Embarcadero - Morro Bay
The Embarcadero is "downtown" Morro Bay, with restaurants and shops (buy kites). Here you can rent kayaks and bikes, go on whale watching and wildlife tours, and sunset boat cruises. Around the bay are parks, natural history museum, and lichen filled forest.
On the Embarcadero
-
Rent sea kayaks
and go for a spin on the bay.
In season (December to March) are gray
whale watching tours
.
At Sub Sea Tours, a bright yellow boat provides an
underwater view
of harbor seals, shiny schools of fish, giant kelp and sea otters.
Or, if the water isn't clear, take a
wildlife tour
of the estuary in an electric launch to look for sea birds and otters.
Stop into the small
Morro Bay Aquarium
, to see (and feed) sea lions, and get a peek at other marine life such as brightly colored fish, pink sea anemones and orange eels.
Tidelands Park
- This is really fine
playground
, with pirate ship and giant octopus climbing structures, grassy areas, picnic tables, and a nice walkway along the bay.
Museum of Natural History
- Museum has hands-on exhibits about the bay, tidal flats, sand dunes, volcanic activity that created Morro Rock, marine life and wildlife around Morro Bay. Little one will enjoy the "toddler tide pool" (play with stuffed animals). Afterwards, take a walk to Windy Cove or White Point.
Morro Bay State Park
- Take advantage of Morro Bay
campground
, and take the trail up
Black Hill
for panoramic views of Morro Bay and Morro Rock.
Elfin Forest
- Take a walk on a one mile boardwalk loop, through a magical forest of native pygmy oaks, sagebrush, manzanita (red bark), ferns, monkey flowers, lizards, butterflies, and lichen floating in the oak trees. Watch out for poison oak, strollers okay, a fun walk for toddlers.
Sea otters
- Morro Bay is a super environment for sea otters, a sheltered lagoon and plenty of giant kelp. On a recent family trip, we saw a raft of sea otters next to Morro Rock.
Read our blog post "
See the Sea Otters
" and find out why kelp is like a "floating blankie."
