Ocean Institute Homeschool day

This special weekday event is designed for homeschool families looking for an amazing field trip!

This event will be similar to our weekend general admission hours, but with even more educational activities! Your ticket includes access to the following activities:

• Gold Panning: Go back in time to the California Gold Rush and try to strike it rich at our gold panning station!
• Barrel Raise: Learn how sailors worked together to lift heavy cargo by working as a team to lift one of our barrels!
• Storytime: Join us for educational story time with some of your favorite ocean stories!
• Shell Shorting: Investigate our local hermit crabs and their shells!
• Discovery Pool: come say hello to our sea stars, urchins, and snails in our Discovery Pool touch tank!
• Shark Touch Tank: come say hello to our horn sharks, round rays, and guitarfish in our Shark Touch tank!
• Sailor’s Life Tours: Step aboard our historic tall ship, the Spirit of Dana Point, and learn about the life of a sailor in the 1800s!
• Schooling Fish Feeding: Watch as one of our husbandry staff member feeds our schooling fish and learn about these amazing animals!
• Snake Talk: Meet one of our live snakes and learn about their habits!
• And much more!

There will also be squid dissections and whale watching cruises available for an additional fee.

Ticket Options

Kids: $12

Adults: $10

Family Four Pack: $40

Whale-Watching Add-on (includes general admission): $35

Dissection Add-on: $5