Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

ARCTIC CLIMATE, AS DOCUMENTED BY ALGAL ROCKS AT THE CABRILLO MARINE AQUARIUM The Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (CMA) invites you to meet Claremont McKenna College Professor Branwen Williams an Oceanographer at the Discovery Lecture Series presented by AltaSea and CMA. Professor Williams uses the skeletons of marine organisms as tools to understand recent changes in the Read More ...

Spend Saturday morning enjoying the coast while helping the environment by picking up trash. Hosted by Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in collaboration with the California Coastal Commission, this event will be the 31st annual Coastal Cleanup Day. Every U.S. state and over 90 countries are engaging in the clean-up. Participants will meet on outer Cabrillo Beach Read More ...

Join Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Educators to learn about the Salinas de San Pedro wetlands habitat at Cabrillo Beach by using binoculars and microscopes to observe live animals. Visitors can view the birds of the marsh, learn about native plants and observe the changes in the tides. Fee: FREE; open to all ages.

The Expo provides great opportunities to sample new seafood options and see professional chefs turn sustainable seafood into dishes that you and your family can prepare at home. Experts are on hand to explain fisheries, habitats, species management, and a host of other factors that affect each species. More than a dozen non-profit and educational Read More ...

Discovery Lecture Series presented by AltaSea and Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Ecological Consequences of Thermal Stress on Wave-Swept Shores: Insights from a Model Ecosystem By Bengt J. Allen, California State University, Long Beach Increasing temperature variability associated with rapid climate change is likely to be an important driver of biological disturbance over the next few decades, Read More ...

Join Cabrillo Marine Aquarium and visit the Beach’s own wetland habitat, Salinas de San Pedro, and discover the plants and animals that call it home! Using binoculars, magnifying glasses and other tools, CMA Educators and volunteers will help you observe and explore this habitat. Or simply sit back, watch the tide change and listen to Read More ...

Celebrate the bounty of the sea with fun-in-the-sun games and hometown spirit at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium's Autumn Sea Fair! Children of all ages will enjoy ocean-related activities throughout the day, including face-painting, origami lessons and gyotaku, the Japanese art of fish printing. Dig out your inner pirate and join in the search for buried treasure, Read More ...

Dive into oceans of great gifts at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium’s Gift Shop! Enjoy yummy refreshments while browsing hundreds of collectible ornaments, fascinating books and specially curated ocean-themed gifts as part of Museum Store Sunday. In addition, several accomplished artists and artisans from the local community will showcase and sell their wares.#museumstoresunday

Discovery Lecture Series presented by AltaSea and Cabrillo Marine Aquarium By John O. Dabiri, Stanford The oceans are teeming with trillions of swimming organisms, from bacteria to blue whales. Current research efforts in biological oceanography often focus on the impact of the marine environment on the organisms within. We ask the opposite question: can organisms Read More ...