🎉 Mark your calendars, next Saturday, October 4, 11 AM–3 PM, it’s PortFest 2025! We’ll be celebrating all day with our best neighbor friends at the Port of Redwood City 🚢💙 🌊 Hop aboard MSI’s Big Blue Boat, advance registration open here: 👉 https://app.amilia.com/store/en/marinescienceinstitute/shop/programs/121211 👋 Or snag day-of tickets and come say hi at our booth, where you can also learn more about what we do. 🎶 Plus enjoy live music, tasty eats, splash & bubble zones, bus tours, and meet our bestest Sea Scout buds at the SSS Gryphon! And thats not all there is so much more along the waterfront. Get outside and enjoy the day. It’s free (Port Tour aboard the Big Blue Boat is $6 per person, must be 5 years or older), it’s fun, and it’s one of our favorite community days of the year. Don’t miss it! 👉 Learn more about the full day’s activities at the Port of Redwood City: redwoodcityport.com/portfest2025 #PortFest #WaterfrontFun #BigBlueBoat #MarineScience (fb)

📣 Catch of the Week! Last week brought some jaw-dropping finds aboard our research vessel and along the shore, and yes, the students were thrilled! 🎣 Our young scientists hauled up a massive shovel nose guitarfish and a three-foot baby girl leopard shark while out on the Bay. And on shore (not pictured here but use that imagination), we brought in a short stack of baby California bat rays 🥞😍 All animals were handled with the utmost care, serving as our animal ambassadors to teach and inspire, before being lovingly returned to the water. 💙🌊 🐟 What will we catch this week? 📸 Photos captured by our amazing science instructors, who help bring these moments to life! #CatchOfTheWeek #MarineScienceInstitute #ShovelNoseGuitarfish #LeopardShark #BatRays #HandsOnScience #AnimalAmbassadors #EnvironmentalEducation #ScienceAfloat #BigBlueBoat (fb)