It is Monday again! Time to join the Every Monday Matters Movement! Please join us by picking up at least two pieces of trash today. With the spring events comes lots of trash on the beach. The amount of balloons we are finding is rising everyday. Don't let them go! Please help us clean up our planet! It is so easy!
Have a great week everybody!


They are not gone. They are endangering the oceans and animals and fish.
Yuck! Pick it up!

The Laguna Canyon Artists are having their annual open house and opening up their private working studios free to the public this Saturday 12pm to 8pm. What a great opportunity to meet local Laguna Beach Artists and see the art they are working on. 3251 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach.

Here is artist Tom Swimm, one of the artists you can meet this Saturday at the open house at Laguna Canyon Artists studios.

It has been a busy week and we are loving it! Great guests and great viewing! Who could ask for anything more? Remember we offer $ 5.00 off per person to our facebook "likes" on all our tours. So "like" us and then join us for a tour!


A deep tidepool with baby Opal Eye and a young Garibaldi and tons of urchins.

Large Ochre Star with a tiny Ochre Star.
Victoria Beach

It's National Travel and Tourism week. Come and join us on one of our tours anytime in May and get $5.00 off per person. Mention promotion: Nat Travel and Tourism week. Visit our tour information section to book a tour now! ocwildlifebeachtour.com

It's Monday again! Time to join the Every Monday Matters Movement! Please join us by picking up at least two pieces of trash today. If all our "likes" picked up just two pieces of trash that would be 1054 pieces of trash! So easy to do. Please post photo's of you picking up trash! Have a great week everyone!

Balloon on the beach. Even though it looked new, there were barnacles growing on it.
Lot's of balloons and plastic picked up at the beach.

Here are some of the sights we have seen this week. It has been so beautiful this week. We have seen Grey Whales close to shore with their babies too. That has been amazing! Every tour brings us something new! If you are planning a trip to the area come tour with us!


A Hopkins Rose on the kelp.

A Whimbrel enjoys a Shore Crab snack.

A dead Garibaldi that Sea Gulls were eating. Check out those teeth.

An Osprey at the Newport Back Bay.

It is Monday again! Time to join the Every Monday Matters Movement! Please join us by picking up 2 or more pieces of trash today. As the weather warms up, more people are starting to come to the beaches. And the amount of trash on the beaches is getting worse. And with prom and graduation going on the amount of balloons we are finding is on the rise. Please do not release balloons! This weekend I came across this sight. The balloon was halfway in an anemone under the rock. At least this was one balloon that won't kill any sea life. Post pictures of you picking up trash on our facebook page. Keep up the good work everyone! And please share so more people will join in!
Have a great week!

Want to see our beauty along our OC Coastline and experience our abundant marine life, or take in some culture or the arts?  Come and be a tourist for a day. You'll see some hidden treasures and sights that are memorable, beautiful and educational at the same time.

Check out this article by AMC living written up recently.  Come and experience paradise!
Playing Tourist: Take a Chartered Tour of Orange County

You can book a half-day tour online at OC Wildlife & Beach Tour

Check out some quick videos of what we have seen on our tours. We always want to share the amazing things we see! Have a great weekend!

http://www.youtube.com/user/lbtidepool1

The Norris Top Snail is one of the larger snails you may see in the tidepools. They are kelp snails that mainly live on brown kelp. They use their tongue/radula to scrape holes into the kelp. They will travel down the kelp in the day. Then travel up the kelp at night. Sea Stars are predators of this snail. In these pictures you will see the umbilicus, or center is a bright green. The snail's body is bright scarlet red. We often see empty shells in the tidepools. The shells are a brown/rust color. The shells are called Whale eye by many of the locals.