At UCSC’s Long Marine Lab

At the far end of West Cliff Drive you can touch a swell shark, Meet Ms. Blue, one of the largest blue whale skeletons on display in the world, view the remaining ship mast of the La Feliz cargo ship that crashed in the early 1900s, and explore incredible living marine life, all while taking in the breathtaking view of the Monterey Bay!

The Seymour Marine Discovery Center is a community-supported marine science education center of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Long Marine Lab remains the only working research laboratory in California open to the public.

If you want to explore the latest discoveries in ocean science without the drive, the crowds, the long lines, and costly entry fee of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, this is your next weekend destination!