Misc

Photo credit: Wikipedia Catalina Island’s high-energy fliers Two of Catalina Island’s most fascinating bird species are also its smallest. With wings that beat faster than our eyes can register, these winged acrobats are an endless source of fascination. Anna’s Hummingbird is the more common species,...

Cruise ships bring hundreds of thousands of passengers to Catalina Island Catalina Island hosts more than a million visitors a year. Attracted by beautiful vistas, crystal clear waters and the small-town charm of Avalon, those visitors come from around the world to relax on Catalina’s...

Giving Back on Catalina Island One of the things that intrigues visitors to Santa Catalina Island is that it’s much more than just a top Southern California vacation destination. It’s also a community. People live here, work here and create their lives here. Living here...

Crescent Avenue will be home to dozens of artists for the CAFE art show CAFE art show offers spring time art For more than five decades, Catalina Island has been home to the Catalina Festival of the Arts. This popular art show fills Crescent Avenue...

The Catalina Island Museum is home to cornucopia of historical artifacts. Native soap stone bowls. Valuable Catalina pottery. And a photography collection that chronicles more than a century of island life. For much of the first half of the last century, Catalina life frequently featured...

Rotary Club of Avalon Catalina Island’s nearly 4,000 residents work and play year round on the island. Many of them also find time to give back through one of Avalon’s several service clubs. One of the most active Santa Catalina Island service clubs also happens...

That’s a moray! Eels are a fascinating part of the Catalina marine ecosystem Catalina’s marine environment is home to a wide variety of marine life. Bright, colorful fish and playful marine mammals are part of that variety, but there are also creatures that humans find...

Photo Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce promotes the island Part of running business nearly anywhere in the world is joining together with other local businesses in a chamber of commerce. Networking, lobbying and mutual promotion are just some of the...

Avalon is filled with romance Honeymoons on the Island of Romance Santa Catalina Island received its nickname as the Island of Romance for good reason. When the Four Preps first sang their iconic song 26 Miles in the late 1950s, Catalina was world renowned as...

Avalon’s streets are filled with quaint homes and charming cottages Staying in an Avalon homes or cottages is like living on the island Every wonder what it’s like to live on Catalina Island, California? Living on this island is an adventure, filled with natural beauty,...