AK - 4/02/2009 11:12 PM 
Hi,
We do shore dives here in Laguna Beach.
More popular sites are: Showes Cove, Cresent Bay.
Average visibility is 15-20 feet.
When you are here, let me know, and I can dive with you.
Also Catalina Island is very close.....it is wort the trip to dive there too.
Akos