WHALE AND DOLPHIN
RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS

Northern California, Humboldt County

Northcoast Marine Mammal Center
424 Howe Drive
Crescent City, CA 95531
707.465.6265
northcoastmmc.org

Marin County to San Luis Obispo County

The Marine Mammal Center
Marin Headlands
1065 Fort Cronkhite
Sausalito, CA 94965
415.289.SEAL (7325)
Santa Cruz and Monterey area 831.633.6298
San Luis Obispo area 805.771.8300
marinemammalcenter.org

Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center
389 North Hope Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
805.687.3255

Ventura County

Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute
PO Box 4250
Santa Barbara, CA 93140-4250
805.567.1506
CIMWI.org

Los Angeles County

The California Wildlife Center (within the City of Malibu)
310.458.WILD (9453)
californiawildlifecenter.org

Marine Animal Rescue (beaches and harbors South of Topanga Cyn)
800.39.WHALE (399.4253)
whalerescueteam.org

Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur (no rescue service)
3601 South Gaffey Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
310.548.5677
marinemammalcare.org

Orange County

Pacific Marine Mammal Center
20612 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
949.494.3050
pacificmmc.org

San Diego County

Sea World
Department of Animal Care
500 SeaWorld Drive
San Diego, CA 92109
800.541.7325

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Northern California

Vertebrate Museum
Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA 95521
707.826.4872

Bay Area

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
510.642.1379

Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, CA 94118
415.750.7177

Santa Cruz and Monterey Area

Long Marine Lab
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
831.459.2883

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Moss Landing, CA 95039
831.633.3304

Santa Barbara Area

Vertebrate Laboratory
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
805.682.4711

Southern California

Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
Section of Mammals
Los Angeles, CA 90007
323.585.5105

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center
La Jolla, CA 92038
858.546.7162