Diving San Diego doesn’t always mean diving in San Diego some days when the weather is fine and the Ocean is calm many of us will take the hour and a half, drive north to the City of Long Beach and take one of the local dive boats  maybe the Great Escape Capt.  Tim Burk allows us to go down to the boat the evening prior and stay over night on the boat,  waking up to the smell of coffee and the sound of the engines moving us “26 miles across the sea where Santa Catalina is waiting for me“  (I couldn’t resist) If you have never been to Catalina, it is a small Island 26 miles off of the coast of Long Beach Ca. beautiful inlets and Marina’s Capt. Tim takes us to the to several spots on the protected side of the Island where divers explore places like Ship Rock where you may find the elusive Angle Shark, Or around to the Weather side of the Island where you would dive the area called F

arnsworth Banks this area is a great place for advanced diver’s to dive and explore Pinnacles which rise from the ocean floor, to depths averaging about 100 ft. with visibility ranging about the same.

Catalina Island hosts several small towns, boy scout camps, school retreats, and even a old club that was once home to a base ball teams clubhouse that still stands today.

Catalina, is a wonderful place to visit, Avalon harbor by day boat that leaves the landing near the  Queen Mary Hotel.  The boat fly’s over, to Catalina, in about a hour, droping everyone at the main, dock at Avalon bay a taxi ride over to Casino point and you do your dives over there the Jacques Cousteau Memorial.

Diving San Diego doesn’t always mean diving in San Diego but diving where San Diegan’s dive, so get out dive safe and try some of the suggestions, you’ll be glad you did.