SEA Lab

Redondo Beach is home to SEA Lab, a hands-on coastal science education center that offers free and low cost programs for children of all ages to enjoy.   SEA Lab is a program of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps and each year SEA Lab staff, corpsmembers and volunteers educate school children and visitors about marine life and the importance of protecting our oceans.

College students trained by the Los Angeles Conservation Corps lead the activities, including beach explorations, touch tank tours and interactive classroom programs. The SEA Lab also extends its programs into the community through summer camp programs, community service projects (including beach clean-ups) and a Traveling Tide Pool mobile exhibit.

In addition to its youth programs, the SEA Lab also conducts coastal conservation activities such as rescuing marine animals trapped in the saltwater intake systems of local power plants, hosting marine-related research projects and replanting coastal bluffs with native plants.  The SEA Lab’s native plant nursery grows coastal native plants used for local habitat restoration projects.  Corpsmembers gain valuable skills as they participate in all the steps of the growing process from collecting seeds to planting the native vegetation in and around the South Bay area.

The Los Angeles Conservation Corps, the largest nonprofit youth corps in the nation, received initial funding to operate the SEA Lab from Southern California Edison. With that support scheduled to end in 2006, LACC is striving to develop a broader funding base for this valuable program that educates more than 30,000 young people each year.

For more information, visit their website.

SEA Lab
1021 N. Harbor Drive
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Metered parking is available on Herondo Street while their parking lot is under construction.

Admission
Suggested donation of $2.00 per person or $4.00 per family

Hours of Operation

• Tuesday – Friday: 9:00AM-3:30PM
• Saturday: 10:00AM-4:00PM
• Sunday (June-August): 10:00AM-4:00PM
• Closed every Monday and major holidays

Tours & Feedings
Guided touch tank tours are offered:

• Tuesday – Friday: 1:00PM, 2:00PM and 3:00PM
• Saturday: 10:00AM, 11:00AM, 12:15PM, 1:00PM, 2:00PM and 3:00PM
• Sunday (June-August): 10:00AM, 11:00AM, 12:00PM, 1:00PM, 2:00PM and 3:00PM

Join them every Saturday at 12:00PM for a public fish feeding! For $2.00 per tray of food, you can help feed the fish in the tidepool tank! Trays are subject to availability and are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.

Groups of 10 or more should schedule a private tour ahead of time by calling 310.318.7438.