Long Beach Whale Watch Cruise and Aquarium

We bought some 4-Day Los Angeles Go City Passes and headed to Long Beach for the day.  We booked our whale watch tour and headed to the aquarium while waiting for our boat ride to watch the whales.  The Long Beach aquarium was one of the finest we have seen.  It included tropical, as well as, indigenous species.  There were several "touching pools" and a seal/sea lion show.  We particularly liked the exhibits which replicated the agitation provided by tides and waves.  It gave you a better appreciation of the effect of moving water on the fish and other creatures than would a tank with less of a water flow.  The jelly fish, coral, star fish and tropical fish are always among our favorites.  Dwayne was especially surprised to see some puffin swimming in one exhibit.  He, his sister and mother made a trip to Maine just to see these birds on the US-Canadian border where they live.  The whale watch resulted in the sighting of 2 fin whales and 3 grey whales.  Not much dramatic action from the whales.  Mostly, just blow spouts and an occasional fin.  Once again, great weather.

Jelly Fish

Puffin

Sea Dragon

Australian Spotted Jelly

Stars of the Sea

Long Beach Inner Harbor Light