Whale of a Day Celebration

From Whale of a Day Celebration Website:

"Whale of a Day" is a festival celebrating the migration of the Pacific Gray Whale from its summer feeding grounds in the Bering and Chuchki Seas in Alaska to the winter breeding and calving grounds in Baja California. Migration viewing takes place December through April along the California South Bay coastline.

The 2015 Whale of a Day Celebration will be held on the first Saturday of April from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The event is free to the public. The celebration is sponsored jointly by members of Los Serenos de Point Vicente and the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. The event will be held on the main grounds of the Point Vicente Interpretive Center at 31501 Palos Verdes Drive West. Free parking is available at the Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall located at 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. with a free shuttle bus service to PVIC.

There are activities for children - face painting, children's crafts, chalk drawing, story telling, small children's games - all at no charge. There are also exhibits, craft and food vendors and a raffle drawing.

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