Bioluminescence Night Cruise

There’s a luminous underwater world just waiting to shine! Learn about the remarkable ability of some marine animals to glow in the dark and witness this curiously beautiful phenomenon.*

Come join the Ocean Institute’s team on their new adventure this summer for a chance to witness the thousands of drifting organisms that can make their own light, and the food chain under their deployed squid light- from the tiniest of plankton to fish and squid, and at times the sea lions and dolphins who feed on them!

Hop aboard the R/V Sea Explorer to head off the coast of Dana Point for a bioluminescent adventure!

Bioluminescence Night Cruises are only offered during the summer months.

*Please be advised that forces of nature determine the abundance of bioluminescence at any given time.