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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.

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( Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times )

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.

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