Whale-y Family Fun Day
Schedule
Sun Mar 22 2026 at 10:00 am to 03:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Hatfield Marine Science Visitor Center | Newport, OR
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Join the American Cetacean Society-Oregon Chapter for our second Whale-y Family Fun Day on Sunday March 22nd, 2026 from 10 AM - 3 PM at the Hatfield Marine Science Center Visitor Center, 2030 SE Marine Science Drive in Newport, Oregon. This event is included with admission to the Visitor Center. Admission is $5.00 per person aged 5+.Whale-y Family Fun Day is a Spring Whale Watch Week event to learn about whales, dolphins, and porpoises, collectively known as cetaceans. Following the "Whale Tail Trail" will lead to fun activities such as whale trivia, interactive displays such as finding out how whales stay warm in cold waters and about how gillnet bycatch affects cetaceans, especially vulnerable and threatened species. Visitors can also view and learn about “whale lice”, touch real baleen, and have the opportunity to take their photo with an orca cutout. Activities will be available for all ages.
Spring Whale Watch provides an opportunity to get out and witness the gray whales traveling off the Oregon Coast on their northbound migration from their breeding and birthing grounds in Baja California, Mexico to their feeding grounds in the Arctic. Information on whale watching and maps of Spring Whale Watch sites will also be available.
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