Hike to the hidden SEA CAVE at Dana Point with Captain Will Radford. WEAR A PIRATE UNIFORM AND TALK LIKE A PIRATE. Navigate the rocky TIDE POOLS below steep cliffs and search for tide pool creatures. SING SEA SHANTIES and hear tall tales of buccaneers and buried treasure.

THIS EXPERIENCE IS DEPENDENT UPON CALM SURF CONDITIONS AND LOW TIDE.

Ahoy mateys! You are invited to sing sea shanties with the pirate band, Queen Anne’s Blouse, on the Spirit of Dana Point as she sets out to sea!

East of Old Town Orange, a rural road winds past rolling foothills en route to the Santa Ana Mountains where the infamous Black Star Canyon awaits curious visitors.  After dark, wander up this hiker’s paradise past fragrant shrubland and oak woodland.  Cross a bridge over an intermittent creek.  Listen for frogs, owls, voices, footsteps and other unseen nocturnal activities.  Learn tragic tales of Spanish soldiers, Indigenous people, mountain men, homesteaders, miners, ranchers, banditos and grizzly bears who may still haunt this ancient landscape.  Look for toads, snakes, tarantulas, trapdoor spiders, burrowing scorpions and glowworms. 

In partnership with Haunted Orange County, join naturalist, storyteller and local historian Joel Robinson on this 3-hour, 3-mile hiking tour and investigate the natural history, rumors and mysteries of this legendary canyon.

Ahoy mateys! You are invited to sing sea shanties with the pirate band, Queen Anne’s Blouse, on the Spirit of Dana Point docked at Ocean Institute’s Maritime Village!