Misc

With room for hundreds of yachts, Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island is one of Southern California’s most popular boating destinations. Protected moorings, crystal clear waters and the many charms of Avalon attract boaters from San Diego to Santa Barbara. They arrive onboard sportsfishers and sailboats,...

Surrounded by Catalina Island’s rugged beauty and infused with its own Isthmus atmosphere, Two Harbors is a unique Southern California vacation destination. Located at the opposite end of the Island – known as the West End – from Avalon, Two Harbors is an adventurers’ paradise...

While most visitors arrive via the ferry to Catalina Island, there are other ways to get to this Southern California vacation destination. Cruise ships and private boats also bring thousands of visitors each year, but one of the most picturesque ways to arrive on Catalina...

For decades, Catalina Island was both playground and backlot for Hollywood. The island’s rugged terrain and picturesque seascapes have stood in for locations around the world – Catalina has been part of movies as diverse as Jaws and Mutiny on the Bounty, The Glass Bottom...

On Catalina Island, like nearly everywhere else in the United States, school kids have returned to the classroom – trading the freedom of summer vacation for another year of schedules, learning and homework. That return to school signifies a change for Catalina Island visitors as...

Fall is special event season on Catalina Island. Myriad festivals, concerts and other happenings dot the calendar, making autumn the perfect time to plan a getaway to this Southern California destination. Catalina Island is also home to some of the world’s most challenging endurance events...

or more than a century, Catalina Island has been a mecca for sports fishing. Legendary anglers have come from around the world in pursuit of marlin, tuna and swordfish. Today, fishing on Catalina Island still attracts anglers from around the world who set out in...

Catalina Island’s underwater world teems with wonders. From tiny shrimp with incredibly powerful claws to giant black seabass the size of motor scooters, the range of marine life rivals that found anywhere else in North America. It’s no wonder that Catalina Island is ranked one...

Like many things on Catalina Island, going to the movies is a just a bit different here. Rather than a giant multiplex with half a dozen or more offerings, the movies – or rather movie – involves a trip the world-famous Catalina Casino, the bottom...

Catalina Island has its own soundtrack. Music is created by the unique combination of chatting visitors, laughing children, shrieking gulls, rumbling motor boats and, beneath it all, the unending susurrus of the sea. Difficult to describe, yet impossible to forget, these distinctive Catalina sounds form...