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Mooring

Boating To Avalon

Santa Catalina Island’s beautiful scenery, pristine water and abundant boater services make boating to the island a romantic, maritime experience you will never forget. There are several hundred moorings available for rent in Avalon Bay, which is a dinghy-ride away from the City of Avalon. Dinghy docks, pump-out and fuel stations, and other services for boaters are available nearby.

When you arrive, use VHF Channel 12 to contact the Harbor Patrol, who will meet you just outside the mooring area to assign and possibly escort you to your spot. Mooring assignments are temporary and fees are based on mooring size and the length of your stay. All mooring fees are payable upon arrival.

Because Avalon Bay is a No-Discharge area, Harbor Patrol officials will ask you to drop a dye tab in your waste tank. If you do pump overboard, the water around your boat will change color and you will be fined and asked not to return for an entire year.

For more information, please contact the Avalon Harbor Department 310-510-0535.

Mooring Map and Harbor Procedures & Regulations (195K pdf)

Mooring Usage

1. Use pole to attach Bow Hawser to Bow Cleat. (Hawser is located approximately six-feet below the surface of the water.)
2. Run Spreader Line to boat stern. (Spreader Line is attached to Bow Hawser.)
3. Remove slack from Spreader Line and attach Stern Hawser to Stern Cleat.
4. Re-check Bow and Stern Cleats to make sure you are moored securely. Drop slack Spreader Line into water.

Leaving a mooring

1. First untie the stern line, then the bow line (wind conditions may require this to be done in the reverse order). Drop them and the spreader line into the water.
2. To prevent fouling, allow time for lines to sink free and clear of your propeller. Double check that your propeller is clear f lines before proceeding.
3. If you believe you have fouled your propeller, please call the Harbor Patrol on VHF Channel 9 for assistance.
4. If you have not done so already, pay your mooring fees. An administration charge will be added to any fees not paid prior to departure.

Mooring fees are payable on arrival to the patrol boat. All mooring fees must be paid before departure. Unpaid fees will be doubled.