Newport Landing Whale Watching

Newport Landing Whale Watching has served public schools, private schools and homeschool groups, & has provided students with an exceptional whale watching experience for over 20 years. Each year over 400 groups from the Los Angeles and the Southern California region come out on one of our whale watching trips. Whale watching cruises not only focus on viewing large whales & dolphins, but we cover the complete marine ecosystem, offering a unique learning environment that many students are exposed to for the very first time on one of our cruises.

Newport Landing Whale Watching strives to share our love of marine life with the public with the hope of spreading greater awareness of cetaceans and environmental stewardship of the ocean. Newport Landing provides a year-round comprehensive learning experience with an enjoyable, educational and engaging curriculum designed around the California State Board of Education's standards for learning.

We are not ADA accessible, there are 3-4 steps onto our vessels and one step into the restrooms.

(3rd-6th grades) Enhanced Whale Watching Cruise, During this 2 hour cruise, student research teams take part in five different monitoring projects. With a trained marine biologist as their guide, young scientists use their expedition backpacks to identify marine mammals, monitor coastal birds, study tiny plankton, and discover the important role of sea lions! Students record data in their expedition notebooks, identify and count active, wild marine life and explore marine life artifacts onboard!

Pre-Trip in-class lesson plans are available to help engage and prep your students for a fun and educational day on the water. Ask about our opportunities to have an educator come to your classroom!

(7th-12th grades) The Marine Protected Area Citizen Science Cruise is run through a unique partnership between Newport Landing Sportfishing and Crystal Cove Conservancy, the nonprofit partner of Crystal Cove State Park. Our sportfishing company works together with this conservation organization, local scientists, State Park resource managers, and participating students and teachers to monitor Crystal Cove's Marine Conservation Area.

This high quality on-the-water STEM education program gives students an opportunity to be a part of authentic scientific research and monitoring in Crystal Cove State Park. During the program, students set sail aboard a "research vessel" (aka fishing boat) and work as scientists for the day in the Crystal Cove State Marine Conservation Area. Working together, we believe that we can best monitor and protect our marine resources, a profitable asset to all involved.

From Riverside and San Bernardino:
Take the 91 West to the 55 South to Newport Beach. The Freeway ends at Newport Blvd. Stay on Newport Blvd. to Palm Street and turn left. We are at 309 Palm St.

From Los Angeles:
Take to 405 South to the 55 South. The Freeway ends at Newport Blvd. Stay on Newport Blvd. to Palm Street and turn left. We are at 309 Palm St.

From San Diego:
Take the 405 North to the 55 South. The Freeway ends at Newport Blvd. Stay on Newport Blvd. to Palm Street and turn left. We are at 309 Palm St.

Newport Landing Whale Watching strives to share our love of marine life with the public with the hope of spreading greater awareness of cetaceans and environmental stewardship of the ocean. Newport Landing provides a year-round comprehensive learning experience with an enjoyable, educational and engaging curriculum designed around the California State Board of Education's standards for learning. 

We believe all students should have the opportunity to experience hands on learning and seeing some of the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth! Our passionate and knowledgable staff create an atmosphere for students to ask questions and freely explore the marine environment. We welcome inquisitive students and foster a learning mindset.

The Balboa Pavilion in Newport Beach has been a growing tourist attraction since 1926. Davey's Locker has operated out of the historic pavilion building since 1965 providing tours for the public. In 1986 Newport Landing Whale Watching opened its doors for operation and in 2006 merged companies with Davey's Locker Whale watching to provide some of the best whale watching opportunities in Southern California.

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Newport Landing Whale Watching has served public schools, private schools and homeschool groups, & has provided students with an exceptional whale watching experience for over 20 years. Each year over 400 groups from the Los Angeles and the Southern California region come out on one of our whale watching trips. Whale watching cruises not only focus on viewing large whales & dolphins, but we cover the complete marine ecosystem, offering a unique learning environment that many students are exposed to for the very first time on one of our cruises.

Newport Landing Whale Watching strives to share our love of marine life with the public with the hope of spreading greater awareness of cetaceans and environmental stewardship of the ocean. Newport Landing provides a year-round comprehensive learning experience with an enjoyable, educational and engaging curriculum designed around the California State Board of Education's standards for learning. Click below to find out how our fieldtrip experience can meet the science standards for your grade level.

We Provide Enhanced Whale Watching Cruises for 1st-6th Grade Students. During this 2 hour cruise, student research teams take part in five different monitoring projects. With a trained marine biologist as their guide, young scientists use their expedition backpacks to identify marine mammals, monitor coastal birds, study tiny plankton, and discover the important role of sea lions! Students record data in their expedition notebooks, identify and count active, wild marine life and explore marine life artifacts onboard!

Pre-Trip in-class lesson plans are available to help engage and prep your students for a fun and educational day on the water. Ask about our opportunities to have an educator come to your classroom!

For older students, we partner with local non-proft Crystal Cove Conservancy in Newport Beach to provide Marine Protected Area Science Cruises for students in 7th-12th grade.The three hour MPA Citizen Science Cruise offers students in grades 7-12 the opportunity to explore the protected waters off the coast of Crystal Cove State Park. Students are assigned to one of three monitoring projects, where they will capture and take an up close look at plankton, drop a digital fishing camera down into the kelp forest to explore life below the ocean surface, and even collect water quality samples. The data that they collect will be shared with local scientists and resource managers who are studying and making decisions on how best to protect the underwater park.