WHALE OF A DAY CELEBRATION - First Saturday of March each year  10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 2, 2013, Free

Point Vicente Interpretive Center
31501 Palos Verdes Drive West / parking at Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall,  30940 Hawthorne Blvd., 
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
losserenos.org
 

Sponsored by Los Serenos, enjoy the beautiful Rancho Palos Verdes annual Whale of a Day celebration co-sponsored by the city or RPV and the docents of Los Serenos de Point Vicente. The celebration is held on the first Saturday of March each year.

The migration of the Pacific Gray Whale  (summer feeding grounds in the Bering and Chuchki Seas in Alaska & winter breeding and calving grounds in Baja California) is in full swing.  Watch the migration that you can see daily -  December through April along the California South Bay coastline - while celebrating with a special day of festivities.

Held on the main grounds of the Point Vicente Interpretive Center at 31501 Palos Verdes Drive West, parking is available at the Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall located at 30940 Hawthorne Blvd., CA

Activities include face painting, children's crafts, chalk drawing, story telling, small children's games exhibits, craft and food vendors and a raffle drawing.

Participants have included The Aquarium of the Pacific with its Aquarium on Wheels, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, George F Canyon Nature Center, Save the Manatee, National Marine Fisheries, Heal the Bay, American Cetacean Society, Whale Watch, Marine Mammal Care Center, South Bay Wildlife Rehab with their rescued hawks and other raptors, PVP Land Conservancy, California Native Plant Society, Don Gales and Las Candalistas.

Tours of the Point Vicente Lighthouse are given on a first come, first served basis for ages 7 and older.