Whale Watching Excursions

Migration season for the Gray Whale is December through early April. Dana Point Harbor has great Whale Watching Excursion Services to provide you with an exciting and and awesome experience. Each service is different, so check them out before you decide on your whale watch experience.

LOCATION:
Dana Wharf Sportsfishing
Dana Point Harbor
Dana Point

INFORMATION:
949-496-5794 ext. 7

Festival of Whales
March

It's time for the whales to make their annual trip down south and the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce will celebrate with their 9th Annual Street Fair, which is part of the 29th Whale Festival with a weekend of fun, food, entertainment and an arts & craft show with over 100 vendors.

Dana Point Harbor
Phone: 949-496-5794

Sunset Jazz at The St. Regis
April

Concert held at the 5-star St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa overlooking the Monarch Beach Golf Links and the Pacific Ocean.

Omega Events Box office:
949-360-7800

Pageant of the Masters - Summer

Presented in July and August since the early 1930's, these colorful events have won worldwide recognition. The Festival is a juried exhibit of fine, strictly original works by 160 gifted artists, while the Pageant is a spectacular stage production of living art re-creations.

949-494-1145

San Clemente Ocean Festival
July

Full weekend of family events include lifeguard games, a fishing derby, sand sculpture contest, art exhibit, car show, games, beach party and concert.

949-440-6141

Art-A-Fair

The Art-A-Fair Festival is a community of artists which gathers every summer in Laguna Beach for what has become Southern California's fastest growing art festival.

949-494-4514

California Coastal Cleanup Day
September

This premier volunteer event focuses on the marine environment in Orange Country. Each year, more than 40,000 volunteers turn out to over 400 cleanup sites statewide to conduct what has been hailed by the Guinness Book of Records as "the largest garbage collection" (1993). Since the program started in 1985, over 552,000 Californians have removed almost 8.5 million pounds of debris from our state's shorelines and coast. When combined with the International Coastal Cleanup, organized by The Ocean Conservancy and taking place on the same day, California Coastal Cleanup Day becomes part of one of the largest volunteer events of the year!

Tall Ships Festival
September

At the Marine Institute: Sea Chantey Concert, maritime exhibits and demonstrations, Port Royal Privateers encampment, model boat building, wood carving, touch tank encounters, rope challenge course, crafts and food.

Admission to Art & Craft show, live entertainment, living-history demonstrations, pirate encampment and food vendor area: FREE

LOCATION:
Dana Point Harbor

949-496-2274