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Undersea Expedition: Catalina Island Marine Life Tour
4.5
87 Ratings
Avalon
Embark on a thrilling undersea expedition to Catalina Island and discover the diverse marine life that calls these waters home. Explore the depths in a climate-controlled cabin with a live guide, offering fascinating insights along the way.
Duration:
45 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Catalina Expeditions Tours - Boat By
- Catalina Island Company - Boat By
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What's Included
- Live on-board commentary
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Experience the richness of Catalina’s underwater world on this 45-minute subaqueous voyage. Enjoy a comfortable journey five feet beneath the waves, inside a roomy, temperature-regulated cabin with a guide pointing out key sights. Every traveller has their personal seating and viewing portal, yet, exploration within the cabin for alternate perspectives is allowed.
- Restrooms are not available while on tour, but are available at the base of the Green Pleasure Pier, so please use before check-in
- Please check your email through Viator for your confirmation number and tour information
Location
1 Green Pleasure Pier
Green Pleasure Pier
Undersea Life
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(87 Ratings)
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Rick_d
Aug 21, 2024
Great tour she a great price. - Great tour. Great narration by the captain and his #2. I loved the feeding frenzy right in front of our underwater windows.
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Daniel_d
Aug 15, 2024
Underwater experience - Was fun watching the fish around the sub. Crew was friendly and gave excellent information. Overall a very good experience.
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Bevb316
Mar 16, 2024
The BEST - This is the BEST of the BEST for submarine tours! The guides are wonderful! I specially took a Disney Cruise AGAIN to this destination & reserved this particular Port Adventure tour🚢🐠🐟🐡! You will not believe the fish that come to your windows of the sub…. Garabaldi EVERYTHING!! Terrific narrator… of course the Captain too❤️
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Nisi_k
Feb 29, 2024
Awesome - The whole experience was awesome. My family and I enjoyed seeing the fish in their natural habitat. Thanks
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Elaine_c
Nov 28, 2023
Great experience overall. - Great experience seeing the kelp forest and the fishes with our friends with kids around the same age .
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Bevb316
Nov 26, 2023
Terrific - This was the most AMAZING sub tour yet. As a Flight Attendant for a major airline I have done quite a few sub tours. This one in Catalina was top notch. The commentary & how they lured in the fish.,,MANY🐟🐠🐟Fish, was incredible!! Loved it!
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Bonnie_l
Mar 14, 2024
They were very nice. We... - They were very nice. We saw a lot of 4 or 6 kinds of fish in a reserve area where they were allowed to feed them to draw them in. They gave good info and we also got to go up on deck for a while on the way back to view the area. Clean boat and nice crew. Not quite as expected, but very good.
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12tishiam
Oct 20, 2023
See under the Sea Surface - It was a great experience to see under the water and see the life going on under the water. We loved the kelp gardens!
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Byron_g
Nov 27, 2023
Tour was OK, experience with Catalina Island Tour was less so. - The boat ride was OK - the captain and guide was a little hard to hear as the audio system in the cabin seemed obsolete. The captain had some interesting stories on the way back, but his voice was soft and was hard to hear unless you paid close attention and weeded out the background noise on deck (which I did for the most part). I did have an issue with the Catalina Island Tour company. Also bought tickets for the Avalon City tour, but after this tour my wife boycotted going on a second tour without lunch. I tried to exchange tickets for a later time or another day (this was the first of a three day stay). Operator said that the rest of the tours for the day was booked, but did not want to look for other days - don't know if it is a system issue. In either case, those tickets went to waste. I guess the disclosure says non-refundable after a certain date, but I didn't think it would have been too hard to look for another opening in the next day or two. Such as it is.
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Scott_c
May 29, 2024
Disappointing - Viator reservation did not work. Underwater Experience had no idea what to do with viator voucher. Needless to say they could not let us board.
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