The events page and calendar for San Pedro and the Harbor Area
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
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 ...
The best family Halloween party is back and only at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium! Sea Scare is washing ashore with lots of thrills, chills and gills. Guests can trick-or-treat at 13 different treat stations, participate in creepy crafts, experience dreadful demonstrations, enjoy apparitional activities, dance like a zombie in the Party Zone or experience our haunted 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 ...
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 ...
As part of this special week set aside to raise the profile of a sea otters, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium will provide visitors with the chance to get an “inside look” at this endangered species. Visit the Exploration Center where we will have a fully articulated sea otter skeleton on display all week. Come find out Read More ...
Join CMA on a search for great whales, such as blue, fin, humpback and minke whales, that visit our coast during the summer. Some of the largest whales in the world feed along our nutrient-rich coastline this time of year. CMA wildlife experts will join you on this adventure to catch a glimpse of these Read More ...
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 ...
From March through July, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium presents special evening programs to introduce you to the unique and elusive grunion. At times the beach may look as if it is covered in a blanket of silver as the wriggling fish arrive to mate. The females burrow into the sand to lay eggs while the males Read More ...
Relive your favorite memories and create new ones during Cabrillo Marine Aquarium's Family Sandcastle Day! This event is free and open to everyone. All you need to bring is your best sandcastle building tools, a little shovel and bucket, and your castle creativity to this fun beach event. The sand on Cabrillo Beach will be Read More ...