Tuna Club of Avalon, Private sportfishing club in Avalon, United States

The Tuna Club of Avalon is a private members' clubhouse at 100 St. Catherine Way, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 2, 1991, and as a California Historical Landmark. The club also leases waterfront facilities beyond the listed building.

The Tuna Club of Avalon was founded in 1898 by Dr. Charles Frederick Holder, and its founding members adopted rules of conduct stressing conservationist ethics and sporting behavior. A California Historical Landmark marker on the site calls it the birthplace of modern big game sportfishing. Early members included Zane Grey, Cecil B. DeMille and Herbert Hoover; Theodore Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland were elected honorary members in 1898 and 1899.

The club's name comes from the tuna that members pursued, and its 1898 founding rules on conservationist ethics and sporting conduct remain the basis of internationally accepted sportfishing principles, as the state marker at the site states. Winston Churchill was not a member; he visited once in 1929 and caught a 125-pound marlin.

The building is registered on the National Register of Historic Places and can be viewed from the outside. Visitors should know this is a private club, so interior access may be limited.

In Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown, the clubhouse stood in for the fictional Albacore Club, renamed for the screen. The real club is a private institution, so the building is best seen from St. Catherine Way.