California Seaweed Festival

10/10/2026

10/09/2026

So excited to be at the CA Seaw**d Festival 🌊🌱🌞 on October 24 in Monterey!
Please join us as we introduce some new seaw**d art and comfy seaw**d flannels, and of course my classic California Seaw**d t-shirts will be back!

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10/09/2026

Get your tickets now before they sell out!!!!!
Ever wanted learn more specific things about seaw**d? Check out our tours and workshops!!

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10/04/2026

We are looking for volunteers to support the main event on Saturday, as well as the events leading up to the festival. This includes assisting in film screenings on Wednesday and Thursday and workshops and tours at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories on Friday.
On the day of the festival, volunteers will be needed to set up the festival early Saturday morning, greet festival-goers at the Welcome Tables, sell merchandise, distribute popcorn, help with cooking demonstrations, assist families with arts and crafts activities, talk about seaw**ds at touch tanks, and clean-up/pack-out Saturday evening, among other tasks.

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Volunteers working 4 hours or more will receive a (priceless!) volunteer T-shirt and an invitation to the Seaw**d Speakeasy, an event reserved for the people who make the festival happen! Volunteering with the California Seaw**d Festival is an excellent opportunity to interact and network with individuals within the field of marine sciences, aquaculture, conservation, government and non-government agencies, and innovative private industries.

Volunteers make this whole event possible and keep the organization running smoothly. This is your opportunity to join the team that brings the California Seaw**d Festival to life each year! We are looking forward to working with you!

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09/17/2026

Spiny red w**d is our Seaw**d of the Week! You can find this seaw**d growly abundantly in the intertidal zone in Southern California this time of year.

Seaw**d of the Week is developed in collaboration with Dr. Adi Khen from the Smith Seaw**d Ecology Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Dr. Jennifer E. Smith Laboratory Scripps Instn. of Oceanography, Dr. Rafael Cuevas Uribe at Cal Poly Humboldt, and California Sea Grant California Sea Grant.



¡Hypnea valentiae es nuestra Macroalga de la Semana! En esta época del año, puedes encontrarla creciendo abundantemente en la zona intermareal.

La Macroalga de la Semana se desarrolla en colaboración con la Dra. Adi Khen del Laboratorio Smith de Ecología de Macroalgas de la Institución de Oceanografía Scripps Dr. Jennifer E. Smith Laboratory Scripps Instn. of Oceanography, el Dr. Rafael Cuevas Uribe en Cal Poly Humboldt y California Sea Grant California Sea Grant.

09/09/2026

09/01/2026

Lawn algae is our Seaw**d of the Week! This seaw**d is a close relative of Turkish towel, from the same genus Chondracanthus, but the two look and feel very different!

Seaw**d of the Week is developed in collaboration with Dr. Adi Khen from the Smith Seaw**d Ecology Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Dr. Jennifer E. Smith Laboratory Scripps Instn. of Oceanography, Dr. Rafael Cuevas Uribe at Cal Poly Humboldt, and California Sea Grant California Sea Grant.



¡El pelo de cochi es nuestra macroalga de la semana! Esta macroalga es pariente cercana de la “toalla turca” y pertenece al mismo género, Chondracanthus, ¡pero ambas tienen una apariencia y una textura muy diferentes!

La Macroalga de la Semana se desarrolla en colaboración con la Dra. Adi Khen del Laboratorio Smith de Ecología de Macroalgas de la Institución de Oceanografía Scripps Dr. Jennifer E. Smith Laboratory Scripps Instn. of Oceanography, el Dr. Rafael Cuevas Uribe en Cal Poly Humboldt y California Sea Grant California Sea Grant.