09/13/2022
Family Fun Day coming soon to Morro Bay brought to you by our Maritime Museum! Click below to read the details!
Hope to see you there! 😃
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 🗓️🖊️
Saturday October 8, 2022 will be an exciting day celebrating everything local in amazing Morro Bay. 🎉
MARITIME FAMILY FUN DAY SCHEDULE
*The day begins with the 2nd Annual Rotary Club of Morro Bay Ducky Derby. Buy your duckies now at morrobayrotary.org. The race starts at 8:30 at the Galley/Hof Brau inlet and ends at Tidelands Park.
⚓ Maritime Family Fun Day starts at 10:00 in the triangle lot behind the Morro Bay Maritime Museum. FREE ADMISSION
➡️ Visit exhibits, take part in demonstrations and contests, play games, build sandcastles, make fish prints, get in a dive suit, try our treasure hunt, make otter masks, try your luck in a fishing booth, be one of the first 200 to ask Morro Bay in Bloom about planting a butterfly station and win a free succulent, take part in sailing activities, visit with the Salinans at their newly created Salinan Heritage Park and so much more all provided by local nonprofits and businesses.
Music on the Patio provided by The Savory Palette and Foghorn Brewhouse.
10:30 Winners of the Ducky Derby will be announced. Claim your prize.
11:15 Muffin Contest $1.00 Blueberry Muffin tastes served up by Erica Crawford, Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce, Scott Collins, City of Morro Bay City Manager, Amish Patel, Morro Bay CA Tourism and Jeff Heller, City Council. Sample muffins made by local bakeries and vote for your favorite.
12:15 Astrolabe Demonstration by Gregory Anderson
1:00 Wonderful maritime stories told by the amazing storyteller, Theo Moreno.
2:00 Chowder Contest $1.00 Served up our fabulous First Responders. Taste all 4 and pick a winner.
3:00 Sea Shanties by Gregory Anderson
FOOD All food provided by local restaurants and nonprofits at family friendly prices. Oysters by Tognazzini's Dockside, chowder and shrimp ceviche by Chablis Cruises, avocadoes stuffed with grilled albacore by Central Coast Women for Fisheries and hotdogs by Morro Bay Lions Club.
Thanks for participating – U.S. Coast Guard Station Morro Bay, Morro Bay Harbor Department, Morro Bay in Bloom, Central Coast Dragon Boat Association, Sea Otter Savvy, Good Flea, Morro Bay Youth Sailing, Central Coast Fishermen’s Association, Quota Club and Central Coast Lift - Electric Hydro Foils.
🏆 And thank you to The Ugly Mug Ceramics and Paula Radke Dichroic Art Glass for making our Very Special Trophy’s.
✨ No event can happen without the support of wonderful sponsors and we are so lucky to have Estero Bay News, American General Media and Morro Bay Tourism sponsor our First Annual Maritime Family Fun Day.