A working marine-science center with an oceanfront ceremony deck, exhibit hall and touch pools, a whale skeleton, and the La Feliz Room and terrace.
Planning and guest experience
Decide which exhibits remain open, how guests move from Shipwreck Deck to cocktails and dinner, and what happens if wind or weather changes the ceremony. Confirm current capacities, museum access, sound, catering rules, and the rain plan with UCSC.
Light and photography
The combination of ocean, research exhibits, animals, and museum architecture is the point. Use the bluff briefly near sunset, then let guests interacting with the center remain part of the photographs.
Questions to confirm
- Confirm the current capacity and floor plan for your guest count
- Walk the guest route from arrival through the end of the night
- Check access, parking, sound, weather, and the real end time
- Keep portrait travel shorter than the social time it replaces
