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 ...

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.

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 ...