Point Cabrillo Lighthouse    Mendocino Coast Events

Gray Whales, migrating from Baja California, should be highly visible swimming just off the Lighthouse bluffs.  Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association’s (PCLK) docents will be available (with lending binoculars) to answer questions and point out the whales as they swim past the headlands on an annual migration North to their summer feeding grounds in the Bering and Chukchi Seas of Alaska.

Children are encouraged to watch the whales, and to participate in numerous games and activities (face painting, fishing print making, and putting together a life-size Gray Whale jig-saw puzzle) throughout the day.
 
Visit the Lighthouse to view the collection of historical photographs, displays, and Frolic shipwreck exhibits. Docents will be on hand to explain the history of Point Cabrillo and the operation of the light station.

The Lightkeepers Museum located in the recently restored Assistant East Lightkeepers House will have docents available to provide insights into a light keeper's family life during the early 1930s.

A 250-gallon salt water aquarium, located in the restored light station black smith shop, allows visitors to get an up-close view of marine life that reside in nearby coastal tide pools and inter-tidal zones.

The U.S. Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary will be on-hand with coastal and harbor navigational displays, water and boating safety information, and opportunities to schedule vessel safety examinations at Fort Bragg's Noyo Harbor. The USCG 25-foot search and rescue boat used at the USCG Station  Noyo Harbor will be on display. Members of USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 87 will be available to discuss the cleaning and maintenance of the Lighthouse’s 3rd Order Fresnel lens.

The Mendocino Audubon Society volunteers will lead guided Bird Walks that start at 9:00 a.m.  from the light station parking lot. The Audubon Society will also have a birding display with members available to answer questions  and provide local birding information.

The Marine Mammal Center will have exhibits and provide information about the Seals, Sea Lions, and other marine mammals that live in the Mendocino area.