Catalina Island

My brother came down to visit and go diving in the clear waters of catalina island. My girlfriend Dion, and our friend Jim came along to see the island, but not dive. The spent the morning on the glass-bottom boat, and the afternoon in the casino theater. We all met for lunch between our two dives. The weather was perfect... overcast on the way over, breaking into beautiful sun by the time we landed.

The three guys, fresh off the ferry, ready for action! or coffee? It is early...

Matt and I after the first dive... brrr, it's cold!

Lunch!

Dion and I back in town on the way back.

Jim found Ice Cream!!!!

A Seagull found a great place to play king of the mountain!

The view of the casino, and casino point across the harbor, from the ferry docks.

Dion, waiting for the ferry.

The kelp beds, near the surface

Looking up at the kelp canopy

more kelp.

A small juvinile Girabaldi

A large knobby sea star (about a foot across)

A blood star

A treefish, with a sheephead peeking over the rock

A sheephead over the registration sticker of the sunken rowboat. 97!

A girabaldi showing me an urchin shell... hint hint...

My brother in the swaying kelp

A senorita and a girabaldi.

A girabaldi near the bow of the rowboat.

wide angle view of the sunken rowboat

Sea cucumber

A wary calico bass

a small gorgonian fan

a curious sheephead

a curious girabaldi

a pair of calico bass, and the swarms of small fish in the kelp forest.

A larger gorgonian sea fan.

Last updated: Thu Oct 14 00:33:24 PDT 1999