garibaldi, spotted calico bass, and opaleyes — among many other types of marine life. The 45-minute tour is also offered at night.
To explore Catalina's rugged interior and native wildlife, hop aboard the Classic Inland Motor Tour, which follows the 1800s stagecoach route. In Middle Ranch, you'll meet Tachi, an endangered Santa Catalina Island Fox who acts as an educational ambassador for her species. You'll also see a herd of wandering bison, native woodpeckers, and perhaps a bald eagle or two.
At El Rancho Escondido, the Wrigley family's Hidden Ranch, you can enjoy an Arabian horse demonstration and then spend about 45 minutes walking through the ranch. Pet the horses in their stables, play with a wandering kitty, or watch a short film on the ranch's history. A small museum displays Bohlin saddles, carriages and family memorabilia.
After your tour, the Golf Gardens are just steps away. Known as one of the world's most challenging and beautiful miniature golf courses, the lushly landscaped grounds offer 18 holes of family fun.
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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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Passage to Panama in a Nordhavn 56 - Ep. 21
fter taking possession of the new to us Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer and getting her all ready to go, we leave the dock in Florida and head south toward the Panama Canal. Our plan was do go from Tampa Florida to Colon Panama, a distance of roughly 1200 nautical miles in one long passage - weather allowing.
We did make it all on once passage and try to share the experience in this video.
The strangest thing that happened on this passage is that we got boarded by people that were likely Nicaraguan military, although they did not behave at all as if they had professional military training. They would not let us take down our sails, rammed into the side of our boat several times, and shook us down for “gifts” before finally leaving. They were basically thugs with uniforms - some might even say pirates. We managed to capture on video the incredibly crazy maneuvers of the boat operator and the boarding party when they finally left.
There are images of killing fish so for anyone who doesn’t want to see it - please skip ahead. Sections as follows:
Fishing 4:04
Nicaragua Military Boarding 7:01
Sailing 10:05
Boat Problems 12:13
Boat Life 14:47
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05-09-18 Preston Dennett, USOs in the Santa Catalina Channel
Alejandro Rojas with UFO Updates, Jordan Bonaparte joins us for the first part of the show, and Preston Dennett discusses his new book, UNDERSEA UFO BASE: AN IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION OF USOS IN THE SANTA CATALINA CHANNEL and more.
Marc dD'Antonio calls is and talks about his USO encounter.
BIO: Preston Dennett began investigating UFOs and the paranormal in 1986 when he discovered that his family, friends and co-workers were having dramatic unexplained encounters. Since then, he has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and investigated a wide variety of paranormal phenomena. He is a field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), a ghost hunter, a paranormal researcher, and the author of 16 books and more than 100 articles on UFOs and the paranormal. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines including Fate, Atlantis Rising, MUFON UFO Journal, Nexus, Paranormal Magazine, UFO Magazine, Mysteries Magazine, Ufologist and others. His writing has been translated into several different languages including German, French, Portuguese, Chinese and Icelandic. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Coast-to-Coast and the History Channel’s Deep Sea UFOs and UFO Hunters. His research has been presented in the LA Times, the LA Daily News, the Dallas Morning News and other newspapers. He has taught classes on various paranormal subjects and lectures across the United States. He currently resides in southern California. Source:
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The Cape Canyon Expedition Tour Catalina Island
Join another tour as I go on the Cape Canyon Expedition tour exploring; the Catalina Conservancy; Little Harbor; American Bald Eagle Sanctuary and Catalina Airport.
Marines Arrive At Airport In The Sky - Catalina Island
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U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Wing Support Group (MWSG) 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), arrive at the Airport in the Sky to commence the runway reconstruction project on Catalina Island, Calif., Jan. 3. The Airport in the Sky project is a strategic training opportunity and allows a rare collaboration that benefits both the Marine Corps and the Catalina Island Conservancy.
Video by Cpl. Mark Lowe Marine Corps Air Station Miramar / 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
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Flying to Catalina Island
Lunch flying trip to Catalina Island from Torrance in a Cessna 172 | October 2, 2016.
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From Wikipedia:
Santa Catalina Island is a rocky island off the coast of the U.S. state of California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina. The island name is often shortened to Catalina Island or just Catalina. The island is 22 mi (35 km) long and 8 mi (13 km) across at its greatest width. The island is located about 29 mi (47 km) south-southwest of Long Beach, California. The highest point on the island is 2,097 ft (639 m) atop Mount Orizaba. Santa Catalina is part of the Channel Islands of California archipelago and lies within Los Angeles County.
Catalina was originally settled by Native Americans who called the island Pimugna or Pimu and referred to themselves as Pimugnans or Pimuvit. The first Europeans to arrive on Catalina claimed it for the Spanish Empire. Over the years, territorial claims to the island transferred to Mexico and then to the United States. During this time, the island was sporadically used for smuggling, otter hunting, and gold-digging, before successfully being developed into a tourist destination by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley, Jr. beginning in the 1920s. Since the 1970s, most of the island has been administered by the Catalina Island Conservancy.
Its total population in the 2010 census was 4,096 people, 90 percent of whom live in the island's only incorporated city, Avalon. The second center of population is the unincorporated village of Two Harbors at the island's isthmus. Development occurs also at the smaller settlements of Rancho Escondido and Middle Ranch. The remaining population is scattered over the island between the two population centers.
Catalina Island Off Road Hummer Tour
On my birthday I was in Avalon and then took a tour on a hummer on the
fire roads and dirt roads on Catalina Island for four hours.
It cost more then other tours but worth it. Then went home for free
on Catalina Express.
How far is Oakwood, Toluca Hills, from NYFA?
Little montage of my daily journey to NYFA. This was edited on Final Cut Pro X, the Color Correction and the Film Burns were done in After Effects CS6.
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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.
LA - Hike in Santa Catalina Island, Avalon, CA, USA near the bird park.
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When California was an Island
Did you know at one point in time it was believed that California was an island? On this episode we’ll uncover why this was thought to be.
This Spanish misconception dates back from the 16th century. In those days they thought California was separated from the mainland of North America by a strait now known as the Gulf of California. As show as one of the most cartographic errors in history, many maps during the 17th and 18th centuries were propagated with this incorrect depiction of California which was challenged by various explorers of the time.
It was made legend that California was a magical place like the Garden of Eden or Atlantis. The first mention of the legend of the “Island of California” was in the 1510 romance novel “Las sergas de Esplandian” by Garci Rodriquez de Montalvo. A passage from his book reads:
“Know, that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it is peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they live in the manner of Amazons.
In 1533 Fortun Ximenez, a mutineer discovered the southern portion of Baja California but was killed by natives. His men returned to Spain giving their reports of the waterway between the two bodies of land. Later Cortez explored the Baja California region then sent navigator Francisco de Ulloa in 1539 to map out the region. Ulloa reached the mouth of the Colorado River at the head of the Gulf, which seemed to prove the region was a peninsula rather than an island. This is also confirmed by Hernando de Alarcon who ascended the lower Colorado river. During the 16th century maps published in Europe correctly displayed California attached with Baja California as a peninsula.
This idea was challenged though in the 17th century as the second voyage of Juan de Fuca in 1592 claimed to have travelled along the west coast all the way north revealing a large opening to the the Atlantic Ocean which we call the Northwest Passage today.. Fuca stated that a large island was at the mouth of the strait he had travelled at 47°. What he had found was Vancouver Island and not California. Map makers of the time likely made the mistake of connecting both accounts of land being separated by water at Baja California and Vancouver Island and just drew it in as one big island.
Fast forward here for a second almost 200 years later James Cook could not verify the opening to what is now called the Strait of Juan de Fuca due to bad weather. He said “we saw nothing like; nor is there the least probability that ever any such thing existed”. Cook landed on the outside of Vancouver Island before heading on.
A land expedition by Spanish governor of New Mexico, Juan de Onate descended the lower Colorado River in 1604 and 1605. They believed to see the Gulf of California continuing off to the northwest, this report reached Antonio de la Ascencion a tireless propagandist in favor of Spanish settlement in California that referred to California as an island in his writings. Antonio knew better but still included this as he knew it would make Sir Francis Drake’s claim invalid. Sir Francis Drake is this guy with the nice mustache, who was an English sea captain and slave trader. He claimed all the land above Mexico as New Albion, fun fact Albion is an archaic name for the island of Great Britain. Drake’s sea to sea claim on the land would be made invalid if California was an island, so even though Antonio knew it wasn’t it still put it in his writings as an island. By making Drake’s claim invalid it would make Cortez’s claim the legal basis for continued Spain control of the island of California.
These incorrect maps were shipped to Spain but were seized by the Dutch which resulted in Henry Briggs publishing this map in 1625. Incorrect maps were printed for decades even though expeditions by Ulloa and Hernando confirmed California wasn’t an island. Finally in a royal decree of 1747, Ferdinand VI proclaimed “California is not an island.” which put this issue to bed.
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