Last Sunday I was invited to join a group of law school friends on a trip to Santa Catalina, an island just over 20 miles off the coast of Los Angeles County. I just learned today that a big chunk of the island is actually on fire right now, so I guess we went just in time! Some of the group brought scuba gear, including me, and it was awesome to go diving after almost ten years!
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The harbor at Avalon, which besides a village of about two hundred comprises the only city on the island. Avalon's population is around 3,000..JPG)
Mark on the walkway to the "Casino," which is actually a movie theater now. My friends Seth and Jeremy tell me they watched the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie here, with the real sounds of the ocean wafting in through the open balcony above. How awesome would that be?!
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Jeremy and I in between dives. Our fist dive the visibility wasn't so great, and the surge actually made me sick, but it was still awesome. Dramamine next time...
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You can rent kayaks at this small beach on the other side of the Casino.
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Sunset as seen from the Ferry on the way back.
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Lights of Long Beach as the ferry motored in.
7 comments:
On clear days we used to be able to see Catalina island from our apartment window. But, we never made it over there! Looks beautiful, maybe we will go while we are in CA this summer. Great pics!
Great post, bro. We visited Catalina a year ago and had a great time. Visited the big old historic hotel (largest, oldest wooden hotel in the US, I think) and really enjoyed exploring the Island. Pretty swank, too.
Gorgeous picture of the lights on the water! Too bad about the fires there.
LUCKY!!! -K
Sean, those pictures are beautiful. I looks like you had a wonderful time. You are such a daredevil!!!! And you said you didn't have that many interesting things to post???!!!
What a beautiful place, and a great opportunity Sean. So glad you were able to go. Would love to have heard more about the actual dive. How deep did you go and what did you see? etc. You mentioned the huge seaweed on the phone - maybe the next time you could purchase a disposable underwater camera and post some pics.
Mom, the longer dive was about 40 minutes and I reached a max depth of 52 feet. We were in a giant kelp forest. The visibility wasn't that great though so I'm not sure pictures would have been good. Maybe next time.
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