¡Viva la Fiesta! The Sea Center on Stearns Wharf is closed today (Friday, August 2) due to Fiesta street closures, but here's a beautiful Spanish Shawl Nudibranch for you, photographed on the Sea Center’s Wet Deck by Kennedy Rivera. The Sea Center reopens tomorrow at 10:00 AM as usual. The Museum’s schedule this week is as usual, Weds–Mon, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM. | Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

This White Shark recently spotted at the Sea Center on Stearns Wharf appears to be a juvenile female, about 7–8 feet long. Our coast is known as a nursery for juvenile White Sharks, and we last saw a White Shark here in early May, another juvenile around 6–7 ft. We enjoyed an amazing view of this important predator and could feel confident that from the wharf we were giving it the space and respect it deserves. This sighting made for an extra special visit to the Sea Center—where you can meet an

Look at these colorful characters under Stearns Wharf! A large decorator crab covered with algae and sponges and a small Ruby Octopus visited the bait canister in the crab net under the Sea Center. Volunteers Stuart and Callan Halewood captured this excellent video showing how the crab tries to access the bait but can’t snip the tough net. After the crab comes the octopus, squeezing through an opening in the net (hopping over the top would be too easy). The octopus seems to have quickly figured

Family fun and seaside views combine when you take a stroll by Stearns Wharf, a Santa Barbara classic. | Visit Santa Barbara