Catalina Island Archives • the Hi-lo

The Casino Point Dive Park is the country’s first nonprofit underwater dive park, established in 1962. It spans over 2.5 acres just off the harbor that the Catalina Casino building overlooks in Avalon.

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Nation’s first nonprofit dive park reveals underwater mysteries to Catalina visitors

City of Avalon still reeling from pandemic revenue losses, expects more budget deficits

‘They barely survived’: Catalina businesses are reveling in increased visitor counts after catastrophic year

IN PICTURES: Visitors are flocking back to Catalina Island for outdoor adventures and fun in the sun

Catalina Island Museum director is moving on, leaving a healthier museum and, sadly, her golf cart

You can now walk the Catalina Island Museum’s outdoor art exhibits—at half the price

IN PICTURES: Catalina Island struggles through pandemic with loss of tourism

‘It’s a Catalina Island thing:’ Pet cemeteries, Uncrustables and not drowning

Catalina plein air paintings give visitors a glimpse of the island only locals see

At reopened Hotel Atwater, come for the resort-style getaway, stay for the wallpaper