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Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island or Catalina, is a rocky island 22 miles (35 km) long and 8 miles (13 km) across, located about 22 miles (35 km) south-southwest of San Pedro, California.
The Catalina Island Casino is a two million dollar "Palace of Pleasure", with a mammoth motion picture theater and, ballroom.
Glass bottom boats tour the reefs and shipwrecks of the area, and scuba diving and snorkeling are popular in the clear water. Lover's Cove, to the east of town, and Descanso Beach, to the west of the Casino, are popular places to dive. The area is famous for the schools of flyingfish and the bright orange Garibaldi which teem in local waters. Bus tours of the interior.
Surfing is rarely allowed, hiking and bicycling are by permit, also golfing..
The Santa Catalina Island Company has campgrounds at Two Harbors, Parson's Landing, Black Jack, Little Harbor, and Hermit Gulch inland from Avalon, which require a reservation and permit. Detailed info can be found at the VisitCatalinaIsland.com website.
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