July 15, 2025
Life-Size Interactive Inflatable Whale Coming to Boston Harbor Islands
NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank Brings Its Life-Size Inflatable Whale Salt to Spectacle Island this Summer
This coming Saturday, July 19th from 10am - 5pm, NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park are partnering to bring a life-size inflatable humpback whale, Salt, to Spectacle Island.
The life-size whale replica will be open for interactive tours throughout the day, which includes inflatable organs, and educational tours from Stellwagen Bank experts about whale anatomy, biology, and local research.
Ferry service to Spectacle Island runs daily and can be found on the Boston Harbor Islands website: https://www.bostonharborislands.org/ferryschedule/
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, a wild ocean place near an urban world, sits east of Boston, Massachusetts between Cape Ann and Cape Cod. Historically important as a fishing ground, New England's only national marine sanctuary now reigns as a premier whale watching destination and continues to support commercial and recreational fishing. Its shipwrecks serve as time capsules of our nation's maritime history.
Contact: Laura Howes laura.howes@noaa.gov (781) 205-0354
Life-sized whale includes a fully-accessible entrance. Photo: Anne Smrcina/NOAA
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