Pacific Ocean

A Family Fun Day, a screening of “Treasure Island,” and other salty pursuits will raise the mast.

Find ways to support the endangered animals as September concludes.

Volunteers will pitch in up and down the coast; lakes and rivers will get the spiffy-up, too.

Calling mermaids and scallywags: Big ships and briny events are on the rollicking roster.

The magical and mirthful tradition will materialize a few days ahead of Halloween.

Enjoy an engaging alfresco experience at a discount when you buy admission to the La Jolla aquatic institution.

Builders will fashion sandy structures at Imperial Beach, Point Reyes, and Carmel-by-the-Sea.

The Dana Point destination invites you to “glow crazy” at the illuminated events.

An expert in white sharks will swim by the Ocean Institute for a shark-tastic evening.

The male Weedy Seadragon carries the eggs, making the babies’ Father’s Day Weekend arrival perfectly timed.

Summer is going to summer soon; let’s head for Southern California’s fantastic sand-adjacent towns.

Keep your peepers peeled for bioluminescent plankton, as well as critters like birds and sea lions, on a Bioluminescence Night Cruise.

The special “Night Dive” party is open to guests 18 and older; wear your fins, er, finery and make a splash in Long Beach.

Tony Romeo, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer and CEO of Deep Sea Vision, believes he found Amelia Earhart’s plane that vanished in 1937.

Meet Pat the Polar Bear then enjoy a brisk Pacific dip; the heated Annenberg Community Beach House pool will be open, too.

Scientists with the Schmidt Ocean Institute discovered a new hydrothermal vent field in the Galapagos Islands, larger than a professional soccer field.

Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.

An Australian sailor who had been adrift at sea with his dog for three months has been rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters.