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Ocean Education Center – comprised of the Sahm Family Foundation Marine Education Center, Packard At Sea Learning Center, Folino Center for Technology and Communications, Surfscience Learning Center; and the Maddie James Seaside Learning Center; teaching stations include marine life tanks, wet-tables with video-microscopes, a wave tank, a ROV testing tank, and a sleeping deck with sweeping ocean views.
Student and Teacher Services Building – the administrative center also houses the entry to Headlands and Beyond: A hands on exploration center that is now open to the public on weekdays and weekends! Spot live animals in our kelp forest, operate touchscreen technology to delve into the deep ocean, engage in experiments, and investigate our tide pool play scape.
Maritime Center – a hands-on teaching facility built for exploration of maritime history.
Annual Students Served: 60,000
Annual Public Served: 50,000
Total Guests Served: 110,000
Staff: 115 (full and part-time)
By entering, you consent to your voice and photography or video of you, including accompanying children, to be used without compensation in any and all media and marketing materials, and you release Ocean Institute from any liability of usage.
Taking photos or video for editorial purposes
Anyone can take photos and video for their personal use only. Media should contact the Marketing department in advance to arrange to shoot photos and videos that will be used with articles or media that include Ocean Institute.
Taking photos or video for commercial purposes
Taking photos or video for commercial purposes, including for stock images, commercial products and other commercial purposes is prohibited without prior authorization from the Marketing department. If permission is granted, payment of location fee may be involved, depending on the scope of the project.
Location filming/photography
We consider each location request on an individual basis, and fees may be charged for shooting. Requests can be accommodated only if they do not conflict with scheduled events.
- Dana Point Chamber of Commerce – Business of the Year 2008
- Orange County Department of Education – Outstanding Contributions in Education Award
- U. S. Sailing – National Outstanding Community Sailing Program Award
- 2005 National Science Foundation Award
- 2003 National Science Foundation Award
- Inaugural Walter Cronkite Award, National Maritime Historical Society
- Program of the Year, American Sail Training Association
- Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation Grant Recipient
- Ocean Institute Volunteers: 110
- Board of Directors: 20
- Ocean Institute Members: 1,800
Click here to check out press and media coverage of the Ocean Institute in 2021
Click here to check out press and media coverage of the Ocean Institute in 2022
Press Release Archive – 2023
- Dive into a World of Mystery and Wonder at the Ocean Institute’s Spooky Seas Event. Sept. 21, 23
- Laura Frank, to share the concepts of holistic sustainable ocean management as Distinguished Speaker- September 6, 2023
- Founder’s Day Celebrates Stan Cummings’ Legacy on August 20, 2023
- Ocean Institute & RIFFE International Partner Up to spread awareness of Ocean Safety, Aug.2023
- Ocean Institute and Lost Winds Dive Shop celebrate the First International SCUBA Day with MPA cleanup, Aug. 2023
- Ocearch Fishing Master, Captain Brett McBride to Discuss Game- Changing Research on Great White Sharks as Ocean Institute’s August Distinguished Speaker, Aug. 2023
- Oriana Poindexter, Marine Scientist, Photographer, and Artists is Ocean Insitute’s July Distinguished Speaker 2023
- Ocean Institute and Music Preserves Announces Summer Jams Concert Series 2023
OI in the News- 2023
- Dana Point Times | August 8, 2023 3:16PM | Ocean Institute to Host Inaugural Sea Safety Summit
- Orange County Register | August 7, 2023 at 5:12 p.m.| Divers Scour Reef Behind Ocean Institute In Recognition of International Scuba Day
- Dana Point Times | July 27, 2023 11:16AM | To Kelp: Divers To Clean Local Reefs on International SCUBA Day
- Dana Point Times |July 28, 2023 3:15AM | Ocean Institute Distinguished Speaker Series: Brett McBride
- Dana Point Times | July 7, 2023 3:14PM | Ocean Institute Brings Summer Movie Nights to the Harbor
- Dana Point Times Ocean Institute Articles Archive
Click on the images below for the 2023 Maritime Festival, Pirate and Mermaid Ball, and Participating Tall Ships, Official Press Releases
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