You can experience Catalina Island underwater during a snorkeling cruise from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday presented by the Ocean Institute in Dana Point. The cruise aboard the R/V Sea Explorer features ...

Photo by Caine Delacy/Stocksy. Design by Erik Mace for Yahoo Travel. Summer may be slipping away, but you still have time to slip beneath some waves. The best part is — you don’t even have to leave ...

The dread of the ancient mariner is the dream of the marine biologist. A science instructor at the Catalina Island Marine Institute in California discovered a rare 18-foot oarfish while leisurely ...

THE LEOPARD sharks, 4-feet long, dark and shadowy, darted through the water beneath the plastic hulls of our kayaks. “They’re bottom feeders,” guide Daniel Peterson called out. He paused for a beat.

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The Ocean Institute is offering a Catalina Island Snorkeling Cruise from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 26, departing from Dana Point Harbor. The daylong cruise aboard the research vessel Sea Explorer will ...