Dive Review of Catalina Island Diver's Supply in
The Continental USA/Catalina Island, California

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Catalina Island Diver's Supply, Aug, 2002, by LeRoy Anderson, Utah, USA . Report 71.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	This was a dive trip to a very well known location, Catalina Island. I just returned from Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea, so I expected to experience the dives around Catalina Island to be alot less fun, being jaded from just visiting a location with mind bending diving. However, I found the diving suprisingly very enjoyable, in fact, I think I had just as much fun in Catalina as I did in PNG, maybe because my expectations were lower. The divemaster, Ron, was probably the best and most helpful, as well as the most competent divemaster I've yet seen. The water was calm and bright, we visited a variety of divesites, including Ripper's Cove, the Quarry, Italian Gardens, Little Italian Gardens, and the Avalon Underwater Park. Swimming through healthy and thick kelp forests among schools of fish with sunlight filtering through the kelp was truly relaxing and scenic. Critters seen included schools of surface smelt, schools of medium sized fish of several varieties, an approximately 2 meter giant sea bass, sea hare nudibranchs about two feet long, spiny lobsters, moray eels, sculpins, spotted scorpionfish, ubiquitous juvenile and adult garibaldis, as well as a tiny spetacular flouescent red and purple goby which was found seemingly everywhere and which I had not noticed in previous dives in California. The underwater gardens, apart from the kelp seemed healthy and abundant. My overall feeling about the diving is that this area is probably underrated, inasmuch as it is local and easily reached. A great place, and a great operation.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Yap, Papua New Guinea, Cozumel, British Columbia, Little Cayman.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	60-70°F / 16-21°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	30-40 Ft/ 9-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Catalina Island Diver's Supply in The Continental USA/Catalina Island, California

Catalina Island Diver's Supply, Aug, 2002,

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Dive Review of Catalina Island Diver's Supply in
The Continental USA/Catalina Island, California