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A humpback whale breaches the ocean, lifting its tail as water splashes around it.

Whalefest Monterey

A free celebration of whales and the bay on Old Fisherman's Wharf

Event Info

  Upcoming date: Saturday April 10, 2027

  10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

All upcoming dates

  • All upcoming dates:

    • Saturday April 10, 2027
      10:00 am - 5:00 pm
    • Sunday April 11, 2027
      10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Whalefest Monterey celebrates the whales and marine life of Monterey Bay with a free weekend of exhibits, talks, and family activities on Old Fisherman's Wharf, at the height of the spring whale-watching season. The wharf is about a mile from Cannery Row Inn, an easy walk along the Coastal Recreation Trail.

Illustrative photograph of a humpback whale; not a Whalefest event photograph. Original image notice: Shravan Sundaram 2014. Photo: Humpback Whale Fluke by Shravans14, via Wikimedia Commons. Original photograph and this image adaptation licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized; website renditions may be cropped and converted to WebP for display. This license applies only to the photograph.