Field Trips in the Santa Barbara/Ventura/ Los Angeles/Long Beach Area There are many opportunities to learn about the ocean in southern California. Some of these are in museums and aquaria while others are out on the coastal waters of the North Pacific Ocean. I have listed some of these with websites. The list is not exhaustive and entries are meant to serve only as examples and as starting points. No endorsements are intended as there are many other excellent competitive enterprises that I urge you to consider by doing your own searches on the web. G

Field trips in the Santa Barbara/Ventura area General Activities: This website has links to kayak trips, whale watching trips, helicopter trips over Channel Islands, sailing trips, deep sea fishing, CIL3pvWrrKYCFRiAgwodXgznpQ#whalewatching Whale Watching (winter/spring: gray whales etc.): Condor Express Sunset Kidd Santa Barbara Sailing Center G

Field trips in the Santa Barbara/Ventura area Fishing: SEA Landing Miscellaneous: Truth Aquatics California Channel Islands Liveaboard Diving, Kayaking and Island Hiking Channel Islands National Park G

Field trips in the Santa Barbara/Ventura area Island Packers Trips to Channel Islands from Ventura Helicopter Whale Watching: Marine Museums etc.: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Santa Barbara Natural History Museum Ventura County Maritime Museum G

Field trips in the Los Angeles and Long Beach Areas Aquaria: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium research-conservation/additional-resources.asp Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific

Tall Ships in Ventura Harbor 1583 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura January 7-16, 2011 (1-5pm) Lady Washington Hawaiian Chieftain

Lady Washington Built in the British Colony of Massachusetts in the 1750s, the original vessel carried freight between colonial ports until the American Revolutionary War, when she became an American privateer. In 1787, after the war, she was given a major refit to prepare her for a unprecedented trading voyage around Cape Horn. In 1788, she became the first American vessel to make landfall on the west coast of North America.

Hawaiian Chieftain The topsail ketch Hawaiian Chieftain is a replica of a typical European merchant trader of the turn of the nineteenth century. Her hull shape and rigging are similar to those of Spanish explorer's ships used in the expeditions of the late 18th century along the Washington, Oregon, and California coasts and to Hawaii.

Tall Ships in Ventura Harbor 1583 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura January 7-16 (1-5pm) For more information: Google The Historical Seaport Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain The Historical Seaport: Lady Washington & Hawaiian ChieftainThe Historical Seaport: Lady Washington & Hawaiian Chieftain