Come celebrate the annual migration of the Pacific gray whale during “Whale of a Weekend,” at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. A host of whale-related activities will be ongoing both days from 12:30 to 5:00 p.m. Visitors can feel the heft of a whale rib, check out bristly baleen and try on a layer of (simulated) whale blubber for warmth. Kids of all ages can have their faces painted and make a whale visor to take home.
Learn more interesting facts about these gentle giants at the Aquarium through story time, film screenings and activities organized by Brandon Scott, creator of Cool Cups™, a gelatin-like snack visitors can sample. Play a beanbag style game of Cool Cups™ Eco-Toss and learn about the harvesting of seaweed – the snack’s key ingredient - and enter a recycling contest.
Aquarium naturalists, along with representatives of the American Cetacean Society, will staff a wildlife observation station at the west end of the Santa Monica Pier. Those who stop by are welcome to spy for whales through binoculars and field guides will be available to identify local birds and other marine life visible from the western end of the Pier.
