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🐋 Research. 📖 Education. 🌎 Conservation. Marine research to drive conservation & inspire new leaders 💙

08/04/2026

There really is no place like the Monterey Bay! We’re so lucky to have such an abundance of marine mammals right in our backyard. The waters were full of activity for our MMST trips this summer, from endless humpback jumps and tail slaps to hundreds of common dolphins chasing our boat, our students had more marine mammals to observe than ever before!

If you are in the area, get out on the water and let us know what you see 🐋🫍🐬🦭🌊

Big shout out to Sanctuary Cruises for taking us out, check them out!

06/25/2026

2️⃣ COA co-founders, 1️⃣ webinar! 🐋

We have another awesome talk for you to attend and not only is this one free, but it’s online too! So no matter where you are in the world, you can get in on the action and listen to these two talk all things satellite telemetry.

Click on the link in our bio to register your spot 👈

06/24/2026

Laguna Beach folk, listen up! Our Brandon Southall is going to featured at Laguna Ocean Foundation’s Tides of Change event on July 8th! We’re thrilled to be working with Laguna Ocean Foundation, their values and ours couldn’t be more aligned. At the event we’ll be talking:
🌊ocean stewardship
🌊technology and ongoing research
🌊noise exposure criteria
🌊efforts in Laguna Beach
🌊the future of conservation

There will also be light refreshments available from LOF and event sponsorship from Jeddadiah Coffee.

The event is free to attend but RVSP will be available soon (watch our story and the comment section here for more details).

See you there!

06/21/2026

🐳 It’s a wrap on MMST 26 Week 1! 🐳

We had an awesome time getting to know these rad students and teaching them all we could about marine mammal research. This group of students was so sweet, friendly and so eager to learn that it really made our jobs easy!

Huge thanks to Bio-Telemetry and Behavioral Ecology Lab for hosting us and to Long Marine Lab Stranding Network, UC Santa Cruz, Long Marine Lab, Año Nuevo State Park, MBARI, Sanctuary Cruises and everyone who gave their time for making this week a huge success.

We can’t wait for week 2 based in Watsonville in July! 🦭

Anddd there’s still 2 spots left if you’re interested! 💌 DM us if you have any questions 🤔

05/21/2026

🤔 Got other questions about the MMST program before you sign up? DM us or email [email protected]

Open to all highschoolers interested in learning about marine mammal science! Grab the a spot while you can! 🐋🦭🦦

05/16/2026

It may have been two weeks since the party but we are still dancing! 🕺💃🍻

We’re so grateful to all the musicians, vendors, volunteers, donors, sponsors, attendees and everyone else who made this event special. Our MMST program will hugely benefit from the funds raised. 🐋

Extra thank you to for their awesome song “Get Ready” (arranged by COA) in this video.

P.S. There are still spots left in our summer MMST program for high schoolers, register now!

05/03/2026

Ales for Whales 2026 was certainly one for the books!

Thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday in raising money for our MMST program. It was a BLAST!

Huge thanks to for hosting our party once again. The beer paired perfectly with the sweet sounds of and

Thank you to all our wonderful vendors and educators for your awesome booths,
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And finally thank you to all the extended COA family for working so hard to make this event happen.

See you next year! 👋🍻🐳

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