Whale, Sea Life and Sharks Museum

The only Whale Museum in the state and the only museum in the world that focuses on individual gray whales. The museum features a section on Oregon's summer resident gray whales, a whale, dolphin and porpoise room, a shark room, a tropical ocean room, an intertidal display with cubbies of common and world wide invertebrates, a seal, sea lion and sea otter room, a seabird and shorebird room and a theater room.

This was one of the highlights of our trip! Lots of ocean stuff in this quaint little building. We actually went on the whale watching tour and it was breathtaking! They got us pretty up close and the staff really knew their whales. A must do!!

If you want to be educated about the whales as well as see them I recommend this tour. We enjoyed learning about the individual whales and why they are so popular in the bay, their food sources and habits. It was very interesting and Carrie knows her stuff. We unfortunately didn't see any whales which was so disappointing, but it wasn't because they didn't try. We did get to see some seals, birds and sea lions though.

We loved the museum, but we really loved going out on the whale watching tour! The whales are so amazing!

Only open Saturday and Sundays.