Lovers Cove(Lovers Cove State Marine Conservation Area)

Located in the city of Avalon, Lovers Cove is very narrow, rocky, and an excellent snorkeling destination on the east side of Catalina Island. 

Lovers Cove offers a few amenities including restrooms, ATMs, and picnic tables. 

There a many fun activities at Lovers Cove including snorkeling, swimming, scuba diving, boating, kayaking, and biking. Visitors can also rent water sports equipment, bikes, and golf carts in the nearby area.

Getting to Lovers Cove is very easy – Catalina Express offers ferries to Avalon Harbor dock in Catalina Island from Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Dana Point daily, and once you arrive the beach is a five-minute walk away and is located at 400 Pebbly Beach Road.

If you are looking for attractions near Lovers Cove, you can take a five-minute drive using a golf cart to Catalina Island Museum, a 67-year-old museum that is home to more than 8,000 years old artifacts of human settlement on Catalina Island that include pottery and tile collections, photographs and negatives from the early 1880s, boat models, sport fishing items, and the largest collections of Tongva and Gabrielino artifacts. The miniature golf course Golf Gardens features a 50 year-old 18-hole course. If you like escape rooms, the pirate-themed Catalina Room Escape is a fun and challenging tourist attraction site where you have to escape a pirate ship in under an hour. Another great attraction near Lovers Cove is Machine Gun Park, a small historical park that has a German machine gun from World War I.

If you get hungry, you can take an eight-minute golf cart drive to many restaurants near Lovers Cove. The always-crowded Descanso Beach Club features appetizers, entrees, salads, live music, DJ, and is the base camp for exciting activities like Zip Line Eco Tour, Catalina Aerial Adventures, Catalina Falconry Experience, and climbing a 32-feet wall. If you like Asian food, Katie's Kitchen features fried rice, tofu, Chinese hamburgers, Peking duck, and an incredible patio setting. Another great restaurant near Lovers Cove is the pet-friendly Mexican and American restaurant The Sandtrap that serves breakfast, lunch, happy hour, and dinner items.

If you are looking for a hotel near Lovers Cove, there are many within a seven-minute golf cart drive. The luxurious Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel is a historical oceanfront hotel with newly renovated 17 rooms, suites, and penthouses. The Avalon Hotel is a 3-Star hotel with a game room and golf course. If you are looking for a budget-friendly hotel near Lovers Cove, the 2-Star Hotel Mac Rae was awarded the Travellers’ Choice Award by Tripadvisor.