Casino Point Dive Park (Catalina)
La profondeur indique la plage entre le sommet du site et son maximum habituel ; le « niveau de certification recommandé » correspond au niveau généralement demandé par les opérateurs selon les agences grand public, et non à une règle légale. Les courants et la visibilité varient chaque jour — considérez toutes ces informations comme des estimations de planification.
Casino Point is where Southern California learns to dive: a buoyed, boat-free underwater park at the foot of Avalon's 1929 casino building, entered down concrete steps and protected since the early 1960s. Giant kelp grows right to the rail, and the residents - garibaldi in traffic-cone orange, kelp bass, sheephead, moray-and-shrimp duos in the rocks - have seen enough classes to ignore everyone. A handful of small intentionally placed wrecks and a memorial plaque to diving pioneers give navigation targets; lobsters pack the ledges because no one may take them here. Visibility can hit 20 m-plus in fall. Half the certification cards in California carry a memory of this place.
Le moment pour lequel vous venez: Stairway-entry kelp forest, fearless garibaldi, protected lobster herds, dependable training conditions
Topographie: Giant kelp forest over rock reef, sloping to sand with small planted wrecks
Entrée: Concrete steps beside Avalon's landmark Casino building lead straight into the park.
À savoir avant de plonger
Dangers: Kelp entanglement for the unpracticed; class congestion at the steps on weekends.
Conservation: A no-take marine reserve area - the tameness of the fish is the direct result.
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Grand angle: ★★★★☆ · Macro: ★★★★☆ — note 1–5 des éditeurs sur ce que ce site offre à chaque style de prise de vue