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Bob Kennedy, mayor of Avalon and owner of the ScubaLuv dive shop, tests a "Sea Trek" helmet at Catalina Island's Descanso Beach with dive instructor Tim Mitchell, left . The Santa Catalina Island Co. is planning a massive makeover for Avalon; one of the planned tourist attractions is "Sea Trek," in which customers walk through offshore kelp forests.
At first I was aghast, but I'm willing to give Kennedy and Scubaluv a chance to give full details of this program before I begin my complaints.
I've seen this in Hawaii and they are limited to shallow sandy areas with no chance of harming a reef. Hey, that may be enough. Give the tourists a grapple-stick and a bag and they can help keep the harbor clean.