Technical Scuba Diving
The "Sub Tower" is a classic deeper Catalina dive. It isn't a big site and I personally believe it is under-rated, but we'll "dive" into that... USS Thresher The submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) was created to find and destroy Soviet submarines. It was the fastest and quietest submarine when she was launched on July 9th, [...]
The Vashon is another wreck on Catalina Island that is very rarely dived and has an interesting history including service in Pearl Harbor as the USS Cockatoo (AMc 8). Background The Vashon is on the "backside" of the island and has an interesting history and some conflicting information in terms of location. When I first [...]
My primary goal when diving the Piper off Catalina was to practice my photogrammetry skills and have another project to explore some of the features and functionality of the Metashape software. I took a LOT of photos knowing that I would have overlap but I also didn't want to miss any key angles. This was [...]
Quite a story behind this one. Here are two good articles: Alert Diver Online Advanced Diver Magazine Location isn't widely published. It is in 225 feet of water and is pretty mangled and twisted. According to the article in ADM it is "very close to shore and just east of Avalon Harbor, next to the [...]
The Infidel is a squid purse seiner that sank in 2006 in about 150 feet of water off the southeastern tip of Santa Catalina Island. It is a small-ish wreck that sits upright in the sand and is a fun dive to do and you can cover the wreck in 30 minutes or so without [...]