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Catalina Express operates year-round, and runs up to thirty trips a day in peak season. Transportation is provided to ports at Avalon and Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island from the mainland California communities of San Pedro, Long Beach and Dana Point.
Catalina Express provides daily service to Catalina Island from San Pedro, Long Beach and Dana Point, California. Catalina Flyer out of Newport Beach, California, is a 500-passenger high-speed catamaran to and from Avalon, California, on Santa Catalina Island. Aqualink catamaran ferry between Alamitos Bay and Long Beach Harbor in Long Beach ...
Catalina is serviced by passenger ferries operated by Catalina Express, Catalina Classic Cruises, and Catalina Flyer. Ferries depart from Long Beach and San Pedro in Los Angeles County as well as Dana Point and Newport Beach in Orange County. The ferry crossing takes just over an hour. [75] Helicopter service is also available from Long Beach ...
People on Catalina Island were warned to evacuate ahead of Tropical Storm Hilary. Thousands of visitors boarded Catalina Express boats for the mainland, while most residents stayed put.
The Catalina Flyer is the largest passenger-carrying catamaran on the West Coast of the United States [4] [5] and at the time it was launched it was the largest in North America. [2] It carries an eight-person crew, [5] and features a sundeck, full-service lounges and large view windows. Catalina Flyer passengers coming ashore at Catalina Islaland.
The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot-long (460 m) suspension bridge, crossing Los Angeles Harbor in Los Angeles, California, linking San Pedro with Terminal Island.It is the only suspension bridge in the Greater Los Angeles area.
San Pedro was named for St. Peter of Alexandria, as his feast day is November 24 on the ecclesiastical calendar of Spain, the day on which Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo first encountered the San Pedro Bay in 1542. [7] Santa Catalina Island, named after Catherine of Alexandria, was claimed for the Spanish Empire the
Promoted as "America's Port", the port is located in San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro and Wilmington neighborhoods of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of downtown. The port has 25 cargo terminals, 82 container cranes, 8 container terminals, and 113 miles (182 km) of on-dock rail.