$19 for a Catalina Island Lover's Cove Snorkeling Tour from Catalina Snorkel & Scuba in Avalon ($45 Value)
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Good for KidsExperienced instructors—which may include scuba dive masters—supply all equipment & guide on tours through waters teeming with fish
Oceans are the earth's final frontier, holding thousands of uncategorized species of fish and Poseidon's unfinished sudoku puzzles. Uncover the mysteries of the deep with this Groupon.
$19 for a Lover's Cove Snorkeling Tour ($45 Value)
After leading a brief tutorial, instructors guide visitors on the Lover's Cove snorkeling tour. The waters teem with brightly colored marine life, such as blue-dotted starfish and bright orange Garibaldi—a fish so tame that it will often eat french fries straight from divers' hands. Guides also plunge down to the seafloor, bringing back up marine animals for tourists to experience firsthand. After about 45 minutes of guided snorkeling, participants get time for free swim. As there are no on-site changing facilities, guides advise visitors to wear their swimsuits beneath their street clothing. Towel rentals ($3) and locker rentals ($2) are available for an additional fee.
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About Diving Catalina
Diving Catalina provides safe and educational snorkel and scuba diving activities for the whole family. Operating out of the Casino Point Underwater Park, one of the best shore diving areas in California.
To make entry and exit in and out of the water as easy as possible, there are cement stairs with handrails. The Park is about 2.5 acres in size, which means it is large enough to do several dives without traversing over the same areas. The Park’s boundaries are clearly marked with a line of buoys to keep boats and divers away from one another. The diverse under-sea world at the Underwater Park offers both beginner and expert divers a dive experience like no other area
Because of strict local laws prohibiting taking of game or salvaging artifacts, the park has become a home for a large variety of marine life. Plant life of all colors abounds, from the Giant kelp to the smallest algae. Living within the rocky reef are lobsters, abalone, octopus, small fish and moray eels, including our friendly "Fang". Numerous mollusks and nudibranchs also make their homes on the reef.
Swimming freely in the kelp forest are Kelp bass, Senorita fish, Sheephead, Opaleye, Blacksmith and our state marine fish, the Garibaldi. Where the rocky reef ends, the sandy bottom begins. Scuba divers may find angel sharks, bat rays, banded guitar fish and halibut. Numerous wrecks are also found in the sandy areas, which have become home to many types of marine life.
Casino Point has become a mecca to scuba divers and snorkelers worldwide.